Chapter 228: The Undercurrent in Zhongwangzhou
After coming out of Ding Kui's room, the old man followed Ding Kun all the way, and it was inconvenient for them to discuss it in front of Ding Kui.
"How is it?How effective is it to suppress your murderous aura?" the old man followed Ding Kun's room.
"It works, but it's not very obvious. The young master's cultivation is a little lower, the fighting spirit is not condensed enough, and the number is too small, if it is replaced by the master, the effect may be much stronger. Well, as you said, let's try again when the master comes back. The result was expected by Ding Kun, but he was somewhat disappointed.
Don't look at Ding Kun's current state is very normal, there has been no loss of killing intent for many years, that's because he has not been strongly stimulated, anger and bloody scenes may cause Ding Kun's killing intent to get out of control.
The attack fifteen years ago almost caused Ding Kun's killing intent to explode, but a flash of lightning wiped out almost all of his murderous energy. Baptized by the purest energy in heaven and earth, he happened to be purified once at the peak of the slashing samurai, and by mistake he escaped the catastrophe of demonization.
If Ding Kui's fighting spirit had an effect on him, Ding Kun wouldn't have to go far to Lu State.
"So far, the official teams of 11 counties have arrived in the state capital, and the main street responsible for the reception has all of them settled; the north and west gates have been guarded by city defense troops overnight, and the city gates are open all day; the south and east gates are the same as before, and the city gates will be closed after the last boat from the wharf docks; the cavalry branch has sent people to cooperate with the public security department to patrol the main streets of the city, and if there are any private brawlers, they will be dealt with immediately. Master Jiang, the first staff member of the State Pastoral Office, read with a document in his hand.
Shao Dianjian is already sixty years old, well-maintained, his dark red hair is neatly combed, only occasionally mixed with a few gray hairs, the skin on his face looks as smooth as satin, and only the few long whiskers under his chin tell the vicissitudes of time.
"Okay, okay, stop reading the clichΓ©s, and pick something interesting to talk about. Shaodian interrupted Master Jiang impatiently.
"This, interesting things have been written in "Watching the Moon", you have already seen it. By the way, the subordinate learned something in the riding branch, and you may find it interesting to you.
Changyi County, Shiqiao County, Jixi County and Nanguo County jointly applied for this year's state competition, and the contestants in this state competition are not allowed to use the top 20 famous swords in the kingdom. Master Jiang hesitated for a moment and said.
"Hahaha, yes, that's interesting. The people in these counties are very well-informed, and they must have known that Ding Kui used the 'Moon Death' to slash out the sword in the plague of the demon rat, and they all jumped out to ban the famous sword.
Indeed, except for the games in the capital, there are very few famous swords in other places. Don't look at the five major ducal families in this state, their descendants are basically in the capital, and those who stay in their hometowns are all side descendants.
The brains of these counties are really bad, isn't it difficult for Xuanyuan Huang to do, An Guogong specially asked people to give the 'moon death' to Ding Kui during the county competition, just to let Ding Kui use this sword to fight all the way to the national competition. It's good for them to run out and say that they won't be used, if Xuanyuan Huang agrees, wouldn't it be against An Guogong.
Hmm? Why isn't Zhenjiang County in the joint name? I heard that Zhenjiang County's sister-in-law has entered the state competition this year, does he also have a famous sword in his hand?"
Seeing that Master Zhou Mu was so interested, Master Jiang hurriedly said: "My subordinates got a piece of news that Jiang Ang, the prince of Zhenjiang County, arrived in Pingzhong County a few months ago and fought with Ding Kui on the street.
At that time, Ding Kui did not use the 'Moon Death', but used an ordinary knight's long sword, and I heard that he defeated Jiang Ang with only one sword. β
"Oh, Ding Kui actually defeated Jiang Ang with just one move? Don't look at the Marquis of Zhenjiang County and the Marquis of Huguo are both marquises, but the Marquis of Huguo is the first family of the famous military, if it weren't for the death and injury of the descendants and side lines of the Ding family in the Hundred Years War, the current Marquis of Huguo would not have to run back to Pingzhong County with his son. β
Shaodian Jian still has a sentence in his heart that has not been said, "Today's king may not be Shaodian Dan"
"This matter was seen by Lu Hao, the treasurer of Pingzhong County of the Lu Chamber of Commerce, and he is now in the state city, and this news was heard from his mouth, so it should be true. Master Jiang added.
"No wonder Zhenjiang County is so honest. Does Xuanyuan Huang know about this?"
"The subordinates only heard the news because they were in contact with the people of the Lu Chamber of Commerce on official business, and Lord Xuanyuan of the Qizhong Branch may not know. β
"It's not easy for him, you have to find a way to reveal this news to him. Whether Ding Kui uses a famous sword or not is not something that the contestants from those counties can deal with, so why let Xuanyuan be a villain and prohibit the use of famous swords in the state competition.
