Ma'am help, the general is in trouble again

Chapter 274 Golden Platform ([-])
The sleeping child was holding it so tightly that Liu Fengmian had just taken over, but it was different from what he expected, and he was almost staggered by the pressure. But as soon as he stabilized himself, he was so shocked by Zheng Quchi's words that he almost fell.

"Brother, sister-in-law, what did you say?!"

Zheng Quchi didn't even think about appeasing his frightened mood. He was already walking towards the area where the crowd was the densest and the people were shouting and noisy.

"Siblings..."

Liu Fengmian screamed in surprise and haste, and ran hurriedly with the child following her. However, he was bulky and had to avoid the flow of people. He twisted left and right, and soon separated a large distance from Zheng Quchi. , seeing that he could not catch up, he got angry at others: "Didn't you see that I am holding the child? Give way, give way to everyone."

The people around him were stunned by his sudden angry voice. When they saw that he was dressed in expensive clothes and chasing a woman with a child in his arms, they immediately "understood" him.

A young master from a merchant family winked at him and said, "Mr. Sir, has your wife run away?"

lady?

Madam, how old are you? Didn't you hear that he just called his younger brother and sister?Isn’t it possible that these people’s minds are filled with a pile of scraps?

"..." Liu Fengmian rolled her eyes at him very gracefully. He maintained that he was from a noble background and did not want to explain nonsense to strangers. He only said vaguely: "Uh-huh, I'll give you the trouble."

The young master gave in with a shy belly. He glanced ahead and said, "Okay, but why does your wife seem to be going to the ring?"

"She really went up?!"

The location where Liu Fengmian was standing happened to be in the blind spot. Hearing this, he was shocked.

The young master saw it right. He suddenly looked disapproving: "Huh? Why did your wife run up? Isn't this nonsense?"

"You're just fooling around!" Liu Fengmian said angrily.

The other party was startled, and then said angrily: "You are so kind-hearted as a donkey liver and lungs. The one who is doing the challenge today is Ao Qi. He is a bad-tempered guy. If your wife wants to go up and cause trouble, he doesn't care whether the other party is male or female. They will take action directly!"

"Really?!" Liu Fengmian was surprised, then stopped chatting with this person, quickly squeezed through the crowd and ran over.

But suddenly his eyes were flashed by a bright light. He subconsciously looked to the side, and then seemed to see something that concerned him very much. He actually didn't even care about the situation on Zheng Quchi's side, and just hugged Zheng Quchi. The child chased him after him, and he disappeared behind the curtain of the porch...

Not long after, Liu Fengmian walked out again with the sleeping Yaomei in his arms. The fat young merchant saw him and said curiously: "Huh? Where did you go just now? Your wife is now with that Ao Qi." There's a noise, go and pull the person down quickly."

Liu Fengmian glanced at him. At that glance, the merchant young master was inexplicably frightened, but the next second, he smiled again: "I can't pull it off, but I have to watch her to avoid being fucked by some fools." Bullied.”

"what?"

No, who is stupid? Those who compete on this golden stage are all doing it to enhance their status, gain a good reputation, and "sell" themselves for a good price. His wife is a prostitute, and she is deliberately tossing around in the competition to find someone who is not good. Is it enjoyable?

On the other side, Zheng Quchi waited for the challenger to defeat an ambitious young man, and then quickly took advantage of the opportunity to take the stage.

At this time, the people in the audience were still talking about the wonderful performance just now, but the next second they saw a woman dressed as a lady enter the ring.

Immediately, someone shouted from below: "Madam, you are in the wrong place. The arena is a place for competition. You have to choose craftsmen to build furniture. You have to come down to the stewards to negotiate the price with them privately."

"Why is there a woman on stage?"

"Go wrong."

"That can't be true. Didn't you see the "Lei" escort flag hanging on the stage?"

Zheng Quchi turned a deaf ear to the sounds around her and walked straight to a man who was sitting on a rocking chair and playing with a wooden sparrow.

She asked: "Are you the champion?"

Hearing this, he raised his eyelids and glanced at her. If he had been in the past, he would have scolded the person away, but this girl, no, judging from her dressing and grooming, she must be married. This outfit is worth a lot of money. He deliberately She endured her temper and said, "Madam, you are in the wrong place. This is a place for display, not a place to find people and ask for prices. Whoever you like should go down and discuss with the steward."

Zheng Quchi said, "I'm not wrong, I'm just here to compete."

