Xiao Ruoyun and her daughter came out of the lobby, came to the front yard, and squeezed into the crowd. Looking around, I saw Bai Yutian and Jiang Longwei gearing up in the middle of the yard. Apart from staring at each other, they were walking in an invisible circle, as if whoever made the first move would lose the game.
The sun is in the sky and the sun is shining brightly, which is really uncomfortable.
The spectators felt bored and chattered around, and the scene gradually became noisy.
A hero felt that such a contest was really worthless, so he shouted out intentionally or unintentionally: "Young escort leader, there is no need to give in like this, and there is no need for him to make the first move. Just kill him with one palm."
Jiang Longwei also felt that it was not a problem to keep grinding and chattering, so he followed the wishes of the spectators and struck Bai Yutian with a palm.
Bai Yutian saw that Jiang Longwei's palms were soft, so he also used three points of his internal strength, facing each other with one palm, and bounced each other away, each taking two or three steps back, regardless of the outcome.
When Jiang Longwei heard the spectators cheering for him, he felt much more relaxed. He turned the cheers into Qi and poured it into his palms, then threw his palm towards Bai Yutian's forehead. Bai Yutian met Jiang Longwei's abdomen with a palm, and then struck out with another palm. Jiang Longwei dodged and kicked Bai Yutian straight into the lower abdomen. Bai Yutian had quick eyes and quick hands. He searched with his left hand, grabbed Jiang Longwei's ankle and lifted it up, and slapped Jiang Longwei's foot with his right palm. Jiang Longwei somersaulted backwards, floated ten feet and landed on the ground.
Bai Yutian did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but waited for Jiang Longwei to barely stand still, and then struck Jiang Longwei head-on with a palm. Jiang Longwei saw that although Bai Yutian was coming with ferocious force, he made his moves in an upright manner. For the sake of face, he could not dodge, so he poured his inner strength into his palms and faced him with his palms from the front. Bai Yutian seemed to hear someone saying that Master Zhizhou had come in, and quickly added 10% of his internal energy to his palms, intersecting with Jiang Longwei's palms, sending Jiang Longwei flying back, taking advantage of the momentum, and followed up with Jiang Longwei's floating body with one palm. .
Just when most of the spectators were about to sweat over Jiang Longwei's defeat, a soft and thick voice came: "Stop!"
When Bai Yutian saw that the person shouting was Master Zhizhou, he hurriedly stopped in the air and landed on the ground. He smiled and stepped forward to greet him. He bowed and said, "Bai Yutian, a commoner, has met you."
Master Zhizhou came closer, looked around the whole yard, looked at Bai Yutian and said, "What are you doing?"
Qu Wenfeng came over, bowed and said politely: "Reporting to your lord, two candidates are vying for the position of chief escort of Longwei Escort Bureau, and the outcome will be determined by martial arts."
Lord Zhizhou heard about it, glanced at Jiang Longwei who was about a foot away, and said softly: "Jiang Longwei, come here too, I have something to say."
Jiang Longwei came over and bowed and said, "Jiang Longwei, a common man, has met your Excellency."
The Lord Zhizhou said: "Li Yuanhao in the northwest broke away from the control of the Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. Most of the state's soldiers and horses have been recruited by the imperial court to go north to reinforce the war in the northwest. The official bank handed over to the imperial court this year has been fully entrusted to the Longwei Escort Bureau. Are you willing to take the escort to Beijing?"
Bai Yutian cupped his hands and said, "Sir, official silver is a tax paid to the imperial court by the local government. It is the hard work and sweat of tens of millions of people for a year. There is no room for any mistakes. I am afraid that Longwei Escort Agency will not be able to do the job."
When Master Zhizhou saw Bai Yutian's verbal refusal, he glared and shouted angrily: "Jiang Longwei, you are not going to follow Bai Yutian and say that Longwei Escort Agency is not qualified for this escort, are you?"
Jiang Longwei bowed his head and said: "Sir, dragons and snakes are mixed together on the mountain road, and there are dangers and dangers everywhere. My father was killed, and the majesty of the Longwei Escort Bureau is no longer what it used to be. It is really that we have more than enough ambition but not enough power."
