A man stood out from the pile of martial arts people with a big grin, dressed in rags, with an obscene appearance, a big Luo pot on his back, a toothpick in his mouth, and a hanging-like appearance, which made people annoying, and the voice was made by this man. He was holding an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in his right hand, the girl was not very old, but her skin was like cream, and her flowers and branches were beautiful, and she would be a very beautiful person when she grew up in the future. The contrast between the two looks is huge, and they are like the world.

"Presumptuous! Who are you, how can you speak here!" Chen Jiang, who was standing behind Lu Daoming, scolded loudly.

"Hehe, as long as you have the ability, everyone can do it, why can't I do it?" The man pouted and said, daring to love this person is still a crooked mouth, and he looks more and more ugly.

"The position of president is indeed inhabited by capable people, dare to ask this chivalrous man's name, what is his identity, and how can he learn geometry?"

When Mr. Chen saw Master Gu speak, he had to swallow his anger in his stomach, and it was inconvenient to make any more noise.

The man said, "The little beggar who wants to eat next is not enough to worry about, but in terms of talent, I am afraid that he is a little higher than most of the people in the field." As soon as the man finished speaking, the crowd around him stirred, and many people scolded the beggar when he saw his wild words.

Chonghu Taishou Guan Biao stood up and shouted, "Come on, blast this beggar madman out of me!" The two Zhao soldiers stepped forward and reached out to take the man.

The man just sneered, and the soldiers were just about to reach their bodies with their hands, only to see his right hand flip up and down, and the two soldiers flew straight out, falling to the ground. Obviously, the man is a martial artist, and the ordinary soldier is not an opponent. The man turned his head and asked Gu Baobao, "Master Gu, what you said about the capable people live in it, and you still can't do it?"

Gu Baobao saw that he was really unrecognizable, and said, "Naturally, all the sergeants must not be rude to this gentleman." After all, Gu Baobao is a Beijing official, and he is the Minister of Supervision of this conference, Tang Xianzhong, Guan Biao and others bought his face, so they stopped moving.

Lu Daoming saw that someone was stirring up the situation, so he hurriedly gave Diao Wuji a look. Diao Wuji understood and walked down.

Diao Wuji returned empty-handed after fighting with Qianjimen a few days ago, naturally he lost face greatly, and the wounds on his hands are not yet good, but he and Lu Daoming are close to each other, and when they saw someone shouting in public, they had to get up to help remove the obstacles.

Diao Wuji came up and snorted, "This brother has good martial arts, he looks like a man in the rivers and lakes, but he didn't expect to covet the position of chairman and want to eat this bowl of rice in the military and business world." The man squinted at Diao Wuji and said, "I'm just dedicated to the well-being of the people of Luyang, and the position of president is better given to me than to some people with ulterior motives." As for you, it seems that you are the head of some faction, it seems that you have become an eagle dog of the court, so what qualifications do you have to come to me. ”

Everyone in Qianjimen looked at each other, but they didn't expect someone to attack Lu Daoming's side one step ahead of them. And no one on his side recognized this man, even Xia Yuanyuan was so well-informed, but he didn't know who he was.

Diao Wuji was a little annoyed, and just about to have a seizure, Gu Baobao said, "Don't quarrel with the two of you, the election is not only based on the level of martial arts, we are not the leader of the martial arts alliance." In recent sessions, the General Assembly has been either re-elected or directly elected after being recommended by the previous president, and there has been no competition. According to the rules of the General Assembly, if there are two or more candidates, the Inspector General will be examined, and the final winner will become the President of the General Assembly. ”

Gu Baobao cleared his throat and continued, "In order to confirm the candidates, Old Man Zeng, please finish talking about the candidates you want to nominate first." Zeng Ke hurriedly said, "My father recommended Lu Daoming, the chief soldier of Luyang. Master Zeng nodded in agreement.

Seeing that he finally read his name, Lu Daoming hurriedly stood up, and didn't say anything about the scene he had thought of, but now that someone was making trouble, he couldn't back down, and said, "Thank you for your trust, although the contemptible person is only a shallow learner, but for the sake of Lu Yang, he can't dedicate his strength." ”

Gu Baobao asked the beggar man again, "Then this beggar gentleman is also going to run for election, dare to ask who the girl you are holding is?"

