Ling Xue'er stood behind You Jingyao and grimaced at Luo Tianchu. Luo Tianchu didn't dare to mess with her in public, pretending not to see it. Not long after, Jia Yinyang had also arrived, and Gongsun Mingyue said: "Everyone has arrived, now start the discussion." Yesterday, I received a battle letter from Chu Laike, the lord of Huangsha City, and I will read it to you first. As he spoke, he took out a white letter, took out the letter paper, and unfolded it and read: "Brother Ling, Taijian, a farewell for three years, add nostalgia, and I have heard that my brother has become famous in recent years, his armor has increased dramatically, and his fierce generals are like clouds, and his martial arts are better than in the past." The younger brother is overjoyed, and the affection for the brother is even greater. My brother recently got a treasure blade, called 'Lone Ming', with a wide back and a heavy weight, weighing sixty-four pounds, and made of nine days of dark iron. When it is on par with the blood knife of the brother. When the younger brother carries the sword on the first day of the first month, he goes to the quiet valley of your land, and invites the brother to talk about the sword and appreciate the snow. Visitors are soothing. ”

As soon as he finished reading, the group of heroes was in an uproar, and Zhao Hengshan said: "Chu Laike has lost three battles and three times, and he even asked for a battle, the castle master doesn't have to show mercy this time, just kill him." Ling Junlai said: "In the first three battles, I defeated him with weapons, although I may not suffer a loss empty-handed, but it is normal for him to be dissatisfied." I'm just wondering how he got the Lone Ming Sword that is the first of the seven great divine swords today, and it is kept by the descendants of the Ye family. Gu Yao said: "At least one thing is right, the Lone Ming Sword is indeed comparable to the Blood Knife, and the castle master can't be careless." Tie Han said in a deep voice: "What are these words, could it be that the castle lord won the first three times in the advantage of weapons?" Gu Yao smiled: "It's me who lost my words." Gao Xuan said: "The day is picked on the first day of the first month, I don't know if he did it on purpose, obviously he doesn't want us to have a good New Year." Lu Fei groaned: "If I remember correctly, the first day of the first lunar month is also my wife's birthday." You Jingyao's face was expressionless, as if she hadn't heard anything. Yang Tan patted his thigh and said: "Yes, that guy was so jealous when he learned that his wife was back, and he didn't want the castle owner to accompany him for his birthday. Ling Junlai said unhappily: "Chu Laike is a generation of grandmasters, the first master of Tubo, who else here besides me is his opponent? If he is a toad, and you are not even as good as a toad?" Yang Tanzhen's face was flushed, and he bowed his head and was silent. Ling Junlai said: "Although he is my rival, he is also worthy of respect, even if it is an ordinary person, twenty years of infatuation is a great thing, I should go to the meeting as promised." Mr. Gongsun, let's talk about another thing."

Gongsun Mingyue took out another letter and said, "This is a letter of recruitment from the imperial court, which was sent by Wu Jie, the envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The court wants to give us official miles, how do the brothers feel?" Zhao Hengshan said: "I am a rough man, and I also know that the court is faint and the monarch and the minister, misleading the country and the people, and being an official is inevitably affected by their birds, how can I be happy on the mountain." Lu Yi nodded and said: "Yes, we have been in the rivers and lakes all our lives, how can we learn to look at other people's faces, this matter is not appropriate." Lu Fei said: "The imperial court can't even use scholars like Zong Ze and Li Gang, let alone us, and there are examples of Liangshan in front, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others are known to passers-by, and I don't think it's feasible." ”

Everyone felt reasonable, nodded frequently, Lu Fei added: "We can't explicitly refuse the imperial court, it is really not easy for us to accumulate this bit of manpower, if there is a war, the imperial court can recruit troops in various places, and our soldiers fight a little less, it is difficult to resist for a long time." My proposal is that we can help the court, not be a minister. If the golden soldiers come to attack, we will raise troops to rescue them. "All the heroes are good. Gongsun Mingyue smiled, stroked his long beard, and said, "What is the idea of the fort?" It turned out that he and Ling Junlai had already discussed, and the conclusion coincided with Lu Fei, so everyone discussed mainly to understand everyone's attitude towards Zhao'an. Ling Junlai said with a smile: "What Hall Master Lu said is extremely true, just reply to Wu Jie in my name." Gongsun Mingyue responded, and then said: "Now let's discuss the last item, that is, the selection of the owner of the Demon King Village, everyone knows that after the death of the owner of the Zhong Village, the Lord of the Demon King Village has been hanging in the air, and now there are many talents among the descendants of my castle, but are there any good candidates?"

