Li Gongfu was a little startled, but his face remained calm, and asked, "Brother Dong, what happened?"

Dong Lin said: "Under the first adult, there are one third-level deacon, two second-level deacons, six first-level deacons, and the rest are ten black-clothed deacons who just joined the 'Heavenly Punishment Division' last year and have not yet entered the stream, as well as some personnel in charge of other affairs. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info According to the regulations of previous years, among the three recommended places, the first two naturally belong to the first Zhu Ding and the third-level deacon Zheng Jun, and the remaining one is controlled by the elder brother and another second-level deacon Huo Ji in turn. This year, it should have been my turn to have the last recommended place, but who knew that Huo Ji was unruly and wanted to fight with me!"

Li Gongfu frowned and said, "Since it is a rule, can the other party violate it casually?"

Dong Lin said a little helplessly: "This is just an unwritten rule, Huo Ji said righteously that since it is a recommendation, the best talents should be recommended." He also said that the person he had just discovered was the best choice regardless of his endowment and intelligence, and hoped that I would take the overall situation into account and give up this place. He didn't know how to move Zheng Jun to support him, even if the first seat was not easy to dial back. ”

A trace of coldness flashed in Li Gongfu's eyes, and he said indifferently: "This Deacon Huo is too confident, although the junior brother is not talented, he doesn't think that he will be much worse than others." ”

Dong Lin applauded vigorously and said: "What my brother wants is your ambition, brother! As long as you dare to fight, my brother will have to fight with Na Huo Ji no matter what." Just now, I have asked the first seat to be the master, and you are allowed to compete with Huo Ji's candidates in the last game, and the winner will naturally have a place. Brother is ashamed, he can only do this step, and the result will depend on your own strength, brother. ”

Li Gongfu arched his hand and said: "Thank you Brother Dong for this opportunity for the little brother, the little brother will definitely not disappoint the eldest brother." ”

Dong Lin led Li Gongfu out of the door, and they bypassed the tall building in the middle of the manor and came to a very spacious courtyard at the back. The ground of this courtyard has been leveled and tamped, and the weapon racks against the wall around it are filled with eighteen kinds of weapons, which is obviously a martial arts arena.

Under the dripping eaves of a row of houses in front of the martial arts arena, three chairs were placed in priority and priority, and the three people sitting on the chairs were all dressed in black clothes of the "Heavenly Punishment Division", and they were all around forty years old. The person on the upper seat is tall and thin, with a cold complexion, and three gold threads embroidered on his shoulders; the person on the lower seat has a short figure and a smile on the corner of his mouth, and two gold threads are embroidered on his shoulder. Behind the person below, there stood a young man in brocade in his twenties and a rather handsome appearance.

Li Gongfu had seen these four people clearly from a distance, and guessed that the three middle-aged people in that seat should be Zhu Ding, the first seat of the Hangzhou Branch, Zheng Jun, the third-level deacon, and Huo Ji, the second-level deacon, and the young man standing must be the ones who competed with him for the recommended place this time.

Dong Lin led Li Gongfu forward, and first gave a salute to the kind fat man among them: "Qi Qi is the first seat, and his subordinates have brought Li Gongfu here." ”

Li Gongfu also saluted upward, and Dong Lin should have been angry in his heart, so he didn't salute Zheng Jun on the side, let alone pay attention to Huo Ji, who was at the same level as himself, but he didn't have the qualifications to lose his temper, so he saluted the three people in the seat with a correct attitude, and said: "Li Gongfu has seen the first lord and the two deacons. ”

Zhu Ding waved his hand and smiled: "No need to be polite, Lao Dong will sit down and talk." ”

Dong Lin snorted and went to the other chair below, but lifted the chair up and moved it to the side before sitting down, showing that he did not want to be with Huo Ji.

Zhu Ding didn't care either, and smiled at Li Gongfu again: "I think Lao Dong has already told the little brother about the decision of this seat." In fact, only fair competition can select the best talents. After this incident, this seat is thinking of changing this old rule, and all three places will be elected in this way in the coming year. ”

As soon as these words came out, the three major deacons on both sides changed color at the same time, and the reason why they were so keen and competing for a place was that they were all selfish.

According to the practice of the "Heavenly Punishment Division", after receiving training, the newcomers who are selected to the "Heavenly Punishment Division" will generally be sent back to the recommended branch to take up a post, and naturally they will be attached to the subordinates of their recommenders. Therefore, every time you hold a place in your hand, it is equivalent to an increase in your future strength. If it is a fair competition for places according to the method mentioned by Zhu Ding, it is actually the biggest unfairness. As the first seat, he must have more resources than the three deacons below, and the elected ones have a better chance of winning the seats.

It's just that although the three of them were anxious in their hearts, Zhu Ding seized this incident as an excuse to put forward a proposition, which can be described as "reasonable, advantageous, and responsible", and they couldn't find an excuse to oppose it for a while.

Zhu Ding didn't wait for the three of them to speak, and turned to the young man behind Huo Ji and said, "Huo Yi, since you have the confidence to compete for this place, let's go down and fight with Li Gongfu for a long time!"

That Huo Yi arched his hand and said: "Obey the order of the first seat!"

Then he walked to the middle of the field, and said to Li Gongfu: "Brother Li, the so-called don't give in on the spot, raise your hand mercilessly." Later, if the younger brother has any offense, he will also ask his brother Tai Haihan. ”

Although Li Gongfu was polite when he heard his words, he implied arrogance, and he didn't seem to put himself in his eyesight at all, and his heart was slightly angry, and on the surface, he was full of modesty, and said with a smile: "Brother Huo is polite, but I don't know how Brother Tai plans to compare with his younger brother?

Huo Yi's eyes flashed imperceptibly with a trace of killing intent, and he smiled: "The little brother's fist and foot kung fu are ordinary, so he will no longer take them out to show his ugliness, how about you and I use weapons to fight?"

Li Gongfu nodded: "The younger brother should be accompanied, please ask Brother Huo to choose weapons."

"Brother Li, please. After Huo Yi said politely, he turned around and went to the weapon rack on the sidelines, and took a horizontal knife without thinking. This knife is exactly the same as the "Heavenly Punishment Division" standard weapon "Heavenly Criminal Law Knife", but the knife has not been blessed with a charm, so it inevitably lacks a lot of wonderful uses. However, his opponent today is a human rather than a demon, but the sharpness of the long knife itself is already extremely powerful.

Li Gongfu did not slack off, walked to the weapon rack on the other side, looked left and right, and suddenly found a pair of iron crutches hanging in the corner of the lower floor. Dengshi's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to pick one up, and his right hand held the short handle that stretched out horizontally on his crutch and waved it a few times, feeling that this heavy fine iron building guy was quite handy. When the crutch that was about to be at the longer end was close to his arm, he turned around and came to the field to confront Huo Yiyao, who mentioned Zhuo Li.

"Brother Li, the blade has no eyes, please be careful!"

Huo Yi seemed to be concerned about a word of advice, but his subordinates did not have the gentleness and humility on the mouth, and the force of his feet drove his body to shoot forward, and the knife turned into a cold lightning ray, slashing straight down towards the top of Li Gongfu's head, and the knife was extremely fast and ruthless!