Chapter 123: Victory or Defeat
"What do you mean by that?"
"Don't hide it from Gu Lianshi, many friends in the capital are extremely concerned about this battle, and they are silently evaluating the strength of the Gu family. Of course, it's useless to say that now, and that's not why I'm here. ”
"My Gu clan's strength needs to be proved by fighting with a junior disciple?
"I have a few friends who have commissioned me to make a handicap, and a lot of bets have been placed on your side. To be honest, as long as you play, whether you win or lose, in fact, we will not lose money, because these seven days are enough for us to gradually adjust the handicap, and we don't expect to make much money in this battle. But we didn't expect that you didn't even have the courage to fight......"
"How many times have I said it? It's not that I don't have the courage to fight, I don't care to fight!"
"Okay, okay, okay, whether you don't have the courage or disdain to fight, the result is the same, I can't open this handicap, who will bear the responsibility for such a big loss?"
Gu Nanan frowned and said, "Who bet the silver, don't you just give it back?" What does it have to do with me?"
Li Dayin stood up suddenly, patted the table and said: "To put it lightly, many handicaps are in a row, two wins or two defeats in a row, three wins or three defeats in a row, all four wins or all defeats, and one win and three defeats, three wins and one victory, or pinching the head and tail to win and lose half, I don't know how many people participate in each handicap, but Gu Lianshi, you didn't fight the first battle, how do you tell us to pay? Do you know how much silver is here? Let me tell you, 880,000 taels!"
Gu Nanan was stunned, not knowing how to answer for a while.
Li Dayin continued to yell at him: "And I also told you, this is just a plate in the capital, two capitals and thirteen provinces, how many big villages are opening, do you know?
The corners of Gu Nan'an's mouth twitched: "Why do you want me to pay?"
Li Dayin pointed to Gu Nan'an's nose and said, "If you don't go out to fight, so we all have to lose, who will you pay if you don't pay?"
Gu Nanan was so angry that he trembled: "I didn't open the handicap, you opened it, what should I lose? I don't have anything wrong!"
Li Dayin shook his finger at Gu Nan'an contemptuously: "Gu Lianshi, does it matter who is wrong and who is right? No, wrong and right never matter, what really matters is gain and loss! You have lived for so many years, don't you even understand this?"
Gu Nan'an had never seen Li Dayin's attitude so fierce, and he had never experienced the experience of being slapped on the table in front of him by a little Jindan mage. But he couldn't get angry at the moment, he knew that what Li Dayin said was right, and he knew that behind Li Dayin, there were countless nobles who were about to suffer heavy losses, this was a chilling flood, he Gu Nan'an couldn't stop it, Gu's Villa couldn't stop it!
"Is this what Tianshi Chen meant?"
Li Dayin smiled and said, "No, this matter has nothing to do with my teacher from beginning to end, you must remember it!"
Seeing that Gu Nanan was speechless, Li Dayin showed a jade pendant and shook it in front of his eyes.
Gu Nanan was stunned: "Your Majesty?"
Li Dayin sat down and said leisurely: "This is what Your Majesty meant." His Majesty said that if Gu Lianshi was willing to fight, no matter whether he won or lost, he would keep everything Gu did in mind. ”
Gu Nan'an said bitterly: "Even Your Majesty has no confidence in me?"
Li Dayin said: "Master Gu, if you go out to fight on the first day, we are all full of confidence in you." On the second day, the third day, we still thought you could win, but you hid for seven days, and you asked yourself, do you still have confidence in this battle?"
Gu Nanan glared at Li Dayin, Li Dayin glared back without showing weakness, the two looked at each other for a long time, Gu Nanan nodded slowly, and said, "Very good, I will let you see it." ”
Li Dayin smiled lightly: "I also hope you can win, but now it doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you are willing to fight, as soon as possible!"
After Li Dayin left, Gu Nan'an sat in the room until it was dark, then got up, entered the back hall, and stopped for a long time in front of the statue of the ancestor Gu Jun on the wall, and made a spell with two fingers, and the image swayed lightly in the wind, turning into a long sword with red light, which gently fell into Gu Nan'an's palm.
The sword is shaped like a leaf, held in the palm of the hand, light and fluttering like nothing, but urged by mana, it is like a mountain that is difficult to shake.
The index finger gently swept over the blade of the sword, and two verses were inscribed on the sword.
The obverse is:
As soon as you enter the deep palace,
There is no spring every year.
Talking about a leaf,
Send it to a lover.
The reverse is:
Sorrowful to see the warbler crying and the catkins flying,
When the intestines were broken in the Shangyang Palace.
The monarch does not close the eastward flowing water,
To whom the poem was inscribed on the leaf.
Shangyang Red Leaf Sword, refined by the ancestors themselves, is a magic weapon-level flying sword, and it is a solemn treasure for Gu's Villa Town. The poem inscribed on the sword is a poem about the ancestor's concern and the grandmother's lifelong love.
Gu Nanan recited two poems repeatedly, and kept cheering himself up: "How could I lose? It's completely unreasonable...... We must not fall into the prestige of our ancestors, and the Gu Clan Villa will be able to make a big noise......"
When it was dawn, Gu Nan'an came out with his sword, and the Gu monks who had received the news gathered around him, silently walking towards the gate of the villa, killing and tragic, so tragic that people were almost breathless.
The thick door latch was tightly locked, and the three rune arrays with different effects shrouded it, Gu Nan'an stopped, looked at the door latch in his eyes, and kept silently chanting in his heart: "I can't lose, I must not lose......"
The only surviving ancestor of the Gu family was holding the dragon staff, and shouted worriedly: "Victory and defeat are common things......
Gu Nanan turned around suddenly, his face was a little hideous: "I won't lose, I must not lose, yes, I must not lose." ”
When he stood in the door for a long time, he repeated this sentence many times in his mouth, and then took a deep breath and said, "Open the door!"
On the morning of the eighth day when Wei Zhizhen blocked the door, the gate of Gu's Villa slowly opened in the rising sun, Gu Nanan walked out of the door, raised his eyes and looked at the sky for a while, looked at the white clouds moving slowly in the sky for a while, and then moved his eyes to Wei Zhizhen who was sitting opposite.
Wei Zhizhen slowly got up from the chair and stood opposite Gu Nan'an.
Lingshan, who had been noisy for seven days, suddenly became solemn, no one spoke, and all eyes were fixed on the two of them.
The vigorous and noisy sword test between the north and the south is finally about to begin.
The moment Wei Zhizhen slowly got up, Gu Nanan suddenly found that the other party's figure was as majestic as a mountain, and the momentum exuded from his body was dignified and profound, which actually gave him a feeling of being unable to resist.
He suddenly became a little frightened, his legs couldn't help but weaken, and his arms holding the flying sword trembled uncontrollably.
"How is that possible? Where is the Archmage in this realm? This ...... Could it be that what Tianshi Chen said is true, I will really lose?" Gu Nanan immediately gave birth to this thought from the bottom of his heart, and once this thought was born, it immediately spread wildly, enveloping him inside and outside his body and mind.
Wei Zhizhen quietly looked at Gu Nan'an on the other side, looked at it for a moment, and slowly took three steps forward.
These three steps were like a mountain giant god, stepping heavily on Gu Nan'an's anxin, Gu Nan'an only felt that he was completely unstoppable, and couldn't help but take a step back.
As soon as he retreated, Gu Nanan was almost about to collapse!