Chapter 402: Elder of Wanjin Hall
Chai Lin said: "Chai wants to ask Young Master Hua to write a letter to Master Hua and transfer the masters of your gang to come to Okura Island, firstly, to prevent all parties in Okura City from making trouble, and secondly, to assist the 'Wanjintang' to protect the city and resist the invasion of the 'Black Dragon Palace'. ”
No wonder Chai Lin agreed to send someone to the waters of Wanyi Island to find Hua Tianxiong and report the news of Hua Bushi's safety, it turned out that he had already moved the idea of letting the masters of the "Evil Dog Gate" come to support Okura Castle.
Hua Bushi pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Chai's move is to let the 'Evil Dog Sect' come to Okura Island with the strength of the sect, this matter is not small for this sect, and the younger brother still has doubts about something, and I also ask Brother Chai to tell me clearly." ”
If you want the "Evil Dog Gate" to come to Okura City to help, you naturally have to take a lot of risks, Chai Lin saw that Hua Bushi did not refuse, but he was happy in his heart, and said at the moment: "Brother Hua can say anything if you have any questions." ”
Hua Bushi said: "Junior brother listened to Brother Chai say that Brother Tai and Sima City Lord are old acquaintances, but Brother Chai is so enthusiastic about helping Okura City, it should not only be caused by ordinary friendship, but also the inside story, can Brother Chai tell Hua Bushi?"
Chai Lin stared at Hua Bushi, and suddenly smiled, and said: "There is indeed an inside story in this, Chai originally planned to tell Brother Hua later, but since the brother asked, I will no longer hide it." ”
As he spoke, his palm suddenly stretched out and slapped it on the table, making a crisp "pop" sound.
The slap looked like an understatement, nothing liliang, and the sound it made was not loud, it only shook slightly on the table, and did not leave any marks on the board.
But after this palm, when Hua Bushi looked down, there was a look of surprise on his face.
I saw that under the round table, on the ground where the table legs touched, many cracks had appeared on the four square bricks, and they were shattered by the power of Chai Lin's palm!
As the head of the family of Nanao Chai Garden, the reputation of "Chai Da Shan Man" spread all over Guangdong, everyone knows that this Chai Lin is a rich gentleman, who was an official in the imperial court in the early days, resigned more than ten years ago and returned to his hometown, so he did some business and business, and was easy-going, kind and charitable. But above the rivers and lakes, there have never been rumors that Chai Dashan can do martial arts. Until today, Hua Bushi knew that this Chai Lin turned out to be a hidden martial arts master.
It may not be difficult to smash four green bricks with one palm, but to slap one palm on the table, transfer the strength to the table legs across the table, and shatter the square bricks at the foot of the table without the wooden table being damaged at all, this kind of palm power is by no means something that ordinary masters can do. And Hua Bushi recognized it at a glance that this hand was the Shaolin faction's stunt of "fighting cattle across the mountains".
He couldn't help but exclaim: "It turns out that Brother Chai is a master of the Shaolin faction, and the younger brother really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai!"
Chai Lin smiled: "I don't dare to be a master, I haven't practiced my clumsy skills for many years, but it makes Brother Hua laugh." Chai was indeed born in Shaolin in his early years, and his family teacher accepted a total of six disciples that year, which belonged to Brother Sima and I had the deepest friendship, and among the six senior brothers, only me and Brother Sima could live the 'Eighteen Bronze Formations in Muren Lane'. ”
Hua Bushi has an excellent memory, and immediately remembered that Chu Yiyi once said, "Muren Lane Eighteen Bronze Man Array" is a place of trial for the descendants of the Shaolin faction to practice superior martial arts, in the past twenty years, only a handful of Shaolin disciples have passed this trial, only eight people, and there are only two lay disciples, one is the 'Six Provinces Boxing King' Fang Changsheng, and the other is Sima Zhufeng.
Unexpectedly, this not amazing Chai Dashan man turned out to be an elite Shaolin disciple who had passed the trial of the Eighteen Bronze Array.
Hua Bushi said: "Brother Chai has ever been a monk?"
Chai Lin didn't know that Hua Bushi had inferred from the trial in Muren Lane, and his face showed a slight look of surprise, and said: "Young Master Hua guessed well, Chai was a monk in Shaolin Temple for ten years when he was young, and his law name was Yuanyong, and he returned to the mountain after the age of thirty and devoted himself to his career. When Brother Sima was in Jiangnan, we were the most haode friends. ”
"Later, Brother Sima found the treasure of the Pirate King, and organized the 'Wanjintang' wholeheartedly, and once made a special trip to the capital to find me, telling him his ambition to establish Okura Castle on the South China Sea, and invited Chai to participate. At that time, Chai Lin was just a minor official of the sixth grade, and he had long been unaccustomed to the mediocrity and corruption of today's imperial court, so he accepted the invitation of Brother Sima, resigned from the office, and helped Brother Sima to achieve great things. ”
Hua Bushi said: "It turns out that Brother Chai resigned and returned to his hometown back then, and there are such reasons. ”
Chai Lin said: "When Brother Sima chose Biluo Island as the place to build the city, he wanted to build a city outside the world that hung over the ocean for thousands of miles, and use the ocean-going trade between the Chinese and Western continents as a means to develop the city. Just because no matter how much treasure there is, there will always be a day when it will be spent, and if you can't gather money at any time to make profits, this city will definitely not last long. Chai was born in a wealthy family, but he has some business minds, and Brother Sima asked me to stay in Nanao Town, specializing in purchasing and selling all kinds of ocean-going trade goods for 'Wanjintang', and Nanao Chai Yuan also became rich because of this. ”
He paused slightly, and then said: "Although the 'Wanjin Hall' has only two elders in name, in charge of the inner and outer halls, Chai is actually also an elder of the Wanjin Hall, just because ocean trade is illegal in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and Chai must stay on the mainland because of the sect's business, in order to avoid suspicion, his identity has not been disclosed. ”
Chai Lin said, took out a palm-sized jade plate from his arms, handed it to Hua Bushi, and said, "This jade plate is the order of the elder of the 'Wanjin Hall', please take a look at it." ”
Hua Bushi received the hand, only to see that the color of this card is turquoise, it is made of high-grade jadeite, which is carved with the four seal words of "Wanjin Elder", which is extremely exquisite. He glanced at it and handed the jade card back to Chai Lin.