Qunxiong knew that he was talking about Tie Ying, Luo Tianchu, Yan Weifeng, and Zhu Yushi, although Dongguo asked the knife for good martial arts and righteousness, but his qualifications were still shallow and were not in the scope of discussion. Tie Ying grew up in the Blood Knife Castle, although he has never made great contributions, but his martial arts are deeply passed down by Tie Han, he is conscientious and honest, and he is the best candidate for both qualifications and skills. Luo Tianchu's rise is the fastest, the roots and bones are excellent, and the martial arts progress is rapid, under the guidance of Gongsun Mingyue and Lu Fei, both civil and military, this time he destroyed the traitorous plan of the Qi State, welcomed back his wife and the blood knife, which can be said to have made great contributions, and he is also a powerful competitor. Zhu Yushi has two stunts of light skill Gu technique, and his ability is not inferior to them, but he is low-key by nature, does not show his limelight, is more than friendly, and lacks prestige. Yan Weifeng has solid martial arts, but he has no interest in major events in the world, he only loves calligraphy and danqing, reciting poetry and music, and it is difficult to concentrate on learning martial arts if he has too many hobbies, so Tie Ying and Luo Tianchu are the biggest competitors.

Yang Tan was the first to propose: "Tieying was raised by us, needless to say about his martial arts character, and he is also quite familiar with the affairs of the castle, so he is the best choice." Lu Fei thought to himself that Tie Ying did have a good talent, and it was okay to be the owner of the village, but Luo Tianchu was a genius of Tianzhong, and his future achievements would be above Tie Ying, if he could hone well in the position of the master of the village, it would be of great benefit to him, but as a master, it was inconvenient to recommend, and the master of the Iron Hall did not speak for Tie Ying, so he should wait and see what happened. Gao Xuan said: "Lord Yang Zhai is reasonable, Tie Ying grew up in the castle since he was a child, and his qualifications and loyalty are no problem, and I also support him." Lu Fei thought to himself that Gao Xuan and Yang Tan were both thicker than Tie Han, so he was obviously biased towards Tie Ying. The owner of the village is capable, and he can rank his seniority. At that moment, he glanced at Jiang Feiyan and Gu Yao, the two of them were in the same mind as him, and they both supported Luo Tianchu. Jiang Feiyan cleared his throat and said: "Although Luo Tianchu entered the fort late, his progress is obvious to all, and he has made contributions to my fort. Gu Yao followed: "I also seconded it." ”

Ling Junlai and Gongsun Mingyue laughed secretly in their hearts, they knew that the relationship between the leaders was divided into three factions, one was the 'old man faction' headed by Tie Han, Gao Xuan, and Yang Tan, these people were older and had old qualifications. The other faction is the cutting-edge faction led by Lu Fei, Jiang Feiyan, and Gu Yao, these people are young and vigorous, and they are more energetic. Like Zhao Hengshan, Lu Yi, and Jia Yinyang, they are loners and can be regarded as 'neutrals'. Although the 'old people' and the 'new talents' disagreed on some points of view, they never hurt their peace. Ling Junlai and Gongsun Mingyue also thought that it was not bad to let them compete in secret, and only when there was competition could they be motivated. Now that the selection of the owner of the village is controversial, Zhao Hengshan's opinion is particularly important, after all, two of the four hall masters have supported Luo Tianchu, and Tie Han is only one on Tie Ying's side. Although Tie Han and Lu Fei did not speak, they naturally couldn't hide their intentions from Ling Junlai and Gongsun Mingyue. Gongsun Mingyue asked, "What about Hall Master Zhao's opinion?" Zhao Hengshan is thick on the outside and fine on the inside, but he is calm and calm when he encounters major events, if he is a complete man, he will not be able to do the position of hall master. He pondered for a moment and said, "Xiaoying and Xiaoluo can be competent, but Xiaoying is five years older than Xiaoluo and is more stable." Xiao Luo is just twenty years old, and he still needs more experience, and there will be opportunities in the future. ”

