The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 58 Hosting a Feast and Contest

After drinking for three rounds, Li Jiqian saw that most of the people in the venue had returned to their seats, and then he walked slowly to the open space in the middle of the two rows of long tables, and said loudly: "Everyone, I, Li Jiqian, are not talented, and all the Mongolian brothers are not good enough." Abandoned, was elected as the new leader of the Tuoba tribe. Now the Song Dynasty is eyeing our party, and may attack us at any time and defeat us one by one. Zhao Guangyi ordered the Tuoba nobles to move to Bianliang a few days ago. This is a sign. As the saying goes, "Single people If you don’t form an army, a single tree can’t form a forest’, in order to prevent the Song Dynasty from annihilating our Dangxiang tribes one by one, I call on everyone to unite and fight against the enemy, only we can save the Dangxiang and save the current crisis!"

Li Jiqian's words were resounding, all the leaders nodded in unison, and only Mi Qinle shouted: "Boss Li, we all understand these words, and your intentions are also clearly written on the invitation. You are nothing more than It’s just that we want to use martial arts to determine the co-leaders of the Eight Divisions. Our party members have always favored martial arts, since Chief Li took the lead in proposing, why not let Chief Li perform a saber dance for us before the competition to help us feel good!"

"Okay, get the knife!" Li Jiqian said as he shook off the sheepskin cloak he was wearing, and waved to Li Jichong who was behind Li Ruoyun.Li Jichong immediately understood, took Li Jiqian's big summer dragon sparrow from his waist, walked quickly to him and handed over the knife with both hands.Everyone can see clearly that this knife is very ingeniously made, with a big ring at the bottom, which is shaped like a dragon.

Li Jiqian took the saber in his hand and made a gesture, about to draw the saber out of its sheath.But Ye Liche suddenly laughed, his voice was like a night owl's whisper, with a gloomy meaning in his ear-piercing.He stood up slowly, and walked towards Li Jiqian, "Boss Li, it's boring to practice swords by yourself, it's better for you and me to compete. It's just that swords have no eyes, if you get hurt, don't blame me."

Everyone at the scene heard that there was something in Ye Liche's words, and they all looked at the field with breathless concentration, and no one said more.Wan Jianfeng was holding a jug of wine at the moment, drinking vigorously, and put down the wine after hearing Ye Liche's words.

He said to Li Ruoyun: "Brother Li, the chief's injury is just right, it's not suitable to fight with others at this time, do you think it's you who made the move, or should I trouble this young hero who is so powerful to do it himself?"

Li Ruoyun's brows were tightly furrowed, her hands were already on the hilt of her sword, and just waiting for Li Jiqian to say a word, she would step forward and teach him a lesson for this yin and yang, Ye Liche.He suddenly heard Wan Jianfeng calling himself, and said solemnly: "Okay! It is said that Ye Liche's martial arts are unfathomable, I just want to meet him!"

Although his voice was not loud, even a little low, it seemed to have a natural magical power that made people dare not disobey it.Hearing what he said, Wan Jianfeng nodded lightly, "That's fine, if brother Li is defeated, this young hero will show off my skills even more!" Stepping forward, he saw that Ye Liche had already started a fight with Li Jiqian.

At this moment, Ye Liche took out a faint green soft sword from nowhere. This soft sword was extremely sharp and dexterous, and there was an indescribable evil spirit on the sword.Following Ye Liche's tricky and vicious moves, the soft sword became like a deadly poisonous snake, constantly changing angles to attack Li Jiqian.In Li Jiqian's hand, the big summer dragon and sparrow used it, and the tiger and the tiger were in full swing, showing the aura of thousands of troops with one sword, and he was not afraid of Ye Liche's vicious moves.

The two men, one strong and one soft, one yin and one yang, fought fiercely in the arena, and all the people watching the battle were sweating coldly for them.Li Ruoyun stared intently at the battle situation in the field, constantly trying to figure out the moves of the two, and was always ready to step forward to help.Only Wan Jianfeng didn't seem to have any interest in the battle situation, he only focused on drinking with his head down, and didn't even bother to say a word.

At first Li Jiqian's saber was heavy and powerful, and every move was so powerful that Liche could only parry, and had little power to fight back.Gradually, Li Jiqian's moves became sluggish and sluggish. I don't know whether he was tired or the injury recurred, and he completely lost the courage to start.

Seeing this, Li Ruoyun drew his sword out of its sheath silently, and held it upside down. As long as Ye Liche dared to take the opportunity to harm Li Jiqian, he would immediately compete with him on the field.