The beggar replied, "This baby is my daughter, she is naturally smart and clever, she is my brainchild, and she will run with me, don't worry." ”

Gu Baobao didn't take the little girl to heart, so he said, "Okay, the candidates have this beggar Mr. and Mr. Lu, and who else volunteers, as long as they have a heart for the country and the people, everyone can come up and run." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a person stood up in the crowd and said loudly, "Luyang Micang Ma Yiyun also wants to contribute to the military and business worlds, and I hope everyone will not dislike it." "This person is not good-looking, but a pair of Mu Zi are bright, and they are very shrewd and capable at first glance. This Ma Yiyun, the family controls more than half of the grain share of the entire Luyang, and can also provide military food during the war. Military and business people all know Ma Yiyun's strength, and it is not surprising that he came out to run.

Qianjimen people looked at Zeng Ge, only to see that his expression was leisurely and complacent, and he had no intention of participating, they all felt amazing. Xia Yuanyuan knew that the relationship between the Zeng family and the Lu family was complicated, and she didn't have much to say, so she kept silent.

Bai Lingben came here to help Zeng Ge, but since he saw Yu Dao and Le Jingze of Yushu Guan, his eyes have never left them. The enemy who killed his father was close at hand, Bai Ling couldn't care about anything else, and he couldn't help but want to rush up to take revenge a few times, but the environment didn't allow it, so he kept telling himself not to be impulsive, and he needed to wait for the opportunity. The dagger in his hand was clenched, and his hands were sweaty.

Gu Baobao looked around, saw that no one came up to participate in the election, and said, "Okay, then this time it will be up to Mr. Lu, Ma Yuanwai and Mr. Beggar to compete." Gu Baobao walked in front of the three of them and said, "The General Association of Military Merchants has been held for more than 100 years, and every president who was born is a first-class figure in our Luyang area. Next, I will evaluate the three from the four items of cultural governance, business strategy, strategy, and martial arts. Please follow your heart and answer truthfully, and the one with the most answers will be the winner. The four questions were all written by the ministers of civil and military affairs of the country, and His Majesty approved them in case the general meeting needed them from time to time. The title has been with me all the way here, and I have never opened it, and even I don't know what the title is, so you can rest assured of its impartiality. ”

Gu Baobao stared at the three of them as he spoke, and saw that they were all eager to try, so he slowly took out a bag from his arms, opened it and said, "The first question is from Your Majesty, it is the question of Wenzhi, please listen carefully: Luyang is an important town in the north, and the people are in turmoil all year round, and the people are not happy." But as soon as the war is over, the economy and trade will be restored immediately, and if you are president of the Church, what is the most appropriate policy to do now?"

This question is directly concerned about the livelihood of the people in Luyang at the moment, and King Zhao should have a plan for governance, so it depends on whether the answers of the three can be in line with the holy will.

Ma Yiyun was poor when he was a child, and because he was very business-minded, he eventually became a big man in the business world when he grew up, but he was not very thorough about cultural governance. Frowning and thinking about it, I couldn't figure out why. Lu Daoming is well versed in official ways, and he has no fear, and when he saw that the beggar was silent, he stepped forward and said, "This official has a plan. ”

Gu Baobao said, "Lord Lu, please speak." Lu Daoming said, "The president of the General Association of Military Businesses should give advice to the military and business worlds." After the war, the military circles got a rare respite, and they should seize the opportunity to recuperate and recuperate, so as to prevent the thieves of the Qin State from re-attacking the border. The business community can take advantage of the resumption of trade between the two countries to invigorate trade and use the surplus wealth to supply the military and do a good job in logistics. In addition, there are officials and soldiers to protect the safety of Luyang, and the people naturally live and work in peace and contentment, which also promotes economic upliftment, which is a virtuous cycle. ”

This Lu Daoming sprinkled a long paragraph, and spoke directly to the hearts of several military bigwigs, but the business people changed color when they heard it. What Lu Daoming said in his words was high-sounding and the best of all three, but in fact, it was clear that he was sacrificing the interests of the business community to supply the military community, and the faces of several business tycoons were suddenly not very good-looking.

Ma Yiyun immediately couldn't hold his breath and said, "Master Lu, you say it nicely, but inside and out, you just want our business community to send money to the officials and soldiers for free, which is too vain to care for the interests of our business community." Lu Daoming smiled and said, "This official just answered His Majesty's question about Wenzhi, and has no other intentions, if you have a different opinion, just answer it." Gu Baobao also said, "What Master Lu said is good, this is just a question answering session, and the horse can answer the way of civil governance, maybe it is more in line with the holy will." Ma Yiyun's face immediately turned red, he knew that Lu Daoming had bad intentions, but he had no direction for Wenzhi in his stomach, and he couldn't do anything.

