Chapter 049 Please help me say something
On the main platform behind the arena, Sima Guang smiled with satisfaction and couldn't help nodding.
"Captain Zhan has done a good job. He is indeed capable and worthy of being Bao Xiren's trusted confidant."
The idea of seconding Zhan Zhao to temporarily garrison Hangzhou was proposed by Sima Guang.
Also because Zhan Zhao was not his direct subordinate and Sima Guang had a very good relationship with Bao Zheng, Sima Guang did not simply act like a civil servant when facing Zhan Zhao, a military man, but discussed many things with him.
And also give Zhan Zhao enough trust.
Now the reward for trust has come. It seems that Zhan Zhao only used a small thing to suppress the dissatisfaction of the martial arts people. It can be said that he is quite resourceful.
In fact, because of his advanced age and years of reading, Sima Guang was nearsighted, and his hearing was also affected to a certain extent by his age.
So he sat on the high platform and could only watch Zhan Zhao walk around with a small thing and say something. Then the noisy martial artists quieted down and began to come up very "obediently" to draw their own fighting numbers.
Most of the local officials around him were in a similar state and did not hear what Zhan Zhao said on the arena.
For them, as long as the martial arts election conference is held as scheduled, it will be fine.
No mistakes are success!
Many people went up to get their badges, including the Five Rats.
For people in the martial arts world, that bottle of magic medicine means an extra life. As long as there is a breath left, they can bring the person back.
No... people in the martial arts world have strong vitality. One or two sips may be enough to bring them back to life. The rest can be saved for when needed. That would be four or five lives.
Who doesn’t want it?
The Five Rats are no exception.
So when Bai Yuting came on stage and took out the fighting cards from the box, Zhan Zhao walked over specially.
"When you pick up the badge, it means that bygone days will be forgiven." Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "As long as you five rats don't commit crimes in the future, we can be friends."
Zhan Zhao knew best how powerful and difficult to catch the Five Rats were.
It would be a good thing if these five people could change their previous style of being both good and evil and work for the court.
snort!
Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, then turned and left.
He just couldn't stand seeing Zhan Zhao's confident and well-thought-out look.
Zhan Zhao didn't take it seriously. He didn't have much of an obsession with personal grudges. The reason he caught the Five Rats before was mainly because they were causing trouble in Bianjing City.
He actually hopes to work with the Five Rats.
After all... among the constables in Kaifeng Prefecture, only Wang, Ma, Zhang and Zhao have some strength, while the others are hard to describe.
Every time he took the detectives to round up gangsters, he always felt like he was leading people to their deaths.
Therefore, when it comes to cases involving underworld masters, he prefers to act alone.
The same thing happened when we hunted down the Five Rats before.
Lu Sen had good eyesight. When he saw the Five Rats, he wanted to draw his longbow again, but seeing so many constables around him and the minister Sima Guang sitting on the high platform, if he dared to use weapons... it would not be the Five Rats who would be wrong, but himself.
So he just sat quietly and watched the show.
It would not be a good idea to sacrifice myself now just to kill Han Zhang. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
After drawing lots, the competition began.
The arena was very large, so it was simply divided into two areas for the competition.
Since each sect or organization can only have two people take the field, and the prize is so good, everyone who goes up is a good player.
The whole competition was very exciting and there were no boring moments.
Except for a small number of people whose moves were unfortunately restrained and they were defeated quickly, every other match lasted for at least an incense stick of time. Some of the longer stalemates even lasted for an hour. Two people from the martial arts world fought until their clothes were soaked, but there was no winner.
So after a whole day, we didn’t even select the top 30, and it was already evening, so we had to play again tomorrow.
The imperial court was very rich, so anyone in the venue, whether they were a gangster or an audience member, could get a meal to fill their stomachs at noon and dinner.
Lu Sen finally understood why they charged three copper coins. It turned out to be the meal money.
In fact, it’s quite cheap because there are quite a lot of meat slices in the food.
After dinner, the gangsters will leave and come back tomorrow.
On the observation deck, Lu Sen saw the Five Rats asking the other people to leave together, so he said to Hei Zhu: "You go back to the house first, I will be back later."
Heizhu nodded. He guessed that his husband was probably going to cause trouble for someone.
After Heizhu left, Lu Sen followed the other audience members down the platform.
People around were discussing the previous fight, and exclamations of amazement could be heard everywhere.
Lu Sen pushed through the crowd and followed the Five Rats.
As the crowd gradually dispersed, the Five Rats also gradually left the crowd.
After turning a corner, Lu Sen walked over and looked again, but there was no trace of the Five Rats on the street.