Suddenly, Li Jiqian opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his face turned pale instantly, he staggered to the side, almost fell to the ground.Ye Liche seemed to have expected it, sneered triumphantly, and stabbed Li Jiqian's throat with a soft sword in his hand.

Li Jiqian hurriedly raised his saber to block it, but his hands lost all strength. As soon as the saber touched the edge of the soft sword, it was shaken to the ground.Li Jiqian saw that the situation was not good, so he dodged to the side with all his strength. He thought he could dodge Ye Liche's sword, but Ye Liche's soft sword turned with him, and the blade still pierced his body. throat.

"Could it be that I'm dead?" Li Jiqian sighed in his heart, and slowly closed his eyes.At the moment of lightning, Li Ruoyun jumped in, and the long sword in his hand slashed straight at the soft sword in Ye Liche's hand.

"Dang!" Li Ruoyun's long sword collided with Ye Liche's soft sword, there was a loud bang, and sparks flew everywhere.Li Ruoyun is usually powerful and fierce, even if he can't cut Ye Liche's weapon with a single sword, he can at least shoot out a foot.Unexpectedly, when the two swords collided, Li Ruoyun's long sword flew out of his hand, and Ye Liche's soft sword, with the power of Li Ruoyun's sword, suddenly turned up, like a poisonous snake with its head raised, biting at Li Ruoyun. between items.

Li Ruoyun's hands trembled inexplicably, and he didn't even have any strength in his body, let alone use his internal strength.He stared blankly at his long sword being thrown into the ground, with endless confusion and suspicion in his heart.He has practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child, and was fortunate enough to be taught by his uncle Li Minghe. He thought that even if a long sword could not be invincible, it would not be easy for such a soft and weak sword to fly away.

Suddenly, he remembered the altar of wine that Mi Qingle brought just now. Mi Qinle came to toast after whispering to Ye Liche, and he and Li Jiqian both drank the jar of wine.Now both of them have become weak and powerless, at the mercy of others!He just figured it out now, obviously it was too late, what else could he do besides stand still and wait for Noriche to kill him with a sword?

Seeing that Ye Liche's soft sword was about to pierce his throat, a strong wind came from midair, and along with the wind came a black object, which hit Ye Liche directly on the top of his head.Not to mention the onlookers in the arena, even the scheming Ye Liche was taken aback by this thing.

"Boom!" The thing slammed into the top of Ye Liche's head, and it exploded instantly, causing Ye Liche to bleed like a blood gourd.Ye Liche screamed and grabbed the top of his head, seeing that what hit him was an empty wine jar that had been drunk.

Ye Liche was furious, and let out a creepy scream. He wanted to see who had the guts to throw a wine jar on top of his head, but before he could turn his head around, he suddenly felt that someone was stabbed at the back of his head. Hit it hard with a wooden stick.He turned around furiously, and stabbed out the soft sword in his hand like a poisonous snake, but unexpectedly, the soft sword was easily caught in his hand.

I saw that it was none other than Wan Jianfeng who grabbed Ye Liche's soft sword, but Wan Jianfeng who was so absorbed in drinking just now.At this moment, Wan Jianfeng was holding the soft sword in his hand, and said with a smile: "Ye Liche, although your soft sword is good, it depends on who you use it in front of. Don't forget, catching snakes is our beggar's forte! You If you take the initiative to send the sword over, then I will not be polite!"

As Wan Jianfeng said, he raised his stick and hit Ye Liche's wrist so hard that Ye Liche's wrist was almost broken by him.Ye Liche suffered pain in his right hand, and unconsciously let go of the soft sword, but Wan Jianfeng took the opportunity to snatch it away.

Ye Liche fixed his eyes on Wan Jianfeng, and said in disbelief: "I, Ye Liche, have painstakingly studied poison art for decades, and I have poisoned hundreds of people. How could it be ineffective for you? How is this possible? !"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "This young hero is also a mortal, so how can poison be ineffective on me, but your poisoning skills are not good, and the taste is too strong. It's too bad to mix with wine, it doesn't suit my appetite at all. If you still want to use poisoned wine to harm me in the future, please make the poison taste better, otherwise I won't drink it!"

Hearing this, Ye Liche's eyes turned from vicious to crazy, and then to helpless.In the end, he gave a wry smile, pointed at Wan Jianfeng and said, "I, Ye Liche, have always been scheming against others all my life, but I didn't expect to lose at the hands of you, a little beggar, what a trick of luck!"

