The ninth day of September, Chung Yeung Festival.

The battle of the golden knife and the mad knife, which attracted worldwide attention, has finally arrived.

This is the duel between the top two masters in the past 20 years.

Before dawn, the shore of Taihu Lake has begun to be crowded, and countless people from the rivers and lakes have arrived in order to seize a good seat.

Originally, in this competition, the government strictly forbade idle people to approach Taihu Lake. Two days ago, the newly arrived Lord Qincha went against the norm and ordered the Suzhou Prefecture to build a viewing platform that was enough to accommodate 3,000 people overnight, and according to different locations, tickets were sold at a price ranging from 22 taels to 200 taels. To this end, Lord Chincha dispatched 2,000 officers and soldiers to maintain order on the spot.

Rao is so, in less than a day, 3,000 tickets were sold out.

Twenty taels of silver, you can earn it again if you don't have it. For the people in the rivers and lakes, it's just a matter of robbing a rich man. But the first battle between Li and Chu is rare to see in 20 years, not to mention that some people have come all the way here, if they don't even see the shadow of Li Qiuyi and Chu Crazy Knife, they will brag to others in the future, and when people ask, what color clothes is Li Qiuyi wearing, and he can't even answer this, wouldn't it be a shame?

Where there are people, there are business opportunities.

On the shore of Taihu Lake, there are a number of men wearing yellow cloth coats and bull heads, selling tickets for martial arts competitions. These people took advantage of the wrong door, and got a lot of tickets from the hands of the six doors to do the second dealer, the original twenty taels of tickets, was fried to one hundred taels, it is said that the highest seat on the viewing platform, the ticket price was fried to one thousand taels. Of course, a part of this money must also be taken out and handed over to the local catcher, which is also considered to be a cat with a cat and a mouse with a rat.

There are also a number of small vendors, carrying shoulders, on the spot to sell snacks, candy, the original ten yuan a bowl of lo mein, now the price has increased several times.

For a time, the noise on the shore of Taihu Lake was very noisy, like the vegetable market in Suzhou.

"Dandan noodles, Zhenzi noodles, come to a bowl, race immortals!"

"Stinky tofu, Changsha stinky tofu, no stinky no money!"

"Illustrated version of Li Qiuyi vs. Yui Ye, buy one get one free!"

The vendors also threw off their cheeks and shouted hoarsely to attract customers.

There were two fruit vendors, both of whom had their eyes on a stall in a good location, and both said that they had come first, so the two scuffled together.

Life is not easy, and in order to make a living tomorrow, I will not hesitate to fight my head and bleed. They don't care about gold knives and silver knives, I heard that there are many people here, and they bought goods in the middle of the night and picked dozens of miles, and came here just to sell an extra hundred and eighty copper coins.

Shouts and shouts came and went.

In the most inconspicuous corner, there is a noodle stall.

The noodle stall is not big, a noodle bear, and a pot with hot water. There is a stone slab on the ground, on which are written the five words "Shandong Hit Lo Noodles", the gesture is like a dragon and a phoenix, and it is quite handsome.

The boss is a middle-aged man, handsome, with a clear figure, wearing a shabby Confucian shirt, squatting there quietly, not taking the initiative to shout to attract guests, holding a branch, empty in the air, constantly gesturing, as if he was writing.

If someone comes, cook a bowl, put a few drops of sesame oil, a few green onions, and sit into a bowl of hot Shandong lo mein. After the guests eat, they still only charge ten yuan.

The other noodle stall owners couldn't look at it, so they came over and said, "Boy, our noodles are all fifty yuan, and you only charge ten yuan, so you don't want to give your brothers food." ”

The boss didn't talk to him, and he still wrote on the ground.

The man said: "Either they will be charged fifty cents, or you will move somewhere." ”

Someone else said, "Do you hear that?"

"I guess it's a mute. ”

"Big brother, he's here, so we can't do business, so we just smash his stall!"

The owners of the noodle stalls praised the goodness one after another, and they were going to come over and smash the stalls.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "The capture of the six gates is coming!"

When the vendors heard this, they packed up their picks and fled in all directions, and in an instant, there was only this noodle stall left in a big place.

These two catchers, one is called Li Jia, the other is called Li Ding, this competition, was not assigned to the infield, responsible for maintaining the security of the outfield, along the way to drive the small traders who came to do business, and after a while, they came here.

Li Jia frowned when he saw the noodle stall owner, "Why are you everywhere?"

The noodle stall owner raised his head and smiled, "People, you always have to eat." ”

Li Ding's face was not angry, he was very aggrieved when he couldn't enter the venue, and when he heard that the owner of the noodle stall was still confronting, he was angry in his heart, and he stepped forward to lift the noodle stall, "Third brother, why are you talking so much nonsense with him, catch it first!"

Li Jialian stopped him, "Absolutely not." With that, he arched his hand at the man and pulled Li Ding into the distance.

Li Ding was dissatisfied, "A stinky noodle seller, why are you so polite to him?"

Li Jia said as he walked, "My brother doesn't know, this noodle seller is not an ordinary person. Do you still remember Mr. Mo Da, who sold wontons in Yandang Mountain?"

Li Ding asked, "But Mr. Mo Da of Xiaoxiang Night Rain?"

"Yes, it's him. Back then, Mr. Mo Da sold wontons, he sold noodles, and in order to grab a stall, he fought hard, and he forced Mr. Mo Da to use a sword to drop the nine geese. ”

Li Ding smiled, "Then he must have suffered a lot." ”

Li Jia said solemnly, "But it's not, such a sharp sword, he caught it with his bare hands, drew a few circles, and caught it." ”

The two chatted as they walked into the distance.