He shook his head helplessly. He was too arrogant. The other party was a martial arts master, and who was he? A rookie who could only cheat. How could he want to follow him?
The other party has probably discovered himself a long time ago.
He turned and walked towards the cottage, but after taking a few steps, he found a man in black suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, blocking his way.
The bright yellow sunset shone on the man's body, and his black hair was stained with an amber coating.
The slender almond-shaped eyes reflected the afterglow of the setting sun, and the pupils flickered with a faint argon light.
He looks like a handsome man in a prosperous age.
Bai Yutang!
Lu Sen stopped, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked at him.
At this time, a young lady came from behind, in a hurry to go home. Seeing someone blocking the road in the middle of the road, she pouted and moved aside unhappily, then turned her head to see who was standing in the middle of the road and who had no manners.
As a result, when she turned her head, she covered her mouth in surprise, retreated to the wall by the roadside, then looked left and right, her face gradually turning red.
Both men were so handsome that she couldn't take her eyes off them. She didn't know which one to choose.
They stared at each other for a while, and finally Bai Yutang spoke first: "Brother, I admit that we were wrong, and I apologize to you here. Besides, my second brother was shot by your arrow, and you chased him a few days ago, so it's time for him to calm down."
Lu Sen smiled and said, "How about this, I'll use my bow and arrow to shoot an arrow at the center of Second Brother's forehead, and then I'll let him hunt me down for a few days, and then he'll calm down, okay?"
"this!"
Bai Yutang was speechless.
After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "It can only be said that it was fate that played tricks on us. At that time, the stinky cat led us over there, and the second brother thought you were a helper. Brother, what do you want to do to calm down? Just draw a line, and the five of us brothers will catch it! As long as the second brother's life is not harmed, we will accept it."
Lu Sen was a little surprised: "It is rumored in the martial arts world that the Five Rats are both good and evil, especially the Golden-Haired Rat, who is arrogant and conceited and doesn't listen to others' words. But you seem to be easy to talk to?"
"Rumors in the martial arts world cannot be trusted." Bai Yutang clasped his fists lightly.
"How can I let your second brother go? Let me think about it!" Lu Sen narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Then I want your Bai family's luck method, okay?"
In Lu Sen's opinion, this was a rather excessive request and the other party was quite unwilling to agree to it.
Even a broad-minded hero like Zhan Zhao had struggled with this issue.
But Bai Yutang's eyes lit up: "Okay! It's settled. I will deliver the secret book to you within three days."
Lu Sen was slightly surprised: "Can your Bai family's martial arts be passed on to others at will?"
"Of course not." Bai Yutang smiled happily, his eyes bright, "But the five of us brothers are of one mind and one destiny. How can a mere family martial arts be compared to the kindness of brothers?"
After saying that, he clasped his fists and made a false salute to Lu Sen, then leaped up and flew onto the roof of a street roof. After a few more jumps, he disappeared into the distance.
Lu Sen looked at the place where Bai Yuting disappeared, a little dazed.
He is an only child and has only experienced the friendship of friends, not the love of brothers and sisters.
So when he saw that Bai Yutang could break the family rules and disregard everything for his brothers, he was actually a little envious.
After being stunned for a long while, he walked towards the cabin.
The young lady standing by the roadside looked at his back with a blushing face, then looked in the direction where Bai Yuting disappeared, and smiled like a crazy fan.
After a night's rest, Lu Sen planned to take Heizhu to watch a fight the next day.
As soon as he went out, he found a team of constables rushing past his house.
Not long after, Zhan Zhao came over from a distance with a happy look on his face. He clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Lu Xiaolang, today's duel will be postponed to tomorrow."
"But what happened?" Lu Sen pointed to the distance: "I saw the detectives were very anxious."
"The villains who assassinated Sima Zhongcheng and attacked the government warehouse a few days ago have been exposed." Zhan Zhao recounted the whole story with a smile.
It turned out that after the meeting yesterday, Zhan Zhao and Sima Guang set up a trap. They deliberately stored the jade bee syrup back into the government warehouse in full view of everyone and sent heavy troops to guard it.
But in fact, it was a fake, and Zhan Zhao always carried the real one with him.
Afterwards, Sima Guang used his power to secretly transfer a hundred strong archers from the Hangzhou militia and ambushed them in the tall buildings around the government warehouse.
As a result, in the middle of the night, more than 30 masked men attacked the government warehouse again, but were attacked from both sides and fled in defeat.
Several men in black were very powerful and broke through the encirclement and escaped. Now Hangzhou is sealing off the city to search for the criminals.
