The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 57 Hosting a Feast and Contest

Two days later, Li Jiqian finally woke up leisurely.He looked at Zhang Pu next to the couch, and asked weakly, "Brother Zhang, hasn't anything happened in the clan these days? Is the Song army robbing the camp again? My mother and wife, are they safe and sound?"

Zhang Pu couldn't bear to answer, but felt that he shouldn't lie to him, so he sighed and said, "Oh, Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Wang were both captured by the Song army in the scuffle. Cao Guangshi threatened them to persuade you to surrender, but they refused to drag you down. You, in desperation, committed suicide. Ling Tang left his last words before his death, warning you that since you have rebelled against the Song Dynasty, there is no way out, and you must not surrender to the Song army because of her death."

Li Jiqian's eyes had just regained some light, when he heard that his eyes became slack again, he lay on the couch and choked up several times, the extreme heartache made him unable to breathe.With all his strength, he thumped the couch heavily, then rolled his eyes upwards, and passed out again.

Zhang Pu hurriedly stretched out his hand to feel Li Jiqian's pulse, he felt the pulse was very weak, but the pulse has gradually become stable, so he heaved a sigh of relief.At this time Li Ruoyun and Wan Jianfeng entered the tent side by side, Li Ruoyun looked at Zhang Pu beside the couch, "Brother Zhang, how is the chief injured?"

"You guys are here." Zhang Pu raised his head, looked at the two of them and said, "The chief has just woken up, but the death of Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Wang was such a blow to him that he couldn't bear it for a while, and passed out again. I I have found someone to take the pulse of the chief, although there is no danger of life, but I am afraid it will be difficult to recover in the short term. If Song Jun or Mi Qinle take the opportunity to attack us, I am afraid that the Tuoba tribe will be in danger..."

Li Ruoyun smiled, "It's good that the chief is fine! As for the matter of defending against the enemy, Brother Zhang, don't hesitate. If the Song army comes, I will definitely defeat it! If the Miqi tribe comes, I will definitely defeat it! No matter who dares to attack my Tuoba tribe, Even if you are strong, you will be punished!"

"Huh! What a loud tone!" As soon as Li Ruoyun's words fell to the ground, Mi Qinle's rough voice suddenly came from outside the camp.He was carrying a huge axe, with his big mouth curled up, and walked into the tent with a nonchalant expression, as if Li Ruoyun had just told a big joke.

Li Ruoyun saw that Mi Qinle's comer was not kind, so he stood up and moved his wrist, and turned his arm around. The joints on his hand made a sound like popping beans, and his whole body was full of strength and wildness. If he punched out at this time, he would I'm afraid it can really put Mi Qinle's fat body into the sky.

Seeing this, Mi Qingle's face calmed down slightly, and he glanced at Li Ruoyun, not daring to look at him again.Then he fixed his eyes on Li Jiqian, and said word by word: "Boss Li, you deliberately lay down on the couch and pretended to be dead, isn't it because you are afraid?" chopped off.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Ruoyun and Wan Jianfeng were about to make a move to restrain Mi Qinle, but Li Jiqian suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and then slowly opened his eyes.Before Mi Qinle's big ax hit Li Jiqian's head, he spat out blood and became more and more furious.

Seeing this, Li Jiqian hurriedly supported his weak body and sat up. He cupped his hands at Mi Qinle and said, "Boss Mi Qinle, I'm sorry! Because of our arrival, the world has been devastated. I apologize to you. Since we There is an appointment for a martial arts competition, so let's start now, you can make a move!"

Mi Qinle saw that Li Jiqian's mouth was still dripping with blood, but he tried his best to compete with him, and shook his head vigorously, "No! You have not recovered from your serious injury. If I chop you with an ax like this, the entire Dangxiang clan will say that I am taking advantage of others. You're a coward!" But in the blink of an eye, he waved his hand again and said angrily, "But it's not a solution for you to hang on like this, it's better to come up with a fair and reasonable solution as soon as possible!"