Lu Daoming saw that Ma Yiyun was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that this nouveau riche and the beggar knew a lot about the way of civil governance, so he answered this question by himself, regardless of whether it was close to His Majesty's intentions, it was his own victory.

"I have an idea, too should no one listen to it?" said the beggar, looking like he was in a daze, stepping forward.

Lu Daoming and the people around him were surprised when they heard that this beggar actually had an idea about Wenzhi, what can a beggar understand. Who expected him to tell the story eloquently, and he was so methodical that he only listened to him say, "Most of what Lord Lu said is nonsense, but a small part of it is to the point, Luyang Wenzhi is a cycle of officials, businessmen, and people." However, the focus is on the officers and soldiers, naturally not, and it is a big no. Luyang is an important town in the north, what is an important town, here is the north of the Qin State, the official road is spacious, even if there are many wars, the people still gather here, settle down and work. With the people, there will be an injection from the business community, and there will be rich people with coppery stomachs to open shops and do business here, otherwise who will come over? And with the people, with the merchants, there will be this Chonghu Pass, and the country will attach importance to this place and use troops here year after year, otherwise a small Chonghu Pass, as for many years of fighting, tens of thousands of bones are buried here? To put it bluntly, the people are the foundation of Luyang, and even for a country, the people can carry a boat and also capsize a boat, everyone should think about whether this is the truth. ”

These words only stunned the people from all walks of life present, and no one would have thought that a beggar with an obscene appearance could tell such a truth about governing the country, not to mention who is right and who is wrong between him and Lu Daoming.

Lu Daoming was shocked when he heard this. Gu Baobao also couldn't close his mouth for a long time, and after a long time, he came back to his senses and said, "This question Lord Lu said is a heavy army, and Mr. Beggar is a heavy man, and after I examined the answer, it was determined that this Mr. Beggar should have won." ”

Lu Daoming lost his voice and said, "How is this possible, what did Your Majesty say?" Gu Baobao read the bag and said, "Luyang has been in war for many years, and the widows are worried day and night, and they only hope that the country and the people will be safe." In the land of Luyang, there are millions of people, and if there are people, there are businessmen, and then there are armies, and they are born together. The people are the foundation of the country, and they must never be forgotten. The way of culture and governance is all from the perspective of the people, so it is in line with my intentions, and it must be remembered. After Gu Baobao finished reading, Lu Daoming's face turned pale, and Guan Biao and Tang Xianzhong couldn't sit still. Everyone cheered when they saw that the beggar man took the lead, as long as Ma Yiyun didn't win Lu Daoming, he didn't care so much whether he or the beggar won.

The people of Qianjimen were secretly happy when they saw the situation on the field, only Zeng Ge couldn't see joy and anger on his face, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and Bai Ling's attention was on the enemy, and he paid less attention to the field.

Lu Daoming didn't dare to accuse the Holy Will, so he hurriedly said, "Master Gu, please come to the second question quickly." Gu Baobao nodded, unfolded the second bag and said, "The second question is the question of business strategy, which is from the Lord of the Household Department Shangshu Fang Guojufang, please take a look." ”

Gu Baobao said and asked people to bring out three plates, each of which was covered with a brocade handkerchief covering something. Gu Baobao pointed to the plate and said, "If the three of them are wealthy businessmen in Luyang, they are only enough to invest in one shop, and the Jinpa on the plate will cover three shops." If only one of them says that it will make money, and the other two will lose money, how will the three choose to invest if they have no way to know the profit and loss of the shop. Now, please come forward. ”

The three of them looked at each other, listening to Gu Baobao say that it was a matter of strategy, but how could it look like a random choice of luck. Ma Yiyun thought about the strategy, it should be my play, looked at the Jinpa on the plate and groaned, and saw that the other two did not move, so he stepped forward and said, "Then I, Ma Yiyun, will make a choice first." As he spoke, he pointed to a Jinpa on the right hand and said, I'll invest in this shop.