Hearing this, Ao Qi first plucked his ears as if he had heard wrongly. Then seeing her serious face, he patted his thigh and laughed and said, "Madam, this is not an occasion at your daughter's house. You'd better leave as soon as possible. Don't worry." You’re causing trouble for me here again.”

He gave her the steps to get down, but Zheng Quchi didn't go down the slope. She even asked provocatively: "Don't you dare to compete?"

Ao Qi's smile immediately stopped, he stood up and said angrily: "You are looking for death, come here to make trouble with me, I, Ao Qi, don't like any man who doesn't hit a woman, if you make me angry, I can beat anyone!"

Sometimes Zheng Quchi was really annoyed by how arrogant they looked down on women. She did not discuss it with him anymore, but walked straight to the gong, took out a wooden hammer wrapped in red cloth and struck it hard.

"Boom~"

As soon as the gong sounded, the competition began.

"No. 17, the challenger enters the challenge."

High above, a steward supervising the affairs of the hall gave a loud shout.

These are the rules of the Golden Platform. There are eighteen arenas, eighteen auxiliary rooms, the hall is for the Hundred Skills Competition, and the side rooms are for the civil and military examinations. There are rules and restrictions that govern all those who enter the Golden Platform.

For example, if the gong is knocked in the challenge, the champion must participate in the competition. This is the rule that the gold stage champion must abide by.

Ao Qi glared at Zheng Quchi fiercely. Seeing that she had made up her mind, he also rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, you compete. If you lose in a while, I will ask you to fly down."

"Is this little lady really here to compete?"

"Isn't this a gong? Look at her appearance, she comes from a wealthy family. Why did she come to compete with the craftsmen? Could it be that she was busy at home and came out to have fun?"

"Stop laughing so hard, you are still occupying the ring. I guess she just went to the ring for fun and deliberately went to the ring to have fun. But she was unlucky. She met Ao Qi. That guy was very grumpy. After a while, if She can't show any skills while standing on the stage, maybe Ao Qi will actually take action."

There were a lot of noisy voices in the audience, and they were all people who looked down on Zheng Quchi and shouted at her to step down.

What they wanted to see was a wonderful competition, not this meaningless farce. She, a woman, ran to the Baigong Arena to challenge her, which sounded ridiculous.

Zheng Quchi's ears were filled with all kinds of obscenities, but her expression remained calm. She has been encountering people who judge people by their appearance recently. What can she do?
She curled her lips, and the red lantern hanging in the hall reflected on her face, revealing a pink blush, and she said: "If you have the ability."

As soon as Ao Qi stood up, compared with Zheng Quchi's short and delicate body, his tall and imposing manner was immediately apparent.

"I am the master of the ring, so there are three doors for me to guard. One door is for screening wood, the second door is for cutting wooden strips with the same specific gravity, and the third door is for splicing fine materials." The ring master on the golden platform can freely choose "Seven Doors" "Three gates within" are here to defend the competition. These "seven gates" are the content of the competition customized by the Golden Platform. Each gate is a project, which refers to the entry into the skill category. One is good and the other is poor, and the challenger naturally has priority. Option.

After Zheng Quchi heard this, he felt a little startled.

"How to evaluate these three subjects?"

"One of them has more knowledge and recognition than anyone else."

"Second gate, compare accuracy, and the supervisor will judge the winner or loser."

"The three gates are about speed and completeness. Everyone can be there to prove it."

After Zheng Quchi listened, he sighed softly: "Okay."

It turned out that the competition in the hall was actually such a simple level competition. She suddenly felt like the big one was bullying the small one.

Ao Qi saw the sighing look and thought that she had troubled her, so he sneered: "Are you afraid? If you are afraid, get out of here."

Zheng Quchi looked at the other person now as if he were a naughty child. He just wanted to teach him a lesson and tell him to be as low-key as possible in the future.

"bring it on."

Since she insisted on comparing, Ao Qi was not polite: "Put the things up."

There are special boys below who are responsible for the affairs of the ring. When they heard the summons, they carried more than a dozen pieces of wood packed in boxes and cages onto the ring.

"There are more than a dozen pieces of wood here. They are all rare pieces of wood that Huangjintai found from famous places. They are rare in the market. Please start."

Ao Qi was full of confidence at this time. He was familiar with most of the wood in the cage. After all, he had competed in this category twice. Just when he was about to speak, he heard the other party pointing at the pile of wood and sighing. Then he said it: "Delbergia rosewood, small-leaf red bean, black gold wood, brocade orchid wood..."

She named all the more than a dozen types of wood in one go. Without a pause, Ao Qi went from doubt to doubt to shock to finally being stunned.

