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Liu Qingye looked at Dan Ying at this time, his brows relaxed, and his smile seemed to be the same as before. He was really happy for her in his heart. It seemed that the position of alliance leader was finally in her pocket.
Dan Ying smiled and said to Reiza: "Uncle Reiza, do you want to compete in horseback riding again?"
Reiza stroked his mustache for a long time and said, "Of course we have to compete - we have to command the battle on horseback, so the leader must be good at riding and shooting - Niece Dan Ying, this round, let's compete between the two of us!"
How could Liu Qingye and others in the Lantern Festival have expected Reiza to do this? I guess since he dared to challenge him, he must have some skills, but I don't know how powerful he is. Can Dan Ying defeat him?
Just when I was worried, I heard Moler say loudly: "Master Reiza, I, Moler, can compete with you!" As he spoke, he walked out of the crowd.
Seeing him like this, Liu Qingye was more certain of his guess: This Reyiza must be very powerful! How could I let Danying get into danger? Thinking of this, he also took a step forward and said, "Senior Reyiza, I, Liu Qingye, am here to compete with you!"
Reiza glanced at the two young men and said, "This is a competition between clan leaders. Since Danying girl is the clan leader, she is no longer the same as when she was a young lady. How can you little followers do everything? If she wants to be the leader in the future, will the people of our thirteen tribes obey her orders or yours?"
"you……"
Liu Qingye was about to retort when he suddenly heard Cao Mengsheng shout from behind: "Qingye, Moller, both of you, get out of here."
Liu Qingye was stunned. She looked at her master and then at Dan Ying. Dan Ying gritted his teeth, stood up suddenly and said, "Okay, Uncle Reyiza, let me learn your horsemanship!" As he said that, he jumped off the field. Someone had already brought her Rouge horse over. She jumped lightly and landed on the horse's back.
"Master..." Seeing Reiza also jumped on a tall horse, Moller couldn't help but complain to Cao Mengsheng: "Master, that master Reiza is very powerful, he will be bad for Miss Dan Ying..."
"There's nothing we can do about it." Meng Hu interrupted, "If Dan Ying doesn't take action, it will be hard to convince the public, but..." He smiled, "We will all take care of her in secret."
Secretly watching over him? Liu Qingye was shocked: So, Master and the others are preparing to attack Dan Ying in case he loses? This is a taboo in the martial arts world!
Before I knew it, the arena was already filled with jars, cups and bowls. A long pole with a goat's head on it was erected next to the first seat, and it was two feet high from the ground. It turned out that the Uyghur custom was to set up many obstacles in the circle to see who could grab the goat's head without breaking any cups or bowls. Compared with "sneaky goat", it was more difficult.
At this time, Dan Ying and Reiza were both on horseback at the other end of the field. At the command of Father Irman, the most respected father among the thirteen tribes, they both whipped their horses and galloped towards the high pole.
Relying on the height and long legs of his mount, Reiza seized the initiative and leaped over the four earthen jars in front of him. The red eagle lagged behind a little, but did not show weakness. The rouge horse also understood human nature and leaped and straddled repeatedly, trying to keep pace with Reiza.
Reiza glanced from his horse and saw three taller earthenware jars lined up on the right side of Danying. He immediately came up with an idea and turned his horse's head slightly to squeeze towards Danying. Danying saw Reiza's intention and immediately pulled the reins. The Rouge Horse stood up on its front hooves and leapt three feet away, avoiding the jars and slightly ahead of Reiza.
Reiza shouted "good", urged the horse forward, drew out the jeweled curved knife at his waist, shook his wrist lightly, and spun it into a silver ring, and went straight to Danying's shoulder. Liu Qingye and Moler shouted "be careful" at the same time, but before they finished speaking, Danying had dodged the attack sideways, leaned his body against the horse's neck, and pulled out the golden whip from his waist with his backhand, shook it, and wrapped it around Reiza's arm. Reiza was startled and hurriedly pulled his hand away. Even though he pulled it away quickly, the back of the knife was still hit by the whip, and his wrist was numb and he could hardly hold it.
Dan Ying leaned sideways, whipped the whip, and attacked. All three moves were done in one go, leaving no trace, as if they were all one move. Liu Qingye was also secretly shocked when he saw this: This level of skill is really a world of difference compared to the day when I first met her... These days, she has been practicing day and night, and it really has paid off.