And the beggar man and the girl exchanged ears, and when they saw Ma Yiyun making a move, they immediately said, "Master Gu, I also chose the same as Ma Yuan, so I will invest in the right hand." ”

Lu Daoming secretly called this beggar man despicable, he knew that the horse man was well versed in the way of business, and the things he picked must be reasonable, and the same one was at least better than his own blind selection. Lu Daoming also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Gu, the lower officials also choose the shop on the right." Seeing that Lu Daoming was following the trend, the people around him booed. But Lu Daoming is really old-skinned, let everyone disdain him, his face is not red and his heart is not beating, and he is at ease.

Gu Baobao seemed to have guessed the move of the three of them, and laughed, "Lord Fang is really wise, and he knows that there must be such a thing." Although he smiled, he did not immediately announce the answer, but casually lifted the Jinpa on the left hand side, and saw a wooden chess piece in the Jinpa, engraved with the word "loss". Then he turned to the three of them and said, "Now that the official has uncovered the left hand of the Jinpa, removed a wrong choice for the three of them, and given you a chance to choose again, will you keep choosing the right hand, or will you choose the middle Jinpa?"

Only then did everyone realize that the core trick of the business strategy turned out to be here. Gu Baobao obviously knew which of the three Jinpa was the profitable shop, but he deliberately removed one of the loss-making shops to disturb people's hearts, and it was entangled whether to switch choices.

Ma Yiyun fell into deep thought, the beggar man and the girl also kept thinking, and after a while, the girl whispered in the beggar man's ear. And Lu Daoming's eyebrows were squeezed together, his brain was running rapidly, thinking to himself that this Gu Baobao was not digging a pit to make people jump in.

After a long time, Ma Yiyun stumbled and said, "Change! I chose the middle, and Lao Tzu fought it." "Ma Yiyun has a natural gambling energy as a businessman, and in such an uncertain situation, he is desperate to gamble. And the beggar man seemed to have made up his mind with the little girl, and when he saw that Ma Yiyun chose the middle, he also said with a smile that he would change the middle.

Gu Baobao looked at Lu Daoming, only to see him pacing back and forth, undecided. Lu is suspicious by nature, and many front-line battles in previous years have sought self-protection first, and this concept is deeply ingrained in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his initial choice was correct, and he suspected that Gu Baobao deliberately uncovered a loss-making shop because he saw that his three people had chosen the right one, confusing himself, and letting himself make another choice, thus making a mistake.

Lu Daoming paced again and again, stood still, and said, "Lord Gu, the lower official is determined not to change, or choose the right hand Jinpa." ”

Gu Baobao smiled and said, "Really, Lord Lu confirms it?" Lu Daoming looked at Gu Baobao's expression, and waved his hand again to think about it. So he thought about it for a long time, until Ma Yiyun urged him impatiently, and Lu Daoming sighed and said, "Master Gu, the lower official will not be changed, and it will be the right hand Jinpa." ”

Gu Baobao said loudly, "Okay!" After speaking, he uncovered the two pieces of brocade in the middle and the right hand, and picked up the chess pieces on the plate. I saw that the chess pieces in the middle board were engraved with the word "profit", and the chess pieces in the right hand board were engraved with the word "loss". Lu Daoming only felt that the sky was dark in front of him, and he almost fell, but Diao Wuji hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Ma Yiyun, the beggar man, and the little girl all cheered.

Lu Daoming lost two moves in a row, even if he won the next two hands, he could only catch up with this beggar man, not to mention that he was not good at any strategy, let alone martial arts, it was not easy to win two games in a row. Lu Daoming immediately became annoyed and angry, and scolded loudly, "No! This beggar and this girl are weird! They have to talk to each other before answering the question every time, and they are not cheating." They must have peeked at the exam questions, they must have been!"

Gu Baobao's face sank immediately when he heard this, and he reprimanded, "Master Lu, this official guarantees his life, and the tips given by His Majesty have never been opened, do you want to say that this official is covering up cheating and secretly communicating with the song?"

Lu Daoming was incoherent, thinking of the consequences of his failure, he shuddered, and said, "Lord Gu, the lower official...... Xiaguan didn't mean that, just, just. ”

saw the little girl led by the beggar smiling like a flower, and then Lu Daoming's words said, "It's just that my conspiracy can't succeed, and I'm going to die, hahaha." Many people who looked at Lu Daoming laughed along.