Those people shouldn't know that it's not so easy to use the 'Moon Fall' to split the sword, and with the level of the Blade Knight, a full game may not be able to trigger the special effect of the 'Moon Fall'. You will arrange to reveal this matter to the people in those counties. After speaking, Shao Dianjian waved his hand and asked Master Jiang to step back.
Xuanyuan Huang is the head of the cavalry branch.
According to the practice of the kingdom, the first person of the knight's guild in each state cannot be a native of the state, in order to ensure the fairness of the knight's guild organization. Therefore, Xuanyuan Huang of Linhai Prefecture came to Zhongwangzhou to take up a post.
He was already busy preparing for the state competition, but he also came up with the joint ban on famous swords by the four counties of Changyi County, Shiqiao County, Jixi County, and Nanguo County, which gave him a headache.
The reason of the four counties is that the use of famous swords is too unfair, it is not the real strength of young knights, and it is contrary to the original intention of the National Young Knight Competition, and in order to return a fair competition environment to the players of each county, the use of famous swords should be banned.
This is the first time in the history of the state competition that such a thing has occurred, and the chairman of Changyi County also proposed that if it is inconvenient for the Qizhong branch to express its position, the presidents of the 20 counties of Zhongwang Prefecture should vote, and they respect the opinion of the majority.
"Long Shen, you came just in time, did you reveal the meaning of the four counties to Fuji Yan?"
"My subordinates have already told President Fuji. β
"How is it? What is Fuji Yan's attitude?"
"Of course he is against it, Pingzhong County's hope of entering the national competition is on Ding Kui, how could he agree to leave the matter of banning the famous sword to the referendum of the counties. Lord Xuanyuan, don't worry, your subordinates have heard another news. β
"What's the news? Can you help me solve this problem? If not, don't say it. Xuanyuan rubbed his fingers on his eyelids a few times.
"Maybe it's a little helping, it's from the state shepherd's office. It is said that a few months ago, Ding Kui defeated Jiang Ang of Zhenjiang County with an ordinary long sword. β
"Oh, so Lord Governor means to ban the famous sword?"
Long Shen's face froze, and he quickly explained: "No, my lord." What they mean is that even if you ban the famous sword, the players from the four counties may not be able to defeat Ding Kui, and you will most likely end up with a thankless struggle. not only did not let the four counties gain any benefits, but also offended An Guogong, and changed the rules of the state competition without authorization, breaking the tradition, and causing a commotion without any benefits. β
"Yes, after you say this, I understand that their four counties are obviously trying to roast me on the fire, isn't it just for a place in the national competition, why bother to toss so much trouble. Xuanyuan slapped his thigh.
"The subordinates felt that this matter was a bit strange from the beginning. β
"Really? β
"Where did those four counties get the guts to target Ding Kui? You just said that just a quota for the national competition can give them a lot of benefits, as for what you want to do against An Guogong? That's the three elders of the Senate, just give them some small shoes to wear, they can't eat and walk around.
If the matter is going to get bigger, and you Xuanyuan family is also involved, will it provoke the contradiction between the second elder and the third elder of the Senate? Isn't the mind of the four families a bit big? If there is no article here, the first subordinate will not believe it. As a child of the Long family, Long Shen thought about the problem a little more deeply.
Xuanyuan Huang looked at Long Shen appreciatively, nodded frequently, and said: "Zhongwangzhou has been calm for too long, there will indeed be people who are quiet and think about it, such a handwriting is not something that can be done by a small family, and I almost fell on the road when I was negligent for a while."
Regardless of whether there is a conspiracy in this or not, we can't participate in it, the state competition is part of the national knights' competition, and whoever wants to impose rules on the state competition will talk to the knights.
Hmph, do you want the counties to vote? Even if there are more than ten county guilds proposing, I still need to agree to it, unless more than eighty percent of the county guilds ask for it. Long Shen, you convey my meaning to the presidents of the four counties, if you can't get together the joint names of the sixteen counties, don't mention the matter of banning the famous sword. β
Ding Kui, the central figure of this small storm, was training against Qianyou, and his guards blocked the martial arts arena of the "Inn in the Clouds" to prevent people from peeking into this training.
In the past, it was other guards who were Ding Kui's sparring partners, Qianyou did not participate, the magician and the knight were head-to-head, it was difficult to achieve, it could only be a one-sided situation, either the magician abused the knight, or the knight chased the magician, and it couldn't have the effect of training at all.
After Ding Kui developed the new function of "Moon Death" in Funiu Mountain, Qianyou came in handy, the magic of the fourth-level demon rat was blocked, and Ding Kui was full of confidence in blocking Qianyou's magic.
Qianyou took out his magic wand and said to Ding Kui: "Shizi, I'm here, you have to pay attention." β
Ding Kui held the "Moon Death" in both hands, slashed at Qianyou a few times, and said with a smile: "You usually release magic on the target, it must be very boring, today is not so much that you are a sparring partner for me, it is better to say that I am a sparring partner for you." Come on!"
Qianyou also smiled, this is true, but he was not idle, an adult forearm-long wind blade appeared in front of his magic staff, and shot at Ding Kui with a "boom".