In the first confrontation, Dan Ying had the upper hand, but how could Reiza be willing to lose to her junior? While slapping the horse forward, he let go of the reins with both hands, held the knife and attacked Dan Ying with all his strength. Dan Ying did not dare to neglect it. He first pushed Yanzhi Ma's head to let it avoid several obstacles in front of it, then let go of the reins, leaned back from the horse's back, and dodged Reiza's move. Before he could change his moves, she suddenly straightened her back - Reiza had not expected her to have such a strange move, which was tantamount to bumping into his knife, and she could not help but be stunned for a moment. But in just a moment of stunned time, Dan Ying's left hand had already grabbed his wrist, which was fast and accurate, and the force was beyond his imagination. Dan Ying shouted: "Let go!" Reiza could no longer hold the scimitar.
Reiza was dragged by Dan Ying, and not only did his scimitar fall to the ground, but he almost fell off the horse. Although he managed to keep his balance, Dan Ying had already surpassed him by nearly ten feet. He was anxious and annoyed: If I lose like this, how can I save my face? He shouted loudly, swung the whip, and hit Dan Ying on the head.
Dan Ying heard the whistling sound behind her, and without turning back, she reached back with her left hand and hit the tip of Reyiza's whip. She immediately felt a strong force pulling her back. Unlike Liu Qingye, she didn't know how to use the force of others to fight against her. She was almost thrown off the horse by Reyiza's pull. She hurriedly used the internal strength taught by Cao Mengsheng to resist with her internal strength, and then she stabilized. However, in a flash, Yanzhi Ma lost her balance and was about to step on a plate in front of her right.
Liu Qingye's heart was in his throat. He wanted to help, but he couldn't and it was too late. He just stood there in a daze, and he seemed to hear the sound of the plate breaking.
But at this moment, there was a slight "whoosh" sound, and something flew into the air with a force that was neither light nor heavy, hitting the edge of the plate just right, causing the plate to move steadily horizontally for more than a foot, just enough to avoid being stepped on by the Rouge Horse.
Liu Qingye was horrified and turned his head to see Meng Hu and Chen Luohui smiling at him quietly. He immediately understood what was going on - and then he looked at the people watching in the arena, all of whose attention was on the battle between Dan Ying and Reyiza. How could they notice the substitution under the horses' hooves?
The two men fought for a few more rounds on horseback. After all, Dan Ying was agile and swift, and with the help of others, he arrived under the high pole first in a short time.
She turned around, smiled, and said, "Uncle Reiza, thank you for letting me do that!" As she spoke, she lightly leaped forward and took the sheep's head.
"Wait!" Reiza jumped on her horse and stood under the high pole. She shook the whip in her hand and wrapped it around Dan Ying's ankle like a poisonous snake, dragging her down with all her might.
The red eagle had already jumped up more than ten feet, but when he pulled it like this, it quickly fell back onto the horse's back. Reyiza quickly retracted the whip and whipped the sheep's head again.
Seeing this, Liu Qingye couldn't help but shout, "Oops!" But before he could finish his words, he heard a "whoosh" sound beside him, and then he saw Reiza's whip tilted, not hitting the sheep's head, but breaking the pole in two! In a flash, the red eagle leaped up and grabbed the sheep's head firmly in its hand.
This sudden turnaround was both thrilling and exciting. After a moment of shock, the crowd on the sidelines cheered. The old and young women and children of the Ale tribe cheered, "Congratulations to Miss Dan Ying! Congratulations to Miss Dan Ying!"
Dan Ying held the sheep's head and stood under the high pole, saying, "Uncle Reiza, this time, I finally win !"
Reiza's face turned red and white, and she said, "Yes...you won..."
Dan Ying smiled, greeted the crowd, and raised the sheep's head high above his head. The tribal leaders congratulated him one after another: "Dan Ying girl... you are our leader..." Seeing this, everyone in the Lantern Festival finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and smiled knowingly.
"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, a loud voice came from the group of people in the Lantern Festival.
Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of the voice. It turned out that it was Fu Chatao. It turned out that Wang Chunshan and others were afraid that everyone would be too focused on the conference and no one would watch over him, so they tied him up and brought him here, stuffing him in the crowd. The fight was so intense that almost everyone forgot about the existence of this prisoner. When he suddenly spoke, they remembered that there was such a person.
Fu Chatao was acupunctured and tied to a chair, unable to move. His situation was really miserable. However, he was born into a wealthy family and had a majestic appearance. Except for the people of the Lantern Festival, everyone else was wondering: How could such a young man be trapped here? Let's listen to what he has to say.