As he spoke, he bent down, picked up the soft sword on the ground, and wanted to kill himself with the sword.Seeing this, Li Jiqian hurriedly braced himself, walked over staggeringly, and said loudly, "Boss Yeli, wait a minute!"

Ye Liche sneered, "Boss Li, I, Ye Liche, did not lose in martial arts or poison today, but I did lose in my complacent scheming and knowledge of people. I can never wash away today except for death." Shame!"

Li Jiqian shook his head, "No, you can't die yet!"

Ye Liche's hand froze, and he said: "Boss Li, your poison is not fatal, and you don't need an antidote. You can recover on your own after five hours." After he finished speaking, he put the sword between his neck again, and only needed a little force will die.

Li Jiqian hurriedly said: "Boss Yeli, this is the real defeat of you! If you still think that you are the son of the Xiang clan of our party, and you think that you can surpass ordinary people, don't commit suicide, but use your life to fight for it!" Guard the land of the five states, and shed your blood on the battlefield against Song!"

Ye Liche looked at Li Jiqian for a long time, and finally slowly knelt down in front of him, "Boss Li, I, Ye Liche, admire your vision and courage! From now on, my Ye Liche will always follow Tuoba and Li Da Chief, follow you and your descendants, and hope that Chief Li will not abandon you!"

Li Jiqian hurriedly helped Ye Liche up, and said sincerely: "I, Li Jiqian, have been blessed by the Ye Liche for several lifetimes. How can I abandon each other? I swear in the name of my ancestors that I will never let Ye Liche down in this life." The leader of Lida and the entire Yelibu, or I will die under random arrows!"

Ye Liche nodded solemnly, helped Li Jiqian to sit in his seat, and took his staff to the second table.Seeing this, everyone was overwhelmed by Li Jiqian's spirit, and all cast admiring glances at him.Only Mi Qinle walked up to Li Jiqian with a huge ax on his shoulders, and said loudly, "I shouldn't have listened to someone's instigation and toasted three heroes with poisoned wine. I, Mi Qinle, will apologize to Chief Li." Then he said in a low voice : "But you stayed in the land, and attracted countless Song soldiers to trample on our pastures, causing our department to lose a lot of livestock. How do you think about this account?"

Li Jiqian didn't have any strength in his body, so naturally he didn't dare to talk too much, he just said: "Chief Mi Qin, the reason why I, Li Jiqian, invited you here is to fulfill the agreement between you and me in the previous martial arts competition. But at the moment, the medicine has not yet taken effect. In the past, I was weak and weak, and I don't know if the leader Mi Qin wanted to take advantage of others' danger, or did he want my subordinates to compete on his behalf?"

Mi Qinle took a look at Li Jiqian and Li Ruoyun, and thought, "The Tuoba tribe is the most capable of fighting than the two of them. Now that they are poisoned, they have given me a great chance." Secretly said, "No way, wouldn't this ruin the reputation of my Mi Qinle department? Since Li Jiqian proposed to let his subordinates compete on his behalf, I might as well be his favor. Anyway, none of his subordinates are my opponents for Mi Qinle!"

After thinking about it, Mi Qinle deliberately loudly said to Li Jiqian: "Okay, according to what Chief Li said, I am willing to compete with your brother with the strongest martial arts!"

Li Jiqian nodded, his eyes swept around the faces of the people behind him, feeling very entangled in his heart.Normally, he would have sent Li Ruoyun off, but right now, Li Ruoyun was just like himself, even standing there seemed powerless, so how could he end the contest?However, Li Jiyuan was still young, Yue Chun led the army to guard against the Song army, and Zhang Pu was a mere scholar, so they couldn't fight Mi Qinle.As for Wan Jianfeng, although he is full of tricks and has extraordinary martial arts skills, it is a pity that he is not a member of the tribe, at best he is here to join in the fun, and he will never do his best for the Tuoba tribe!
After a long time, he turned his attention to Li Jichong again, and said helplessly: "Jichong, you and I are fellow citizens, and I can't compete with the leader of Mi Qin because of my brother, so I'll let you do it for me."

Li Jichong had expected that Li Jiqian would call him, so he immediately took off his cloak and tied it around his waist, revealing a rough blue shirt inside.Immediately afterwards, he drew out the epee behind his back, strode towards Mi Qinle, and said with a big smile, "Mi Qinle, haven't you always wanted to compete with us? I, Li Jichong, will let you know that we Tuoba The department is amazing!"

(End of this chapter)