In fact, Zhao Hengshan also understood that Luo Tianchu's potential was better than that of Tie Ying, maybe the position of the castle lord would be his, so what was the harm in giving the opportunity to the diligent Tie Ying this time? Gongsun Mingyue nodded secretly, thinking that Zhao Hengshan still took care of the overall situation, and he also had the heart to give Tie Ying as the owner of the village, in addition to affirming his merits over the years, he also wanted to inspire Luo Tianchu. But Lu Fei and his faction strongly supported Luo Tianchu, and the castle lord and himself were intermediaries, so they couldn't be partial, so what should they do? Instead, he asked Lu Yi and Jia Yinyang for their opinions, and Lu Yi said: "They each have their own advantages, Xiaoying is calm and serious, Xiao Luo is smart and clever, if I have to choose one, I will choose Xiao Luo." Over the years, I have temporarily taken the position of the Demon King Village Master, and I know the brothers in the village very well, they are unforgettable to the Zhong Zhai Lord, and if they are led by the righteous brother of the Zhong Zhai Lord, they will be more welcome. Everyone knows that Lu Yi and Zhong Yuanpeng have a deep friendship, and his recommendation of Luo Tianchu inevitably has the intention of comforting the deceased, but what he said is also the truth.

Gongsun Mingyue said with a smile: "Now Xiao Luo and Xiao Ying each have four people to recommend, Master Jia Zhai, your opinion is very important." Jia Yinyang has always looked drowsy, and after listening to Gongsun Mingyue, he said casually: "I think my apprentice Zhu Yushi is the best, I recommend Zhu Yushi." Everyone was stunned, and Yang Tan said: "Brother Jia, now we are talking about Luo Tianchu and Tie Ying, how did you get involved with your apprentice." Jia Yinyang opened his eyes and said, "Who said that I must choose those two little cubs, I will choose my apprentice, what are you going to do?" Yang Tan didn't dare to provoke him, and stopped talking. Zhu Yushi said embarrassedly: "How can the disciple compare with Brother Luo and Brother Ying, master, you can spare me." ”

Jia Yinyang didn't really hope that Zhu Yushi could become the owner of the village, but he was extremely protective of his shortcomings, and he could beat and scold his apprentice as much as he wanted, but no one proposed the apprentice and felt uncomfortable, so he gaged without scruples. On the contrary, if many people recommended Zhu Yu, he would not agree, he would never let this little apprentice go. Listening to Zhu Yushi's modest words, he yawned and said, "Boy who has no interest." ”

Gongsun Mingyue was made to laugh and cry by their master and apprentice, and said: "Okay, now Xiaoying and Xiaoluo each have four votes, and Xiao Zhu has one vote, because Xiao Zhu's votes are too small, so I won't discuss it for the time being." The position of the owner of the village is still chosen from the first two. Lu Yidao: "Since they can't be chosen, let them compete in martial arts, whoever wins will be the owner of the village, it is fair and reasonable, and the losing side is also convinced." Zhao Hengshan stroked his palms and said: "Wonderful, this method couldn't be better." Gu Yao was afraid that Luo Tianchu's martial arts skills would not be as good as Tie Ying, so he hurriedly said: "The fists and feet are ruthless, the sword has no eyes, how can it be good to make a mistake." Gao Xuan said angrily: "We are from a martial arts background, what is not better than martial arts? Isn't it better than poetry and calligraphy? Then no one is the opponent of your master and apprentice." Gu Yao smiled silently.

Ling Junlai had been listening, and at this time he spoke: "I have a method that can comprehensively test their martial arts and talents. The crowd was curious and asked, "Please show me the lord of the castle." Ling Jun came and said: "Ningyuan County in the west recently came to a bully, named Fu Ziliang, he is good at martial arts, he has practiced the kung fu of the thirteen Taibao, and his five or six hundred brothers are dedicated to robbing homes and houses in Ningyuan County, raping and plundering, and the people are miserable. Because he is powerful, the government has no way to take him, and let him do whatever he wants. Fu Ziliang is suspicious by nature, and he is protected by dozens of minions when he eats and sleeps, and it is not easy to kill him. Xiaoying, Xiaoluo, you can select seven soldiers in each village to act together, no matter what method is used, whoever can bring Fu Ziliang's head back here within ten days is the owner of the Demon King Village. The heroes all nodded and said that this method can not only determine the victory or defeat, but also eliminate harm for the people, killing two birds with one stone. Gongsun Mingyue said: "Xiao Luo, how is your recovery from your internal injuries, do you need to rest for a few more days?" Luo Tianchu said: "It's all right, it's not in the way." Gongsun Mingyue nodded and said: "The ten-day limit will be counted from tomorrow, and the deliberations are over, so you all go and prepare." ”

