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Before dawn, the willow garden was brightly lit, and everyone packed up and got ready to go. The streets outside the gate were silent, and tension and solemnity were written on everyone's faces, as if even the cool breeze of the early morning had become heavy as lead.

"Linglong and Wan'er went to invite Mr. Diao, why didn't they come?" Xia Peiheng sat on the horse, raised his eyes anxiously and looked at the eastern sky, and said, "If you don't leave, it's going to be too late." ”

"Wait. Geng Nanyi said in a deep voice: "I went to see the junior fourth brother three times yesterday, and he has been practicing talismans in the house. ”

"I hope it's useful," Yi Bai said with a wry smile: "When the market was closed last night, the handicap of Zhaojin Building was fifty-five to one, and God knows what the fourth master thought." ”

As they spoke, Yu Linglong and Wan'er accompanied Diao Xiaosi, who had been yawning for a long time, and walked over slowly.

His eyes were red and swollen with tears, his hair was messily tied up with hairpins, and his clothes were crumpled with the style and charm of an old thief.

Looking at Diao Xiaosi's listless appearance, Xia Peiheng and Geng Nanyi glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"Little Fourth Uncle, if you really can't do it, forget it. Mrs. Geng couldn't help but persuade: "It's still too late to quit." ”

"What are you kidding?" Diao Xiaosi glared and said, "Lao Tzu just asked Yi Bi to help me add 19,000 taels of bets yesterday, if I admit defeat, won't I all be smashed in the pot?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing where Diao Xiaosi's confidence came from. Could it be that he really thought that with the secret weapons and Dao talismans sent by Li Jing, Chai Shao, and others, he would be able to hold up a pillar of incense under Duan Zhentian's knife? If so, Duan Zhentian would not be a Taishan Beidou-level figure of Guan Luo's righteous path.

As soon as Diao Xiaosi got on the horse, there was a sudden "aggressive" sound of a black bamboo cane hitting the floor tiles in the garden.

Bu Operator walked slowly, Diao Xiaosi's eyes lit up, looked at the haggard old blind man and said, "Apprentice, do you want to accompany the master to the cross slope?"

"This is a 'Nine Shadows Array Talisman', which can continue to run for about half a stick of incense. Bu Operator handed a palm-sized piece of black jade to Diao Xiaosi, and said in a hoarse voice: "That's all I can do." ”

Diao Xiaosi was stunned and asked, "You won't go with me?"

Bu Operator shook his head, turned around with a black bamboo cane in his hand, and slowly walked away along the way he came.

Diao Xiaosi looked at his back, a little thin and lonely, and his mood suddenly felt a little stuffy.

Suddenly, he shouted, "Hey, why don't you look down on Lao Tzu, why should Lao Tzu lose!" With a fierce flick of the whip, the horse under his crotch neighed through the silence of the night, and rushed out of the empty street like an arrow.

The crowd looked at each other, shouted and raised their whips, and urged their mounts to chase after them.

The quiet and sleeping ancient city was trampled by the sound of scattered hooves in an instant. The towering city in the distance was soaked in the dark night, and the distant sky was dotted with one or two stars.

When the group came to Qixia Gate, they saw Hongfu, Li Jing, Chai Shao, Li Xiuning, Fang Mingzu and others already waiting here. The two groups of men and horses merged into one force, and they went out of the city in a mighty way, and the smoke and dust billowed straight to the cross slope in the east of the city.

Around dawn, the cross slope was in sight. I saw two small mounds intersecting each other, forming a cross-shaped plateau on the west bank of the Bahe River. There are already a lot of people gathered around, all of whom are masters of the two realms of righteousness and demons in the Guanluo area, and there are also many gamblers who bet early to get up early to watch the excitement.

On the high ground, Duan Zhentian had arrived. Behind him, there are dozens of dart heads and dart masters of the Guan Luo Dart Bureau, as well as some relatives and friends, all of whom are well-known figures on the right path.

As Fang Xuanling expected, Yuwen Chengdu, the hussar general of the right guard of the forbidden army, was invited by Duan Zhentian to come as one of the notaries of this duel. On behalf of Diao Xiaosi's side, it is Qu Tutong, the general of the Right Military Guard.

"The old guy arrived early. Fang Mingzu looked up at Duan Zhentian from afar, and snorted: "Little fourth brother, I bet some money on you, whether you make money or lose depends on you!"

Diao Xiaosi didn't answer, his gaze looked over Duan Zhentian's head to the end of the Eastern Sky Canopy, the white of the broken dawn. Suddenly, his mind was in a trance, and he inexplicably felt that the star air rotation of his whole body seemed to be in this moment, and he was naturally connected with the surrounding heaven and earth, communicating back and forth.

At this moment, he had touched the threshold of the Guanwei realm, and his whole body had been adjusted to the best state, and he couldn't help but secretly say: "The old blind man's words seem to be a bit of a doorway, and refining talismans is refining the way." Lao Tzu has been practicing the Dao talisman for a day and two nights, and now he feels a little different. ”

It's a pity that this is what he thinks in his heart, and outsiders have no way of knowing. In the eyes of Xia Peiheng and the others, they saw this guy stretching lazily on the horse, and his legs clamped the horse's belly to instigate the mount Shi Shiran to go up the cross slope.

"If you dare to come, you have the backbone. Duan Zhentian slowly stood up from his seat and stared at Diao Xiaosi who was approaching.

