Chapter 32: The Heroes' Meeting
Suddenly, he heard the noise of the No. 2 platform, and Duan You saw it, it was a coincidence! It was the tall and thin young man he met on the first day of the new year, who was arguing with the registered soldier with his neck twisted. At that time, Tuoba Leiyun had arrived, and the soldier in charge of registration complained to Tuoba Leiyun: "This person's name is Jin Xin, but he has no place of origin and no one to protect him, so how can I fill it in?"
The tall and thin young man named Jin Xin said angrily: "I said that it is the Zhuya people's clan, you say that I have no home address, you are lonely and unheard, and you say that you do not have this place name." ”
The soldier said: "Zhuya Zhuya, which country, which county, or which state road, there is always a place name, right?"
Tuoba Leiyun listened, and he was also confused, Zhu Ya had indeed never heard of it, looking at the look of the thin and tall young man, it didn't seem that he was deliberately hiding.
was embarrassed, Duan You arrived, and said to Tuoba Leiyun: "I'll protect this person." Then he told him about saving people on the first day of the new year. Tuoba Leiyun heard this, and hurriedly apologized to Jin Xin, and Jin Xin also thanked Duan You with a fist.
After registering for the name, Jin Xin did not regain any more points, and took the initiative to go to the Pingcheng Pavilion with Duan You and Shi Kai.
The next day, Tuoba Thundercloud learned from Tuoba Hei that there was indeed a place called Pearl Cliff, which was named because of the abundance of pearls, and Tuoba Hei was not very clear where it was.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of the ring competition,
Outside the south gate of Pingcheng, there was a sea of people in front of the four rings.
On the city wall behind the stage, Wang Xiao, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, wearing a war knife, stood at the mouth of the city wall, his eyes were like torches, and he swept the whole field.
A big drum sounded, and Tuoba Thundercloud and the two of them slowly walked to the No. 2 ring in the middle. Tuoba Leiyun first announced the rules of the game, for a single elimination, draw lots to determine the opponent, one side of the exit to admit defeat will end the game, point to the end, etc. Then the winner's reward was announced, which caused the audience to exclaim-
Those who obtain the top sixty-four will be rewarded with fifty taels each, and those who wish will be naturalized in Wei.
The top thirty-two will be rewarded with one hundred taels each, and those who are naturalized in Wei will be named centurions.
The top sixteen will be rewarded with 150 taels each, and those who are naturalized in Wei will be named commanders.
The fifth to eighth place will be rewarded with 200 taels each, and those who are naturalized in Wei will be awarded the title of captain.
The third and fourth places will be rewarded with 300 taels each, and those who are naturalized in Wei will worship the deputy general.
The second prize is 400 taels, which will be reused by the imperial court for those who are naturalized in Wei.
The first prize is 500 taels, and a mansion is given, which is reused by the court for those who are naturalized in Wei.
Then the referee was announced, and the three people in each ring were all famous martial arts in the Northern Wei Dynasty; the three chief referees were Tuoba Leiyun and two people around him, one was Shi Da, the leader of the Han Gang, who was nearly sixty years old, and the other was in his thirties, with a broad forehead and a thin face, but Tuoba Leiyun called him Mr. Wuwei and respected him.
Shi Da, the leader of the Han Gang, has strong martial arts, respects martial arts, and is the chief referee, and everyone expects him, and Tuoba Leiyun is the organizer of the event, which is understandable. Only this Mr. Wuwei is young, unheard of, and I don't know where it is sacred? At the end, an old man suddenly said: "This person is polite and polite, he must be the prince of Tuoba Shizi, a literati who breaks martial arts, wonderful, wonderful!"
After that, it's time to draw lots to get the right ones.
There are more than 500 contestants, signed as wooden plates, marked on them, and packed in a large wooden box, with a burlap on the lid and a hole.
Duan You, Shi Kai, and Jin Xin stepped forward together, stretched out their hands in the hole, and each took out a wooden card, Duan Youwei was No. 23, Shi Kai was No. 145, Jin Xin won the jackpot, but it was No. 1.