The owner of the noodle stall stood up, holding a dozen copper plates in his hand, glanced at Taihu Lake, and sighed, "Jianghu, hey!" He slowly cleaned up the noodle stall, carried the noodle burden, walked into the distance, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

A breeze blew.

Two words appeared on the stone slab he had scratched with a branch.

Correct path.

......

Xiao Jinyan didn't sleep all night and got up early.

When he came to the lobby, Xiao Hongyu brought it up early and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." ”

Xiao Jinyan saw that her eyes were red, and she seemed to have cried, so she asked with a smile, "It's all big girls, and you're still crying, isn't it a shame." ”

Xiao Hongyu's tears fell again, and Xiao Jinyan comforted, "It's okay, I'm going to the appointment, not to die." ”

Little Redfish said, "It's no different from sending you to death." ”

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Your ability to comfort people is not as good as this bowl of bean juice." He took a steamed bun and asked while eating, "Why haven't you seen Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang in the past two days?" Xiao Hongyu's eyes flickered, "They went out of the city to run errands, and they will come back in two days." ”

Xiao Jinyan sighed, didn't say anything, and lowered his head to eat.

After breakfast, Xiao Jinyan was about to go out, Fan Wuchang was already waiting at the door, and stopped, "Xiao Jinyan, you go out of the city with me today to prepare some goods." ”

"Shopkeeper Fan, you know that I have a death date today. ”

Fan Wuchang scolded, "What a dead date, you are now my fellow at the inn, I don't approve you to take a vacation, you can't go anywhere." Sun Wuxian was there, I sent someone to talk to him, and said that I don't approve leave, you can't go. ”

Xiao Jinyan looked up at Fan Wuchang, "Do you have something to hide from me?"

Fan Wuchang couldn't stand his gaze, and even turned his head, "I'm the boss, I'm in charge here." ”

Xiao Jinyan looked at him silently, and after a long time, Fan Wuchang couldn't help it, so he said, "I accepted one hundred taels of silver from Li Tingcheng and promised to prevent you from going to the appointment." You see, I have received the money, and you must not let me be a man of my word. ”

Xiao Jinyan patted him on the shoulder, "You see that you are as thin as a monkey, and you are fat by breaking your word, I don't blame you." As he spoke, he didn't care about Fan Wuchang's obstruction, and stepped out of the Easy Inn. Fan Wuchang chased after him and shouted, "Xiao Jinyan!"

Xiao Jinyan stopped, "Shopkeeper Fan, I have made up my mind, what else do you have to order?"

Fan Wuchang handed over the eleven golden swords, "This is yours, since you are going, take it with you." ”

Xiao Jinyan pondered, and compared with Sun Wuxi, he still lacked a blade, so he said, "I don't want the golden sword, Shopkeeper Fan, can I borrow something from you?"

"What's that?"

"I see you have a kitchen knife in the back kitchen, so borrow it from me. ”

Fan Wuchang ordered someone to take the kitchen knife over, "Remember to return it!"

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "It's not difficult to borrow and repay." ”

......

When Xiao Jinyan came to Taihu Lake, it was already three poles in the sun.

On the edge of Taihu Lake, there was a post at three steps, a post at five steps, and there were crowds everywhere, and he didn't expect that there would be such a scene today. He walked to the makeshift door, and was about to enter, when he was stopped by officers and soldiers, "Where's the ticket?"

Xiao Jinyan was confused, "What ticket?"

The officer and soldier said impatiently, "It's okay to stay there, next one." ”

Not far away, there was a young gangster in colorful clothes, who saw Xiao Jinyan looking around, and came over, "This hero, do you want a ticket?"

"What ticket?"

The gangster said, "You don't know if you dare to love it, today's battle, you have to enter the battle with a ticket, count yourself lucky, I bought an extra one here, and two hundred taels are cheaper for you." ”

Xiao Jinyan looked stunned, "What? A broken seat, two hundred taels of silver, why don't you grab it?"

The thug sneered, "I'm not free today, this is faster than robbing money." You don't know that this viewing platform, but it was built by the imperial court, it seems to be a ticket, but it is actually a talisman. If you don't believe it, don't you see it's written in the back?"

He reversed the ticket, and a line was written on the back, stamped with the seal of Suzhou Prefecture.

"Suzhou Six Doors reminds you: tens of millions of martial arts competitions, safety first, non-standard spectators, and two lines of tears for relatives. ”

The gangster said again, "You think, the battle of the sword king, once in a hundred years, the sword qi is rampant, you mix in indiscriminately, you are accidentally rubbed by the knife qi, and you will be half crippled if you don't die, but if you buy this ticket, it's different." There is an official government in charge, and the two of them will avoid this place when they are stabbed. ”

Seeing that it was almost noon, Xiao Jinyan pondered for a while, gritted his teeth, took out a golden sword, and said I don't have silver, this golden sword is three, two, three, right?

Xiao Jinyan took out the kitchen knife again and put it on his neck, "Is this enough?"

The gangster said don't come to this set, there is an official next to him, you take it quickly, or I'll lie down.

Xiao Jinyan was angry and exchanged the golden sword for the ticket.

The gangster took the golden sword, kicked it into his arms, and leaned away, "This hero, I see that you are here to watch the battle, coincidentally, I still have the last ticket here, why don't we discuss it?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head and walked towards the entrance.

The official said, "Why are you again, the ticket?"

Xiao Jinyan handed over the ticket.

The official took a look at it and threw the ticket on the ground, "What about making a fake ticket and fooling the ghost?"

Xiao Jinyan was in a hurry, I bought this for a piece of gold. If you say no, you can't, and there is no heavenly reason.

The official sneered, "Then you bought the ticket from a regular channel?"

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Where to buy?"

"Vertical and horizontal monthly passes, five texts one. ”

(Hurry up and buy tickets to enter the final battle, there is still a chapter in the evening!)