"Competing in martial arts to fight for the position of leader is not a good idea. For a person to lead the entire clan, it is not the level of martial arts that matters, but the quality of his character."
Fu Chatao had come to the West with his father to form an alliance with the Uighurs, so he had learned the Uighur language. Although his words were awkward, the meaning was clear. Everyone nodded as they listened.
Fu Chatao continued, "Just now I watched Senior Reiza compete with Miss Dan Ying. Judging from the result, it seems that Miss Dan Ying won by luck. However, Miss Dan Ying actually had the help of an outsider during the competition. This kind of cheating..."
"Shut up!" Wang Chunshan interrupted him with an angry shout, "Little Tartar, what are you saying?!"
Fu Chatao didn't look at him, but instead looked at the first plate that was opened by Chen Luohui and Meng Hu with a hidden weapon, and said, "Please take a look at the plate with a white background and red flowers to see if there are any signs of being hit by a sharp weapon!"
Meng Hu and Chen Luohui were both shocked, secretly cursing how sharp Fu Chatao's eyes were. They wanted to step forward to stop him, but it was too late. Father Irman and several clan leaders had already walked down the stage and picked up the white plate with red flowers and took a closer look. Sure enough, there was a broken pattern on it, and a small dent had sunk into it.
Father Irman and several clan leaders looked at each other and looked at Fu Chatao. Fu Chatao continued to point out six cups, plates and bowls that were hit by Meng Hu and Chen Luohui. The people in the Lantern Festival were pale and sweating, but Fu Chatao did not stop talking and continued: "Senior Reiza, look at the tip of your whip again--"
Reiza had already felt that his failure was really strange. After Fu Chatao reminded him, he immediately grabbed the whip and saw that there was indeed an obvious gap on it. He clenched the whip and said, "Oh, it turns out that someone has plotted against me! Danying girl, you——"
Dan Ying had not known that the people in the Lantern Festival would secretly help her like this, but now, looking at the faces of the people, she understood most of it. She walked quickly to Wang Chunshan and said, "Uncle Wang, I was in danger just now. Did you help me?"
At this point , Wang Chunshan didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, and he just stood there in awkward silence.
The crowd was in a commotion, and the sound of whispers gradually became louder. Liu Qingye knew that everyone was discussing Dan Ying's "cheating", and he felt very uncomfortable: You all said that Dan Ying cheated, but why did she want the position of leader? She just wanted to avenge her people... Besides, this idea was all from Meng Hu, how could she blame Dan Ying...
Why don't I take charge of this matter, he thought, to save the face of seniors like Meng Hu, and to protect Dan Ying's reputation... But, will Dan Ying blame him for being nosy?
Just as he was hesitating, he saw a red figure flash by, and Dan Ying had already turned and left. When he looked up, he saw Dan Ying quickly walked to Reyiza, presented the sheep head with both hands, and said: "Uncle Reyiza, it is my niece who lost. If it weren't for the help of my teachers, I would have fallen off the horse and died... This sheep head should belong to you."
This unexpected change happened so suddenly that no one expected it. Even Reiza was stunned and forgot to reach out to take the sheep's head. The whispers around him stopped for a moment, and hundreds of pairs of eyes widened to see what was going on.
After a long while, Reiza sighed: "Forget it...Dan Ying girl, your mind is bigger than yours...and there are so many heroes willing to help you..." He patted Dan Ying on the shoulder: "You won two of the three rounds, so the last one was unnecessary, but...what that young man said makes sense, the leader is chosen based on character...You won gloriously!"
Danying held the sheep's head and stared at Reiza in a daze, but Reiza grabbed her right hand, raised it to the crowd, and said, "I, Reiza, will take the lead and support Danying girl to be the leader of our thirteen Uyghur tribes... In the future, we will work together to fight against the Dzungar bandits... If anyone refuses to accept... my Kyakhta tribe will be the first to disagree!"
"Miss Dan Ying...Long live the leader of the Dan Ying Alliance!" Moller shouted first. Then, cheers came one after another.
Dan Ying came back to his senses after a while and said, "Uncle Reiza, thank you..."
Reiza shook her head and said, "Don't thank me... There is one thing I still want to make clear to you... I have always believed that we should form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty."
Dan Ying smiled and did not argue any further. He turned around, raised his wine bowl, and said, "Work together to fight against the Dzungars!"
