After hearing what Brother Pang said, Yin Ji glanced at his master with admiring eyes, and sincerely praised: "So awesome!"
Lu Zuo laughed, "Brother Pang is being polite. If Brother Pang hadn't underestimated the enemy that day, he might not have been his opponent as a teacher!"
"I think you two don't need to be so polite." Chen Tuizhi said with a smile, "The top priority now is how to arrange our tactics for tomorrow.
"Oh..." Lu Zuo smiled and said, "You have made a lot of progress after retreating, and you even know how to urge us!"
After saying that, everyone started laughing. Lu Zuo raised a cup of tea on the table, took a sip, and continued: "Let's get back to the topic, tomorrow is the time for the competition. Let's make arrangements carefully. We can only win but not lose."
Yin Ji looked like he suddenly understood, "Oh... I understand! Master, the reason why you invited Brother Pangda here is to participate in tomorrow's martial arts competition, right?"
Lu Zuo nodded, frowning, as if he was thinking about tomorrow, "Tomorrow will not only be Brother Pangda..."
The other three people asked strangely: "Who else is there?"
Lu Zuo looked at the curious Yin Ji and smiled: "Ji'er!"
Everyone was stunned, "Yin Ji?"
"Yes, Ji'er!" Lu Zuo seemed to have already made up his mind. "Tomorrow's competition, Ji'er, you will also participate in it. Firstly, it will be a test for you, and secondly, it will be good for you in the future."
Yin Ji didn't care about the benefits. When he heard that he could participate in the competition, he jumped up with joy. He clapped his hands and said, "Okay! I'll have some fun tomorrow."
Chen Tuizhi looked at his senior brother in confusion and asked: "Sir, senior martial arts masters from all over the world will gather in the capital tomorrow. I have seen them in various inns in the past few days, and there are quite a few masters! Can Xiao Yin Ji do this? ?”
Yin Ji heard that Brother Chen looked worried, so he pursed his lips and muttered: "Why not? It's not like you don't know, Brother Chen, even you are not my opponent!"
Lu Zuo and Pang Gu laughed loudly when they heard this, while Chen Tuizhi blushed and said reluctantly: "Since Xiao Yin Ji has gone, I will go too!"
"That won't work!" Lu Zuo said with a smile, "Many people saw your appearance at Kuji Temple last time. If you were discovered in front of everyone, it would cause more trouble!"
"How could it be!" Chen Tuizhi slapped the table, feeling dissatisfied but not daring to show up. Then he pointed at the small scar on his face, "Look, the gold seal on my face has been removed. I will remove my beard tomorrow." Once I cut it, who will recognize me?"
Yin Ji smiled and said, "Brother Chen, I think you'd better forget it. You can't even beat me, so you still have the nerve to participate in the competition?"
Chen Tuizhi was even more annoyed, "You...Yin Ji, if you want us to compete in strength to see who is stronger, I asked you if you dare?"
"Brother Chen, you are too much of a bully. You know you are stronger, but you still compete with each other. But this competition is about martial arts, not just strength!" Yin Ji pouted.
Lu Zuo quickly stopped him and said, "Okay! You two, stop talking and retreat. There is no need for you to go. Ji'er didn't ask you to compete in martial arts just to win the championship."
"The purpose of competing is not to win the commander-in-chief, so what's the point?" Yin Ji looked at his master dissatisfied.
"This competition mainly depends on Brother Pang. You are going to compete just to show your face! Let everyone remember you, remember?"
"Remember me?" Yin Ji asked strangely, "Remember me for what?"
Lu Zuo smiled and said, "Didn't you say you wanted me to teach you your true skills?"
"Yes! Does it have anything to do with this?"
"Of course it does matter. This is just one step. When the time comes, you must defeat everyone!"
Seeing how resolute his master was, Yin Ji asked curiously: "What if... what if we meet a powerful character? For example, that Xun Mou!"
Lu Zuo's face was solemn. If he really met Xun Mou then, it would be difficult for Yin Ji to take advantage of him. He said after a moment: "That won't let him have the upper hand. Remember, whether it's you or Brother Pang, , we must hold on until the end and let Gao Yun win the leadership position!"
Pang Gu readily agreed: "Brother Lu, don't worry, I understand!"
Yin Jize didn't know what was going on, "Master, why must we let the second-year high school student win the title?"
"Because other than him, no matter who else takes the position of commander, the emperor will not be at ease!" Lu Zuo said calmly, playing with the dark red tea cup in his hand.
Yin Ji seemed to understand a little bit, "Oh! Is it because the second brother Gao was promoted by the emperor?"
Lu Zuo smiled at Yin Ji.
On the fifth day of August, it started raining heavily early in the morning. The original plan to compete at twilight hours in the morning fell through, and we had to wait until noon to make a decision. All the talented people who came to take the exam were waiting for the competition. Many people who came to take the exam were waiting in the temporary tent that was set up last night at the school military field.
Pang Gu and Yin Ji were also waiting in the shed. They looked around to see who might be experts, so they began to discuss each other word by word.
The temporary awning just encircled half of the school military field and was about 300 meters long. Among the people who came to take the exam, after being selected, only about 40 people remained. Across the venue from the canopy is the Dianjiang Platform. Since the emperor will be visiting today, the Dianjiang Platform was raised in the past two days and a temporary awning was built. Unexpectedly, it played a role in protecting the rain today. .
Looking across the street through the heavy rain, I could vaguely see the figures on the other side, dozens of high-ranking officials from the court and the central government sitting there. Yin Ji pulled Pang Gu's sleeve, excitedly pointed towards the general stage, and said, "Brother Pang Pang, look, my master is sitting on the general stage."
"where?"
"Right there! Sitting under Prince Ning!"
Yes, Lu Zuo was right under the general ordering platform. There was a shining golden dragon chair in the middle of the upper section. There were five steps at the lower end, with desks arranged in rows. From high to low, officials of different ranks were seated. King Ning sat in the second row, and Lu Zuo sat on the lower right side of King Ning.
At this moment, all the officials have arrived. Only the dragon throne of Emperor Han is still empty. Everyone is just waiting for the emperor to come in person after the rain stops.
Lu Zuo saw that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the candidates in the opposite canopy were almost invisible behind the rain curtain. The original noisy voices were also covered by the sound of rain, and the school military field began to become more and more muddy. The servant behind him struck the gong three times and shouted: "It's noon!"
After hearing this, the ministers began to discuss again. It seems that the rain will continue to fall for a while, but if the rain continues for an hour, it is estimated that the competition will have to be postponed.
After a while, a special person delivered the meal to the ordering station. Four dishes and one soup were placed on each minister's table, and all the ministers began to eat with relish. Everyone was eating when they suddenly heard several thunderclaps. Lu Zuo turned around, glanced at Ning Wang Liu Xun without revealing anything, and then continued to eat with his head down. Everyone started talking again. It seemed that as soon as the thunder sounded, the rain would stop soon.