Seeing Jiang Longwei's polite refusal, Lord Zhizhou said warmly: "Jiang Longwei, I am not forcing anyone to do anything. In the past two years, Longwei Escort Bureau has participated in escorting Guanyin to Beijing, so he is familiar with it. Escorting Guanyin to Beijing is from all over the country. The most important thing in the state and county affairs is to be escorted by another escort agency. I really can’t let it go.”
Bai Yutian said: "My lord, escorting Guanyin is of great importance, and there is no room for any mistakes. Once there is a mistake, you will never be able to atone for your sin. There are so many escort agencies in the world, and there are countless more qualified to escort Guanyin than Longwei Escort Agency. Why insist on letting it go?" The declining Longwei Escort Agency is here to escort us."
Lord Zhizhou glanced at Bai Yutian and said to Jiang Longwei: "Jiang Longwei, I tell you that escorting Guan Yin to Beijing is to serve the imperial court. You have to accept the escort this time, or you don't. If you have any difficulties, please come early. Tell me, I will share the burden with you."
Jiang Longwei replied with a bitter look on his face: "Sir, the ordinary people have a low status and are not good at martial arts. They were a little unable to fight against Mr. Bai just now, let alone deal with the green forest heroes along the way. Besides, there is a lack of talents in the escort agency. In terms of martial arts, , they are all mediocre people, and it is difficult for them to compete with the heroes of all walks of life in the world. I am really afraid that if I take this escort, I will do bad things with good intentions, not only do it a disservice, but also hurt the adults."
Lord Zhizhou smiled and said: "This is easy to handle. If the talent reserve is not enough, just hire from outside. As the saying goes, under high pressure, there must be good people; under high reward, there must be brave men."
Qu Wenfeng smiled slightly and said: "Sir, today is a really lucky day. Most of the knights and heroes from the entire Jiangnan Wulin are here. Why not select and appoint them on the spot and implement them in one fell swoop."
Lord Zhizhou heard this, looked around and said, "Jiang Longwei, if you come to escort this escort, how many martial arts masters will be needed to have the confidence to escort Guanyin safely into Beijing?"
Jiang Longwei replied: "My lord, escort Guanyin to Beijing without any mistakes. The more manpower the better. But the famous knights and heroes have a good reputation. If you ask them to escort you, the corresponding reward will be several times that of ordinary escorts." , or even ten or twenty times. Normally, the profit for an escort is small, so hiring one or two knight-errant heroes to escort is a bit too much. Since now we are helping the government to escort the official bank, the profit is higher, so we can hire a dozen or so at most. , any more escort agencies will suffer a loss."
Master Zhizhou smiled and said: "Okay, you can choose ten knights and heroes on the field to escort Guan Yin."
Bai Yutian said: "Sir, the chief escort of Longwei Escort has not yet been selected. You are so eager to leave the matter of escorting Guan Yin to the young master of the Jiang family. Should you let the Longwei Escort Bureau escort the escort or the young master of the Jiang family?" Relying on other escort agencies to escort escorts?"
Master Zhizhou shouted angrily: "You!"
Qu Wenfeng saw that the master was angry and said with a smile: "Sir, don't be angry. Mr. Bai is also a candidate for the position of the chief escort of the Longwei Escort Bureau. Before the chief escort is elected, he is qualified to serve as the chief escort of the Longwei Escort Bureau." Speak.”
Lord Zhizhou said: "Bai Yutian, what do you want?"
Bai Yutian replied: "Sir, the outcome was not decided just now. You have to let me and the young master of the Jiang family decide the outcome and choose the person who will be the chief bodyguard."
Lord Zhizhou glanced at Jiang Longwei and saw that he was no match for Bai Yutian, and said, "The victory has been decided just now. You two are tied, so there is no need to compete anymore."
Bai Yutian said: "Sir, the selection of the chief escort is a family matter of the Longwei Escort Agency. If you interfere forcefully, my lord, it would be somewhat inconsistent with your reputation of being honest, honest and caring for the people. It seems that it will be difficult to block the influence of all the friends in the world. It’s all in the mouth.”