Duan You and Shi Kai both found it interesting, but Jin Xin looked indifferent and smiled informably. After a while, a fat man screamed "Ah-", held the No. 1 card in his hand, and asked loudly who was the No. 1, and Jin Xin didn't respond.
After half an hour, the draw was completed.
On top of the four rings, eight people who draw the first, second, third and fourth wooden cards are in teams of two, each standing one. Knock, knock, knock, three drums, the game begins!
Jin Xin and the fat man were in the No. 3 ring. Jin Xin held two wheels in his hand, a petal-like blade on the wheel, and the fat man held a double knife, after the two exchanged gifts to the rivers and lakes, the fat man danced the double knives and rolled towards Jin Xin like a windmill.
Jin Xin stood still, waited for the double knives to get close, suddenly jumped up, and passed sideways over the fat man's head, and he didn't see any movement, so he heard a choking sound, and the fat man's double knives fell to the ground, and blood oozed out of his hands.
Only one move, no, half a move, the fat guy loses!
Everyone in the audience cheered, but they looked at each other: I don't know what trick Jin Xin used?
Duan You was also stunned, he only saw Jin Xin in the air with one hand and a round of diagonal strokes, but he didn't see the other hand and a round of movements.
Jin Xin stepped off the stage, smiled at Duan You and Shi Kai, and was silent. Everyone around watched Jin Xin walk into the crowd before turning their heads to look at the other three platforms to watch the battle.
After a short while, it is Duan You's turn to play. On the first station. The opponent is a bald man, armed with a single knife - people in the rivers and lakes, and most of them use knives.
Jin Xin's strong appearance also inspired Duan You's pride, and as soon as he fought with the bald man, the bamboo stick in his hand hit his arm, and the bald man landed with a single knife, and the whole arm was numb, so he had to admit defeat.
Shi Kai also won easily. Coincidentally, Shi Kai made a double axe, the opponent also made a double axe, after three or four rounds of the two of them, the other party's double axe was knocked away by Shi Kai, that person was also interesting, after admitting defeat, said that he met the ancestor of the axe, which made Shi Kai laugh happily, and the two actually stepped down hand in hand.
In the last round of the competition, as soon as he took the stage, there was thunderous cheers all around. He held a sword in his hand, his long body was jade, his demeanor was graceful, his body was like the wind, his sword was sharp, and he defeated his opponent with only one move.
At the end of the first day of the competition, more than 200 people won, and the outstanding people were Tuoba Si, Jin Xin, and Duan You.
In the next two days, the competition became more and more intense, Duan had two games a day, and after four games in two days, he entered the top 16, during which most of them won without three moves. Shi Kai and other famous people have all been promoted. Jin Xin, as on the first day, most of them defeated the enemy with one move, and the opponent's hands were bleeding.
After two days of observation, Duan You had already seen Jin Xin's moves. Its body shape is erratic, flying like a swallow, the shot is weird, the two wheels are uncertain, once it touches the opponent, the hand breaks the blood flow, and the weapon is out of hand. In the meantime, the key is all in the pace, which seems to be to the left, and the movement has reached the right; it seems to be lying on the ground, but it is soaring into the sky, which is unpredictable. The focus is all on the feet, the left and right feet, the feet, the soles of the feet, the heels, and the edges of the feet can exert force, a little and the body moves, and then the point changes direction, others for the waist and abdomen, but he is born from the feet.
The most incomprehensible thing is that Liu Bobo, five games in three days, except for the first day, the remaining four games are all difficult to win, Fang Tian's halberd is sluggish in his hands, the opponent is not very strong, but he often wins after twenty or thirty moves. Even if he was beaten by Duan You's dog beating stick more than two months ago and was unable to fight back, he was not as weak as he is now. Tuoba Leiyun and others all speculated: Liu Bobo, who is on a par with Yao Ren, the leader of the Qiang Gang, has internal injuries?