Lu Daoming was frightened, hurriedly grabbed Diao Wuji's sleeve, and said hurriedly, "Master Diao, help me." ”

Diao Wuji nodded coldly, without saying a word, a rise and fall approached Ma Yiyun, and as soon as he pointed out, Ma Yiyun didn't say a word, and immediately fell soft. When the beggar man saw him make a move, he had already taken precautions against Diao Wuji, but who knew that he had not seen anything clearly in front of him, and Diao Wuji had already arrived behind him. The beggar man turned around and slapped it out, Diao Wuji's palm was injured, and he didn't want to palm, his left hand was opened, and his right hand pointed straight to the beggar's chest.

When the beggar saw Ma Yiyun coming, a strange look suddenly appeared on his face, and he scolded angrily, "Shameless!" But the left and right palms came out together, and slapped Diao Wuji's face, but he didn't defend it, intending to fight to lose both. Diao Wuji secretly praised his good kung fu, but he didn't expect that this unsightly beggar turned out to be a martial arts master.

Diao Wuji's martial arts are extremely high, and the internal force is particularly deep, seeing that the opponent's palm is there, the internal force on his finger is rushing out, and the volley is empty, and the internal force has not arrived, but the internal force has not arrived. The beggar's middle finger was half in the air, and he could be softened. The martial arts people present were all stunned when they saw Diao Wuji showing his hand.

With a whoosh, a person rushed in front of him, this person had messy hair and was wearing a Qianjimen disciple uniform, it was Zeng Ge. Zeng Ge didn't know why, the calm energy just now was completely gone, picked up the King Kong umbrella, and stabbed straight at Diao Wuji. Diao Wuji snorted, knowing that Qianjimen would definitely not stand idly by, but when he saw that he was just a disciple of the sect, he scolded, "You Xia Sect Master can't help me, where are you a little cub." ”

Before Diao Wuji could make a move, he only heard a sound on the ground, Zeng Ge shook his mouth, and the King Kong umbrella was taken off. There was a person standing in front of him, dressed in red, with a dark sword embroidered on the collar, his body looked familiar, holding a Tang knife, standing in the middle of the field with a smile, and said, "Little brother, don't come unharmed." Zeng Ge immediately reacted, this person was the red-clothed masked man who attacked the Thousand Machine Gate at night, and now he showed his true face, and his clothes were also changed into a red robe with the mark of the Shadow Knife Sect, remembering the signature at the door, then this person must be Ye Yi's senior brother Funeral Knife Ding Zhun.

Seeing that Lu Daoming's defeat was imminent, but two martial arts masters appeared to help him abuse, Zeng Ge was angry. And Ding Zhun flew Zeng Ge's King Kong umbrella with a knife, and his heart was happy, but he was poisoned by mistake at that time, and he hated it in his heart, and now he happened to have revenge and revenge.

Gu Baobao said in a trembling voice, "What are you doing, how can you use martial arts to hold the president hostage, or even help others to help you?" Diao Wuji smiled and said, "Master Gu, there is a martial arts competition in the election, isn't it a martial arts competition now, you can see that they can still make a move." In addition, this beggar has always had a female baby to discuss strategies, so can't our Lord Lu have an attendant to assist in the competition?" Gu Baobao was speechless, he didn't care too much about the female baby, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that every time he answers the question, it seems that the beggar man will discuss with the little girl, it's weird, isn't it this little girl who is very wise.

Gu Baobao said, "Even if you win one martial arts, there is still a strategy to compare, and you must retreat quickly, and you can't make another mistake." Saying that, he looked at the soldiers around him, they were all Lu Daoming's cronies, no one paid attention to him, and Gu Baobao was in a hurry.

Ding Zhun was ruthless and said, "Master Gu said it well, but if in a martial arts competition, Lord Lu's competitors all died unexpectedly, then how can we continue to compete." ”

When the people around them saw their murderous intentions, they all exclaimed. Songbai Temple did not sigh and recited Amitabha Buddha pedanticly beside him, nagging and persuading, regardless of whether anyone could listen to his words.

Ding Zhun immediately became angry at the side of his guts, picked up the Tang knife and was about to swing it, but he saw a white light rushing towards him, sharp and straight to his throat. Ding Zhun was shocked, Tang Dao turned around and slashed towards the light, only to see this light turn around, and instantly crossed Diao Wuji's side, fortunately, Diao Wuji's martial arts skills were good, and he took a few gossip steps in a row, and Wu Hook in his hand blocked his chest, and his sleeves were still cut through the boss's opening.

Everyone was stunned, and saw a young man standing in the middle of the field, holding a short dagger in his hand, looking at Ding Zhun and Diao Wuji angrily.