Jiang Longwei saw Master Zhizhou's face turned ugly, and quickly answered: "Sir, I lost a move just now. It wasn't that Bai Shaoxia stopped to greet you, and I almost lost. All the friends in the world saw it, Ming Zai In my heart. If you cover it up forcibly, I'm afraid it will have a negative impact on your reputation. This is how ordinary people can feel at ease. How about letting ordinary people compete with Bai Shaoxia again to determine the winner? This way, it can also give an explanation to friends in the martial arts world. It won’t ruin my father’s good reputation for decades.”
Master Zhizhou said sternly: "Bai Yutian doesn't even have the heart to share the worries of the imperial court. He is a citizen of the Song Dynasty and is not worthy of being the chief escort of Longwei Escort Agency."
Seeing Lord Zhizhou arguing unreasonably and being in a dilemma, Qu Wenfeng became angry and quickly comforted him: "Sir, the ordinary people have a way, which can not only determine the winner between the two, but also choose the person who will lead the bodyguard. Ten heroes from the world are here to escort this escort."
Master Zhizhou's gloomy expression improved, and he said: "Master Quzhuang, if you have any ideas, just tell me. Whether it works or not, we will consider it together."
Qu Wenfeng said: "Sir, let Mr. Bai Shaoxia and Mr. Jiang each hire ten martial arts heroes to compete in ten battles. Whoever wins more will be elected as the chief escort. And the winner of each competition will receive a reward from the escort agency. Recruit him and become Guan Yin's helper for the Escort Agency. In this way, you can not only determine the outcome, but also select the chief escort of the Longwei Escort Agency, and also find the martial arts master who will escort this escort, the best of both worlds."
Lord Zhizhou heard about it and felt that the method was feasible. He looked at Bai Yutian and Jiang Longwei and asked, "What do you two think?"
What Bai Yutian wanted was Qu Wenfeng's method. He bowed his head and said, "It's all up to you, sir."
Lord Zhizhou asked Jiang Longwei: "Jiang Longwei, what do you think?"
Seeing Bai Yutian's smile, Jiang Longwei quickly said, "It's all up to you, sir."
Master Zhizhou smiled happily, and the voice of joy burst out: "Okay. Let's get ready. On the ring, it will be a showdown. The winner will contribute to the court and share the worries of the official."
The three of them said goodbye to Mr. Zhou, and one of them dispersed.
Qu Wenfeng led Jiang Longwei to Su Zhen'er, Ning Zhenan, Lu Lianhai and others, and said to Jiang Longwei: "Young escort chief, tell the escorts to quickly build a ring and come out. The competition is about to begin."
Jiang Longwei looked around at the guests and saw hungry expressions on their faces. He said, "It's dinner time. Everyone must be hungry. Why don't we build an arena while eating."
Su Zhener whispered: "Young escort, I don't think it's necessary to build the arena. You have to dismantle it after setting it up. It's thankless and troublesome."
Jiang Longwei looked at Su Zhen'er and saw that her eyes were extremely clear and her heart seemed to be extremely pure. He asked harmoniously: "Yingtao, there is no rule without rules. How can we set up a support and determine the outcome to avoid endless endless chaos?" Let’s keep fighting.”
Su Zhen'er replied: "Tai Shigong once said that painting the ground will prevent the enemy from entering, and cutting wood will make it difficult for the officials to discuss. Although the young escort leader is temporarily in jail and weak in power, as long as he has a lofty belief in life in his heart, he will be unswervingly determined to do something good. If you realize that 'it is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself, and to understand that it is better to do for others than to do for yourself', you will be able to break the imprisonment, get out of the cage set by others, achieve yourself, and live a happy life."
After Jiang Longwei heard this, he was moved and said: "Okay, I will listen to you and draw the ground as a prison." After saying that, he called Butler Qu. While preparing for the banquet, he ordered people to go to the center of the yard and use dyed lime powder to draw a small figure. The small circle serves as a competition arena. The contestants compete within the circle, and the one who advances loses.
Butler Qu was busy making arrangements, and the guests happily walked to the dining table and started chatting over the wine.