After the meeting, Luo Tianchu pulled Zhu Yushi to his room, there were a few plates of side dishes and two pots of bamboo leaves on the table, and after sitting down, Zhu Yushi frowned and said: "What can you do, the internal injury is obviously not good, but you insist on saying it." That Fu Ziliang must be ruthless, don't lose your life. Luo Tianchu smiled: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." Zhu Yushi saw that he looked like he was full of bamboo, and knew that he had a lot of ideas, so he didn't persuade him again. Luo Tianchu sighed: "If it weren't for the fact that the Demon King Village originally belonged to Brother Zhong, I wouldn't have fought with Brother Tieying for anything, Brother Zhong's dying wish is to hope that we will inherit his position as the owner of the village, I must do my best to fight for it and not let Big Brother down." Zhu Yushi said strangely: "How do you know Brother Zhong's dying wish? Only the castle lord was present at that time, could it be that the castle owner told you?" Luo Tianchu said: "Can't you see, when Brother Zhong died, we were just inconspicuous stinky boys, and at that time, Brother Tieying was a hundred times stronger than us, why didn't you let him be the owner of the village at that time? It must be because Brother Zhong asked the castle owner to give us a chance, so the castle owner will train us like this." Zhu Yushi nodded and said, "If it's really Brother Zhong's last words, then you have to come on." Luo Tianchu smiled: "Don't worry, I will win, but I feel a little sorry for Brother Tie Ying." Zhu Yushi said angrily: "Where do you get your confidence, Brother Tie Ying's martial arts are above you, I think he has a better chance of winning." Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "The mountain people have their own clever plans, let's not talk about this first, you can then talk about the affairs of your Caoyang Village." ”

Zhu Yushi will tell the whole story, I wanted to ignore Jiang Nuer's affairs in the past, but how smart Luo Tianchu was, seeing that he suddenly slurred, he broke the casserole and asked to the end, and finally put the affectionate thing out, he laughed, slapped the table and said: "Okay, you are a loyal and honest person, I didn't expect to do this beast thing!" Zhu Yushi said: "you, at least I still hold it, I want to replace it with you, hum, the consequences are unimaginable." Luo Tianchu shook his head and said, "Pitiful, pitiful." Zhu Yushi said: "Poor what?" Luo Tianchu said to himself: "Poor man He Nuxia is infatuated with you thousands of miles away, but you have another marriage, how can you start a family." Zhu Yushi blushed and explained: "I...... I have nothing to learn from the heart of the moon lotus, and I have no wavering, don't talk nonsense. Luo Tianchu teased him and said: "Heh, it's very affectionate, should people respond to you?" and I don't know how to be ashamed, hehe." Zhu Yu was speechless and snorted, "You shut up for me." Luo Tian saw that the joke was almost over, and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, have you written to He Nuxia recently?" Zhu Yushi shook his head. Luo Tianchu said speechlessly: "Why don't you write it yet, don't let people really misunderstand, girls are to be coaxed." Zhu Yushi nodded listlessly and said, "I'm afraid she has forgotten me a long time ago." Luo Tianchu said: "That's why you wrote a letter." Zhu Yushi sighed: "Hey, I really don't know how to write, so let's wait." You have to rush to Ningyuan County tomorrow morning, rest early, and I'll go. Luo Tianchu got up and said: "I'll give you a ride, and by the way, ask the master of Gu Zhai to send seven soldiers to me, and I will leave tonight." Zhu Yushi said: "Doesn't it start tomorrow, don't you break the foul tonight?" Luo Tianchu smiled: "Fool, when you get to the child, it will be tomorrow." ”