Diao Xiaosi drove the mount straight in front of him before reining in the reins of the horse, and said, "Let you wait for a long time, who made a master like me have to wait until the last moment before he can make a grand appearance under the watchful eye?"

"Huh?!" Duan Zhentian was stunned to realize that although he had stood up straight, he was still significantly shorter than Diao Xiaosi who was sitting on a tall horse, and couldn't help but secretly say angrily: "What a slippery boy!"

At this time, I heard Qu Tutong say: "Mr. Duan's dart, Mr. Diao's dart, since the two of them have arrived, please come over and sign the life and death certificate." ”

Duan Zhentian strode to the table that had already been prepared, signed his name without looking at the pen, and looked back at Diao Xiaosi and said, "If you are afraid of death, admit defeat quickly!"

Diao Xiaosi slowly and methodically dragged out two crutches from the belt of the dragon, and then carefully leaned down and slipped off the horse's back, and his brows twisted violently as soon as his feet stepped on the ground.

Yuwen Chengdu frowned and said, "Mr. Diao, can you still participate in the competition now?"

Diao Xiaosi used crutches to support his body and gasp slightly, taking the opportunity to look at Yuwen Chengdu, and saw that he was in his thirties, tall and cold, sitting there straight like an unshakable iceberg.

"No way, I'm sacrificing my life to accompany the villain. Diao Xiaosi took a deep breath, as if he wanted to swallow all the pain, and then staggered to the table with crutches.

The surrounding crowd began to lose their original silent order, and they whispered to each other, speculating about Diao Xiaosi's injury.

The first half of the life and death form is the rules of the competition, although he has already heard Xia Peiheng's introduction, Diao Xiaosi still carefully read it silently from beginning to end, and it took half a cup of tea to make such a process.

Duan Zhentian sneered in his heart: "This kid wants to use the rules to fish in troubled waters, that's a miscalculation!"

After reading the rules, Diao Xiaosi glanced at the various bets about this game below, and nodded with satisfaction and signed his name.

Qu Tutong's identity at this time was a notary, so naturally he couldn't say anything, he put away the life and death situation, and said, "Now prepare for the two of you for a moment of Chenguang." ”

After that, he looked at Diao Xiaosi again and said: "During this period, if you feel that your injuries are too serious to persevere, you have the right to propose to me and General Yuwen, if it is true, you can appropriately postpone the date of the fight." ”

Diao Xiaosi saw a trace of warmth and concern in Qu Tutong's eyes, and said with a secret smile: "Lao Tzu's silver is not in vain, this cheap big brother is not bad for me." ”

He hurried back into the camp of the Huitong Dart Bureau, and sat down on the ground in pain, pretending to be in pain, with Yi Bai's support.

Yu Linglong and the others looked at it and laughed in their hearts: "That is, the little four brothers are so eccentric, they actually thought of pushing the boat down the river and pretending to be injured and paralyzed Duan Zhentian." It's a pity that the difference in cultivation between the two is too great, otherwise maybe they can surprise Duan Zhentian and make a big loss. ”

Before he could think about it, Diao Xiaosi slowly turned over and lay down and said, "Mr. Xia, please help me beat my waist and back twice, so as to relax the meridians and soothe the essence and blood." ”

Xia Peiheng was stunned, and said in his heart: "I am the chief dart head of the Chang'an Branch, how can I give people a massage in front of everyone?"

But when he thought that this battle was related to whether the Chang'an Branch could gain a foothold in Beijing, and his own face was nothing, he agreed at the moment and leaned over Diao Xiaosi's waist to perform Gong Tuina.

He exhorted while exercising: "Mr. Diao, fight with Duan Zhentian later, you must not carry it with him." This person has profound skills and is old and spicy, and you need to use your body to fight around...... Mr. Diao's dart head?"

Maybe his craftsmanship is too exquisite, Diao Xiaosi snored loudly and fell asleep when he listened.

Xia Peiheng was angry and anxious, and said in his heart: "When is this, he can still sleep?

A moment of time passed in a blink of an eye, and Yuwen Chengdu said loudly: "Mr. Duan's dart, Mr. Diao's dart, please come on stage!"

Xia Peiheng hurriedly woke up Diao Xiaosi and said, "Mr. Diao, it's time for you to play." ”

Diao Xiaosi opened his eyes in confusion, and a ray of morning light was shining on his face.

He subconsciously put his hands on the pergola, and saw Duan Zhentian change into a black power suit, and insert the "Difficult Knife" on his back, and ascend the high platform in the middle of the cross slope with majestic steps.

Diao Xiaosi patted Xia Peiheng's shoulder and said, "Your skills are good, better than the old thief." With great effort, he propped up his crutches and walked up to the high platform, stopping at Duan Zhentian's ten zhang away.

All the sounds are fading away, and the pins and needles in and out of the stadium can be heard.

Suddenly, I heard Wan'er shouting loudly under the high platform: "You don't want to die, you have to come back alive-"

Diao Xiaosi smiled, raised his face to look at the red rising sun that erupted from behind the sea of clouds and mountains, the glow of the sun came from the surface, the breeze passed through the pine waves, and a vastness that had never been seen before spread infinitely in front of his eyes.

He raised a cane and pointed at Duan Zhentian from afar, and wanted to say two sonorous and heroic opening sentences, but unexpectedly, he couldn't help but open his mouth and yawn loudly, and said with heartfelt emotion: "It's such a good weather, it's better to go home early and wash and sleep......"