"In other words, Hangzhou City is under martial law now, and there is no fun to be had?" Lu Sen sighed.
Zhan Zhao smiled helplessly: "Lu Xiaolang should avoid visiting brothels, and it is better not to get close to women when practicing ."
Zhan Zhao already knew that Lu Sen loved to visit brothels when they were in Bianjing City.
But he felt that there was no problem. Since Lu Xiaolang was unmarried, it was not illegal for him to visit a brothel.
But now that he had given away the essence of his family's martial arts, if Lu Xiaolang wanted to become famous, he would have to put in some effort, so he couldn't help but give him some advice.
Lu Sen waved his hand and said, "Captain Zhan, please don't think of me as a playboy. I only go to the brothel to drink and listen to music, nothing else."
Zhan Zhao was slightly surprised, and then said: "Even so, this is not good for your reputation, Lu Xiaolang. For example, Miss Yang and Miss Zhao, don't they have opinions about you?"
"What does this have to do with them?" Lu Sen then pondered: "Wait, maybe it does have something to do with them."
Among the 'character cards' that he had drawn, apart from Mu Guiying, the unimaginably beautiful lady, the attribute bonuses of these two were the most practical.
If I make up my mind, I will definitely marry one of them.
After all, you have to be a "real husband and wife" before you can equip the character card into the spouse system column.
This is not the future. Once the women here become your wife, most of them will stay with you for the rest of their lives and never leave you.
So the only option is to marry her.
"Thank you, Captain Zhan, for telling me." Lu Sen smiled and clasped his fists, saying, "Once I return to Bianjing, I will naturally not visit brothels again."
I won’t go shopping when I return to Bian Jing...Does that mean I will go shopping in Hangzhou?
Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing. This Lu Xiaolang was really humorous. He was even less concerned with laws and etiquette than him, a martial artist.
If Miss Yang knew that Lu Xiaolang was visiting brothels in Hangzhou again, she would probably hide in her bed and cry.
In fact, Yang Jinhua was almost crying at this moment.
But I'm almost crying with shame.
She stood at the fence of the yard in the low hill, looking at her two best friends outside the fence awkwardly.
Zhao Bilian looked at Yang Jinhua in the fence with resentment.
Then Pang Meir stood aside and sneered.
Yang Jinhua's hair was still dripping with water. She was stunned for a long time before she stammered, "Why are you here?"
Zhao Bilian asked back aggrievedly: "Can't I come?"
Pang Meier, who was wearing a light pink long-sleeved dress, said sarcastically, "You are amazing, Yang Jinhua. You stayed overnight at a man's house and didn't come back. If your elders knew about this, I think they would definitely break your legs."
"Mother would never do that. She has done much worse things than I have done before."
Pang Meir was immediately refuted and her eyes were wide open and her mouth was open, not knowing how to start again.
Back then, Mu Guiying rescued the unconscious Yang Zongbao to the mountain. After he woke up, she saw that he was handsome and wanted to marry him, but Yang Zongbao was reserved and refused.
After the other party had been in a stalemate for more than ten days, Yang Yanzhao came to the door looking for his son.
Mu Guiying immediately set an ambush and tied up Yang Yanzhao, then forced Yang Zongbao, saying: Marry me, or I will kill your father!
Yang Zongbao took advantage of the situation and worshipped heaven and earth with Mu Guiying.
This incident became a laughing stock for a while, and even more than ten years later, people still bring it up in casual conversation from time to time.
Pang Meir has also heard of it.
Seeing that Yang Jinhua was showing signs of learning from Mu Guiying, Pang Meir didn't know how to persuade her.
Sons follow their fathers' business, daughters follow their mothers' business...isn't this human nature?
She suddenly felt so tired. Her two best friends were more unreasonable than the other. It was so hard for her to clean up their messes every day and worry about them like an old mother.
After a long time of thinking, Pang Meier finally asked, "What's the point of just standing there? Why don't you invite us in and sit down?"
Yang Jinhua was even more embarrassed at this time: "I was afraid you couldn't get in!"
What?
Pang Mei'er was so angry that she was shaking all over: "You are such a bad guy, Yang Jinhua. We were worried about you, so we brought people from the city to look for you. But you were having a good time at your mistress's house. You didn't even let us sit down. You are so cruel and heartless. From now on, I will just pretend that I don't have a sister like you!"
After saying that, Pang Meir turned around and left in anger.
Yang Jinhua was shocked and rushed out from the door, holding Pang Mei'er's hand and shouting, "Mei'er, don't leave in a hurry, listen to my explanation...Bilian, please help me say something too."
Zhao Bilian snorted and turned her head away.