These woods are not the usual willow, pear, pine, etc., these are purchased by the people of Huangjintai from far away places or from some dangerous mountains and forests. Most carpenters don’t even look at them. Never heard of it.

The same goes for Ao Qi. He only recognized a few of them, and he had never heard of the rest of the wood species.

But just the ones he recognized, the other party had already said them accurately...

"Yeah, right?" He looked at the supervisor of Golden Terrace with a trepidation. The other person was obviously frightened. He was stunned for a long time before he nodded seriously: "Although the names of several types of wood are different, but It’s generally correct.”

Ao Qi's face turned pale instantly: "It's impossible. How did she know?"

The people below were also in an uproar and started discussing one after another. Obviously, these people did not expect that things would take such a dramatic turn.

Zheng Quchi just wanted to get to the third floor as soon as possible. She ignored the rumors around her and only urged: "Don't waste time, continue."

Ao Qi's heart was full of confusion and speculation at this moment. He tried to comfort himself. Maybe it was because a wealthy family read a lot and had the opportunity to be taught by famous teachers, so he could be so knowledgeable and know things that others didn't know. But what happened next? , but it was practiced manually, but she was not allowed to cheat.

"Just keep going, you will definitely not be so lucky in this one!"

The supervisor ordered the boy to put the items for the competition on the stage.

"Here are two pieces of wood. You can evenly cut these pieces of wood into equal-size pieces of wood without using any measuring tools. One piece of wood needs ten pieces of wood."

At this time, people in the audience began to introduce to the people who had just arrived next to them: "This course tests the skill of the hand, the labor and labor, and the carpenter's proficiency in controlling the wood. This is what Ao Qi is best at. , I don’t know how many people have been defeated by his hands before. One look at this lady’s thin arms and legs, she will definitely not be able to pull the saw a few times before giving up. "

"Yes, I saw several people challenge and lose in this category today."

"He has been guarding the ring for three days. He will probably be eligible to be promoted to the second floor tomorrow."

"As soon as I get to the second floor, my net worth will double. I really envy you for waiting."

Zheng Quchi also heard what the people below were talking about. She looked at Ao Qi who looked proud and asked, "Are you best at this?"

"What, are you scared?" Ao Qi said contemptuously and arrogantly.

Zheng Quchi: "..." You really have no words, right?
"let's start."

She picked up the hand saw and randomly selected a piece of wood from the two pieces of wood. The length of her arms and the width of her palms made her weigh the approximate weight of the piece of wood on her hand.

This is the feeling that experienced carpenters will have, but Zheng Quchi cheated a little bit. She also had a set of precise and scientific calculation methods in her mind.

After evaluating the wood with her bright eyes, she began to find the middle point and saw.

This is a very common dividing method, one is divided into two, two is divided into four, and the fourth is divided into eight... First saw the board, then saw the blocks, then divide the strips, pull and push back and forth, this noisy sawing wood The sound was not noticeable in the hall. After all, the hall was full of people and everyone had their own lively activities.

After sawing the long log, she then used an ax to cut it to the appropriate size. However, since she did not have any tools to assist in straightening the length, she relied solely on her hand and eyesight, and she had no regrets.

Zheng Quchi was very particular about his speed and strength, first slow and then fast, decisive and precise.

On the other side, Ao Qi was sawing the wood hard while observing the opposite side.

But when he saw that the other party's sawing speed and the number of wood strips he cut were not inferior to his own, he became anxious. Why is this person acting like this? It's totally a fraud. She is obviously a delicate woman, how can she be so big? strength?

Don't talk about him. Everyone in the audience thought that this delicate-skinned lady would definitely sink into the sand at this level and be defeated like water. However, they never expected that she showed no sign of defeat. , and on par with Ao Qi.

Isn't this strange? This is really the most interesting and surprising thing that has happened to the Golden Channel in recent years.

Ao Qi increased his speed. His accuracy in cutting wood comes from experience. He has been able to estimate the weight accurately since he was a child.

But this does not mean that this door is very simple for him, because these woods are not only different in shape, but also in hardness and ruggedness. Each time is a new attempt. He has to make it from a big piece of wood without any effort. Using a ruler tool, he can obtain wooden strips of the same size and equal length, which is also a test of his skills.

After about one stick of incense, both of them finished cutting and obtained ten sticks each.

At first glance, these twenty pieces of wood look almost the same. It cannot be accurately evaluated by looking at them with the naked eye. This requires people from the Golden Stage to weigh and measure them. After the results are obtained, they will return to the arena to inform them of the results.

(End of this chapter)