Chai Lin is Sima Zhufeng's junior disciple and the elder of the "Wanjin Hall", so it is natural that he is so concerned about the safety of Okura City.
Hua Bushi said: "Brother Chai is the elder of the 'Wanjin Hall', except for the Sima City Lord, can anyone else in the city know?"
Chai Lin said: "The eldest lady of the city lord knows about this matter, and the two elders of Deputy Sect Master Xiong, Deng Ran and Yao Gongxiao also know about it, but the ordinary disciples of the gang don't know about it. ”
He looked at Hua Bushi, and said: "Okura City is now in internal and external difficulties, the crisis it is facing is not trivial, Chai has ordered hundreds of wise men under the Chai Yuan Gate in Nanao to help the people, and they will arrive on this island by boat in three or five days, but Chai Yuan's manpower is limited and his strength is insufficient, so he hopes that with the help of Brother Hua's 'Evil Dog Gate' Liliang, he will definitely be able to turn the situation around and defend Okura City." ”
In the past few months, Hua Bushi has worked hard to open the Bark Tower, just to earn silver taels through ocean trade in Okura City, whether this city is occupied by the pirate Black Dragon Palace, or if there is a civil strife and is controlled by some merchants, it must have an adverse impact on the current free trade, which he does not want to see.
Hua Bushi was originally a decisive person, and he quickly made up his mind and said: "Brother Chai has saved his life for his younger brother, and Hua Bushi can't refuse what he wants. In this way, according to Brother Chai's words, I immediately wrote to my father and mobilized the men under the 'Evil Dog Gate' to rush to Okura Island to help the 'Mankindo'. ”
Chai Lin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Thank you, Brother Hua, I knew that my brother was a righteous person, and Brother Sima had an extraordinary vision, so he would definitely not be wrong!"
Hua Bushi's heart moved, and asked: "Actually, the junior brother and the Sima City Lord have only known each other for a few days, and they have only had a few faces, Brother Chai has said many times that the Sima City Lord chose the younger brother, but I don't know where to start, so that Hua Bushi is confused, can Brother Chai tell me clearly?"
Chai Lin grinned and said: "This matter, Brother Hua will know about it then, but now Chai is not convenient to tell him, in short, Brother only needs to know, this is a great thing!"
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the matter had been decided, Hua Bushi did not hesitate, immediately took the pen and ink inkstone, wrote a letter and handed it to Chai Lin, and asked him to send someone to his father Hua Tianxiong.
In addition to reporting safety, the letter also asked his father to mobilize the masters of the "Evil Dog Gate" to come to Okura Island to help. Along with this letter, Hua Bushi also attached a sachet that he carried with him as a token.
Chai Lin was also very relieved to see that Hua Bushi was so thoughtful. After accepting the letter, he talked to the eldest young master for a few more words, and then left.
Although Hua Bushi knew that the letter would be sent as soon as possible, according to his estimate, his father Hua Tianxiong and the people under the "Evil Dog Gate" would rush to Okura Castle, but it would be at least a matter of a month. Okura Island is more than 2,000 miles from the mainland, and even a trip by the fastest sailing ship can take more than 20 days, not to mention that it will take some time to mobilize manpower.
Whether or not there will be an accident at Okura Castle within this month is completely unpredictable.
Regardless of whether the crisis in the city really exists, the "Zixiao Fighting Dog Conference" still has to be carried out. Two days later, the second round of the conference began as scheduled.
The situation in this round of battles is still lackluster.
Following an easy victory in the first round, Baoliang's opponents drawn in this round of draws, last year's Zixiao ranking was not as good as that of the opponent in the first round, and the result of Zuihou was not surprising.
And Bordeaux, the dark horse that jumped out in the first round, drew the fighting dog, which ranked 26th last year. Twenty-six places are already extremely high rankings in the second round of the conference, and some people thought that it would be a fierce battle, but they did not expect that just after the gong sounded, the Bordeaux opponent's animal trainer immediately threw out the white silk to admit defeat.
The trainer had apparently been instructed by the proprietor to preserve his strength, and not to let the fighting dogs fight Bordeaux at all, lest he be injured needlessly. Today, Bordeaux is considered by many to be a beast of strength comparable to top fighting dogs such as the Crocoon Dog, the Black Python and the Red Fire.