368. Three innings
That was originally Ling Buchao who took the initiative to give Zhuo Buqun the opportunity to propose, so Ling Buchao naturally expected his proposal, and said with a smile: "Okay, Senior Brother Zhuo has already recommended Senior Brother Qu, so what other junior disciples are there to choose from?"
Xu Bugong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What's the situation on our side, can Senior Brother Ling still not understand? Even if we insist on picking out someone, we will definitely have to find it under Senior Brother in the end, and your disciple, you and Senior Sister Ning must know better than us, what else can we propose?"
After waiting for a while, a few people nodded yes.
Ling Buchao looked at Qu Buyi again, and said: "There are three disciples under Senior Brother Qu, Senior Brother Zhuo recommended Senior Brother Qu's nephew, and there are two left, I don't know if your opinion is the same as Senior Brother Zhuo?"
Qu Bu smiled faintly and said: "Qu Wufeng is quite passable under my door, Senior Brother Zhuo has a unique vision, and he has already been in love, who else can I recommend?"
Ling Buchao said: "Since this is the case, then let's discuss again, when will Shan'er compare with Master Qu's nephew, how to compare, what things to compare, let's make a charter now!"
Xu Bugong said: "Isn't Senior Brother Ling very confident in Ling Shan's martial arts?
Wen Bushu said: "I think that martial arts can be talked about, and other aspects should be tested first!"
Ling Buyan asked, "What does Senior Brother Wen mean?"
Wen Bushu said: "If the character is not good, then no matter how high the martial arts are, there is no reason to choose him as the leader! We don't know much about Senior Brother Qu's nephew, and Senior Brother Qu and Senior Brother Zhuo don't know much about Shan'er, so it's better to set a one-year period first and observe the performance of the two!"
Yu Buwen shook his head and said: "This thing of character is too illusory, if you insist on hiding it, let alone a year, ten years and eight years, you may not be able to see it, the Huashan traitors that the wind is not crazy about, don't we still know how many there are?"
Wen Bushu retorted: "You can't abandon it because it's not good to observe, right?"
Yu Buwen looked at Zhuo Buqun and said, "Since Senior Brother Zhuo proposed Senior Brother Qu as the successor candidate, he must know a little bit about him, right?"
Although Zhuo Buqun nominated Qu Wufeng, he did not say it well, and said bluntly: "The arrogance is too high, it needs to be polished, and there is no problem in other aspects." ”
Yu Bu asked, "Senior Brother Zhuo, do you dare to make a guarantee?"
Zhuo Buqun said: "There is no need. ”
Yu Bu asked Ling Buchao again: "Do you want to come to Senior Brother Ling to choose Ling Shan, and he also has a responsibility?"
Ling Buchao said: "Since I chose her, I can naturally guarantee that Shan'er is a little naughty in addition to her personality, well, maybe I can add another greedy mouth, in addition, I can't find anything else wrong with her." After a pause, he continued: "Actually, everyone can rest assured that Shan'er, you see that she fought against the Double Demon on Hengshan Mountain, and not long ago in Hangzhou, she tried to prevent Xiao Tianzun's plot to frame the disciples of the Xie family's sword god, all of which are righteous moves, and you can see how Shan'er's character is!"
Qu Bu smiled and said: "Although the kid Wufeng is not very famous, he has also done a few things in the north over the years, although it is not as widely spread as Ling's nephew, after all, it is also a good deed, and his character can still be seen." ”
Although he tried his best to add some chips to his disciples, after all, it was limited, and the momentum was inevitably smaller. In fact, he can also directly mention Dugu Wuchong and give Ling Buchaoan an an unknown hat, but since it is a guarantee now, and there is something to be responsible for in the future, then it will be much lighter to refute it with these words, in addition to disgusting people and being addicted, it is inevitable to leave a small family image for others, which is not a good choice. Even if he directly attacked Ling Buchao and lost morality with this matter, to a certain extent, it was better than using a guess without solid evidence to force the palace, but he didn't choose to do so.
Ling didn't laugh and didn't speak.
Yu Bu asked: "Isn't that it? Since there are guarantors on both sides, if anyone is found to be misbehaving at that time, it is better to find the guarantor to hold them accountable." ”
Ling Bu smiled and said, "No wonder Senior Brother Yu can be a rich man safely, and he can handle things neatly! ”
Zhuo Buqun interjected: "Speaking of guarantees, I hope Senior Brother Ling can also promise one more thing. ”
Ling Buchao said: "What guarantee?"
Zhuo Buqun said: "If Ling Shan wins in the end of these three competitions and decides that she will succeed her in the future, you must guarantee that she will not marry outside, so as not to hand over the Huashan Foundation to outsiders." ”
Ling Buchao smiled casually: "That's nature. If she has a sweetheart in the future, she can ask the man to join her, and this is not a problem, and I can guarantee it. ”
Wen Bushu proposed: "Since the conduct of both sides has been guaranteed by two senior brothers, this point is not included in the competition, then we will set three more competitions, how about two wins in three games?"
Ling Buchao nodded in agreement, "That's very good." As I said earlier, the level of the competition can be regarded as one, and the other two, what do you think should be more appropriate?"