On the fourth day, sixteen into eight draws, Duan You played against Yan Ji, that is, the Chang'an people who came with Liu Bobo. Jin Xin played against the Xianbei gang leader Mu Yi. Shi Kai and the others who fought against him were not well-known.
The highlight of this round is undoubtedly the battle between Jin Xin and Mu Yi.
Mu Yi is eight feet tall, with curly hair, holding a hammer in each hand, a hammer weighing 30 catties, swinging it, like dancing three catties of iron pills, ruthlessly, in four days, all the opponents encountered were fractured and defeated under his hands. Its famous stunt "Wind Thunder Meteor Hammer" is famous in the rivers and lakes, and it is almost invincible. Even if Jin Xin's martial arts are profound, everyone agrees that Mu Yi will win!
Duan You also sweated for Jin Xin. After getting along for a few days, Duan You has a good impression of Jin Xin, who seems to be indifferent, but he is real, not vain, and kind-hearted. Needless to say, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the opponents only broke their hands and bleed, and if they added a little more strength, wouldn't they break their hands and waste their hands?
The two competed on the first stage. Everyone in the audience stared at the No. 1 platform, and Shi Kai and the others on the other three stages did not move, and watched Jin Xin and Mu Yi compete first.
After the two clasped their fists and saluted, they each fought with all their might. One is like a rabbit rising and falling, flying all over the field, and the other is like an abyss stopping at the mountain, step by step. Everyone in the audience first shouted loudly, and then held their breath. When the fight was in the end, I saw that Jin Xin's figure was connected into several lines, passing up and down in Mu Yi's front and back, left and right, and Mu Yi's double hammer danced into a circle, advancing like a wall, and twenty or thirty moves had passed, and there was no victory or defeat.
Everyone in the audience, most of them have their mouths half open and their eyes wide open, such a master competes with each other, which is rare in life. Some people were enthusiastic, others were disheartened, and one muttered, "What am I, what am I......"
Suddenly, Mu Yi shouted violently, and the "Wind Thunder Meteor Hammer" was used, and he saw the circle turning rapidly, and the hammer flew out, directly taking Jin Xin's chest and abdomen.
In the exclamations of everyone, they saw Jin Xin jump backwards sideways, the hammer flew over his nose, and when he got up, the right hand wheel flew out, and it flew through his neck, spun in the air for most of the circle, and returned to Jin Xin's hands.
Everyone's hearts were in shock, if it weren't for Mu Yi to avoid it quickly, his head would have fallen to the ground! Also, that round could fly back?
But seeing Jin Xin's figure swimming, his two wheels left his hands, like butterflies dancing and bees flying, up and down, left and right, front and back, around Mu Yi Fei Flying, Mu Yi only hammered in his hand, left and right, his robe was torn everywhere, his hair was scattered, and blood flowed out of his forehead.
The onlookers looked at each other in shock, and they heard Mu Yi yell: "I lost!" Tom fell to the ground with a thud, and the two wheels had returned to Jin Xin's hands.
There was silence all around.
"Oh my God—", suddenly the old man screamed and fainted to the ground.
.........
The top eight produced: Jin Xin, Tuoba Si, Duan You, Lu Wenyu, Qing Zhu, Shi Shenghui, Shi Kai, Liu Bobo.
Draw lots for the four matches: Jin Xin vs. Lu Wenyu, Tuoba Si vs. Shi Kai, Duan You vs. Qingzhu, Shi Shenghui vs. Liu Bobo.
In the afternoon, the four races were concentrated on the second platform.
Jin Xin and Lu Wen in the first game. Lu Wenyu did not come to power, and directly chose to admit defeat. As the leader of the Gang of Qiang, Lu Wenyu wanted to fight Jin Xin, but when he thought about it for a long time, he felt that he could not break Jin Xin's flywheel, so he had to do so. He thought to himself that Mu Yi's skills were between him, and when he thought of Mu Yi's miserable situation with blood flowing all over his face and his head, he felt a chill in his heart. Instead of losing face like Mu Yi, it is better to admit defeat generously, and everyone can understand.