Li Jiqian nodded slightly, looked at Zhang Pu and said, "Brother Zhang, you have always been resourceful, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhang Pu thought for a while, and said leisurely: "Big leader, if you must compete in martial arts, you should simply compare yourself to the bigger one. Now that the Song Dynasty is eyeing our party, if the eight departments continue to operate independently, they will be defeated by the Song army sooner or later. I don't think it's better In your name, I sincerely invite the leaders of the other seven clans to join in Dijinze, when the heroes from all walks of life will show their talents, compete fairly, and decide the strongest one to lead the entire clan, what do you want?"

Before Li Jiqian could answer, Mi Qinle burst out laughing first, "Hahaha, that's a good idea, that's a good idea! The seven departments are all ready, and it will take at least half a month. By then, Chief Li's injury should be healed too." It's almost there, let's have a good time!"

Li Jiqian was quite surprised to see that Mi Qinle agreed so easily!He was afraid that Mi Qinle would go back on his word, so he hurriedly said: "Since the leader of Mi Qinle has agreed, then let's do it this way. It is my good fortune that I, Li Jiqian, can be able to win the eight clans at the same time!"

Mi Qingle nodded, and walked out of the camp with a big ax on his shoulders and a smile on his face, with a rather excited expression on his face.Li Ruoyun and Wan Jianfeng were also gearing up for a battle with everyone, only Zhang Pu frowned and fell into deep thought.

Half a month later, Li Jiqian's injury was [-]% or [-]% better, and the leaders of the other seven tribes of the Dangxiang clan also arrived in Dijinze from their respective territories.

All the party members gathered in Jinze, and the tents were so lively!Some were preparing a banquet, some were practicing in the tent, and everyone was ready to show off their skills in the martial arts competition. Only Wan Jianfeng went from tent to beg for drinks in his spare time.In a few days, he actually visited every tent in the seven departments. Although he was often scolded, he still enjoyed it.

Time flies, and the scheduled day will come in a blink of an eye.

In the early morning of this day, Wan Jianfeng smelled an extremely strong aroma of wine in his sleep, and his whole body seemed to be immersed in the wine vat.He hurriedly opened his eyes, counted the days, and found that today was the agreed time for the martial arts competition, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and ran towards the spacious pasture in the middle of Dijinze.

Before he got close, he saw eight long tables on the pasture. The tables were stacked with meat and fine wine. The breeze on the grassland blew, and the fragrance wafted with the wind, making people salivate.Wan Jianfeng swallowed, and ran into the pasture in a hurry.

At this time, the field was full of people, arranged in two rows according to the size and strength of the tribe.I saw that these people were all wearing roughly the same clothes, and some subtle differences could be found only after careful inspection, but Wan Jianfeng could easily tell which tribe they belonged to from these similar clothes with minor differences.Wan Jianfeng has dealt with them a lot in the past few days. Although some people are not very familiar, he can call most of them by name.

At this time, Li Jiqian, who was sitting at the second table on the left, saw Wan Jianfeng coming, and hurriedly said loudly: "Brother Wanxian, come and sit, our Tuoba Department is here!"

Wan Jianfeng looked at him when he heard the words, and saw Li Jiqian was sitting behind the table waving to him, Li Ruoyun and Zhang Pu were also standing beside him.Wan Jianfeng smiled slightly, and walked quickly towards Li Jiqian.

Sitting at the first table on the left was a middle-aged man with an unpredictable complexion. His face was thin and long, and his eyes were as deep as an abyss.He squinted at Wan Jianfeng, and let out a strange "Jie Jie" smile, "Boss Li, I've heard for a long time that you are good at recruiting talents, but I don't want even beggars to be recruited by you."

His words seemed to be praising Li Jiqian, but to the ears of everyone in the Tuoba tribe, they were harsher than anything else.Li Jiqian's complexion sank, and he didn't know how to fight back, but Wan Jianfeng smiled and said in the Dangxiang dialect he just learned: "Chief Yeli, as the capital of a department, you are so hungry that even beggars won't come to you." begging for food, not to mention recruiting talents!"