Qu Bu's face stiffened slightly, his ambition is inherent, but he is not arrogant, the name of the tree shadow, the three names of the starry night are not small, in terms of martial arts, he has little confidence in his own disciples, but he can't raise any objections.
Xu Bugong said: "The second game will determine the talent! This talent is not poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the ability to manage the sect, we each ask a question related to the management of the sect, let them answer, whoever answers well, even if he wins." ”
Ling Buchao asked, "There are eight people here, what if those two children are equal?"
Xu Budong hesitated for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Ling and Senior Sister Ning are Ling Shan's parents, and Senior Brother Qu is Qu Wufeng's master, so the three of you don't need to ask questions." ”
Zhuo Buqun took the initiative to say: "I support Qu Wufeng, if you want to avoid suspicion, I should also avoid it." ”
Xu Budong: "Eh, this ......"
Yu Buwen smiled bitterly: "What is the difference between four questions for four people and eight questions for eight people?"
Wen Bushu said: "I have been guarding the library on the mountain all these years, and I am also close to Ling Shan's child, if I also make a question, it will inevitably be suspected of partiality, so I simply give up the question." ”
This is also the best way, Ling Buchao saw this, nodded and said: "Then so be it, the three junior brothers live in seclusion all the year round, and they are not very familiar with the two children, and it is most fair for the three of you to come up with the questions." ”
Xu Bugong said: "Okay, then we will solve the problem at that time." ”
Chi Bu said: "Then there is a third ......"
Qu Bu answered: "I think this third game will definitely contribute to the master!"
Ling Buyan looked at him and asked, "There are many kinds of contributions, such as contributing money and silver, improving the loopholes in martial arts, defending the reputation of the master, spreading the prestige of the master, and so on, all of them are contributions, how does Senior Brother Qu plan to compare this contribution?"
Qu Bu said: "For this faction, in addition to carrying forward the Huashan Sword Sect, which is now declining, what other contribution can be compared to killing traitors for the master?"
"Traitor?" Ling Buchao's eyes condensed slightly, and his brows furrowed, "Senior Brother Qu, please speak up." ”
Qu Bu didn't give in: "Isn't there a lonely Wuchong under Senior Brother Ling?"
Ling Buchao immediately retorted in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Qu, please don't lie about it, Dugu Wuchong was expelled from Huashan two years ago, and there is no such person under the junior brother!"
Xu Bugong also frowned and said: "After the Dugu Wuchong incident, I and Senior Brother Chi and Senior Brother Yu have all rushed back to Huishan, and discussed with Senior Brother Ling in person, the thief has been expelled from the division, and Senior Brother Ling has also punished himself for half a year, this matter is considered to be in the past, and Senior Brother Qu does not have to chase after him anymore." ”
Qu Bu smiled slightly, arched his hand, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's a foolish brother's mistake, don't blame you...... It should be said that Senior Brother Ling's disciple originally had a lonely Wuchong!" and then said: "But Senior Brother Xu said that this matter has passed, and this foolish brother has a different opinion!"
Xu Budong said, "What do you mean?"
Qu Bu said: "Although Dugu Wuchong was expelled from Huashan by Senior Brother Ling, the reason is that he colluded with the Demon Sect and suspected that he was the son of the evil thief...... The latter does not mention, our Huashan is a decent family, and we are not happy to convict the Manchus and sit together, but since he himself colluded with the Demon Sect, but it is different, it should be more appropriate to say that he is a traitor than to say that he is an outcast, right? ”
For outcasts, it doesn't matter if they are expelled from the door, whether they are dead or alive is no longer cared, and for traitors, there are only one or four words, cleaning up the portal, or simply put, "killing", which is the accepted rule of the rivers and lakes.
"So, what does Senior Brother Qu mean?"
There is a bit of suspicion, so since her husband proposed to let her daughter take over as the head, Ning Weiyu has been silent, and then she can't help but speak, her voice trembles a little, she has heard the intention of giving in, but she still holds a glimmer of hope. After all, she grew up watching Dugu Wuchong since she was a child, and she is like a mother and son with him, even if there is a huge difference in position now, it is inevitable that she will still have some concerns.
Qu Bu smiled and said: "In my opinion, the master's contribution to this can directly be evidenced by the traitor's head, whoever takes the head of the little thief who takes Dugu Wuchong first will win!"
He didn't know if Ling Buchao and his wife still had feelings for the outcast, but judging from Ning Weiyu's hesitation at the moment, she obviously still had it, and since she still had love in her heart, no matter how much or less the remaining feelings were, but more or less it could affect the starry night of the hands, and at that time, as long as the little girl hesitated, or even showed mercy to her subordinates, then her own disciple would have one more chance. This is also the reason why he proposed to let the two of them kill Dugu Wuchong in order to accept the name.
Ning Weiyu looked at her husband as if asking for help, and said, "Senior brother, or ......"
Ling Buchao waved his hand to signal that Madame didn't need to say much, and after a little muttering, he agreed: "In this third game, according to Senior Brother Qu's suggestion, let's eliminate the reverse, whoever kills Dugu Wuchong will win." ”