Ye Liche's smug smile froze instantly, becoming uglier than Li Jiqian's expression just now.He wanted to fight back, but he had nothing to say. He wanted to teach Wan Jianfeng a lesson, but he was afraid of appearing stingy, and he didn't want to offend the Tuoba tribe because of such a trivial matter, so he forcibly suppressed his anger.

Although the Eight Departments of the Dangxiang belong to the Dangxiang clan, but the territories of each department are far and near, the ones that are far away are naturally relatively unfamiliar, and the ones that are close are inevitably intriguing for the territory and the battle between cattle and sheep, so only a few leaders greeted each other. The scene was inevitably a little deserted.

Seeing the situation in the arena, Zhang Pu said to Li Jiqian: "Boss, this event was facilitated by our Tuoba Department, and you should preside over the overall situation."

Li Jiqian nodded slightly, and subconsciously looked sideways at Ye Liche on the left, but he was a little surprised to see that his chair was empty.He looked around the venue and saw that Nolicher was holding a wine glass at the moment, toasting Michelle who was sitting behind the third-to-last table on the right.

He secretly said in his heart, "My Tuoba Department was originally the strongest among the Eight Departments of the Party, but my cousin Li Jipeng and the Tuoba nobles all moved to Bianjing according to the order, which caused our department's strength to plummet and made them wild. The Ribe has become the most powerful tribe. Ye Liche has always been insidious and arrogant, and has always been unpopular, so I didn't expect him to take the initiative to toast the Mizubu."

While Li Jiqian was thinking, Mi Qinle walked towards Tuobabu with a jar of wine.As he strode forward, he said, "Boss Li, the contest will end in a while. No matter who wins or loses, the grievances between us should be settled! As the master of this place, I will toast you first!"

Mi Qingle said that he filled the wine bowl in front of Li Jiqian with wine, then raised the wine bowl with both hands and handed it to Li Jiqian.

Li Jiqian was a little confused by him, so he stood up and took the wine bowl with both hands, "Thank you, Chief Mi Qin, for taking care of the Tuoba tribe these days, thank you Li here!" He said without hesitation Pick up the wine bowl and drink it all in one gulp.

"Happy!" Mi Qingle laughed loudly, filled the other two bowls with fine wine, looked at Li Ruoyun and Wan Jianfeng, "You two, I, Mi Qingle, love to make friends with heroes the most in my life, but I have been busy recently I have never had a chance to treat you well in dealing with family affairs, so I will use these two bowls of wine to express my feelings for the time being!"

Wan Jianfeng heard that Mi Qingle offered to invite him to drink, he took the wine bowl with a smile, and said in very bad party words: "Thank you, this bowl of wine is done by a young hero!" He said as he picked up the wine, He took a sniff with his nose, then raised his neck and there was not a drop of fine wine in the bowl.

Li Ruoyun didn't want to drink Mi Qingle's wine at first, but seeing that Li Jiqian and Wan Jianfeng had both drunk, he had no choice but to drink up the wine in the bowl in one gulp.Seeing this, Mi Qinle clapped his hands and laughed, turned around and walked in the direction of his tribe.

After Mi Qinle left, Wan Jianfeng spit the wine on the ground, pulled Li Ruoyun's clothes with his hands, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, this wine is sour, you can drink it? I think your uncle is also Marshal, but how can you answer it better than a beggar?"

Li Ruoyun snorted, and said unhappily: "I saw you drinking just now, so I followed suit. Who would have thought that you were in my mouth, you have so many eyes!"

Wan Jianfeng grinned and said, "Although I'm a beggar, I can satisfy my hunger with any kind of food. But when it comes to drinking, I'm very particular. I can't drink this kind of wine."

Li Ruoyun snorted coldly after hearing this, and turned his head away.He looked at Mi Qinle in the distance, his eyes full of hostility.But Mi Qinle didn't seem to notice his eyes, and started eating and drinking on his own.

(End of this chapter)