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Back home, everyone sat down.

The old lady's face was full of joy, even the wrinkles on her face seemed to have smoothed out a lot, she waved to Ouyang Yu and said: "My son Balang, come to my mother, she has something to say to you."

When Ouyang Yu stood still in front of him, the old lady said seriously: "Although you are my adopted son in name, but in mother's heart, you are like your own flesh and blood. Our Li family was originally a member of a wealthy family in the early years, because we offended you Some people took refuge here, and those who offended are still officials in this dynasty. Your adoptive father left early, but set a rule; every time you give birth to a son, you must give one thing. Your second brother won Jinyang City. He lived in a remote small house and a wine shop, but he was a low-key person, afraid that the offended person would have scheming, so he went to work as a housekeeper in someone else's house, and the wine shop was not worth much, so he simply dragged acquaintances to manage it. The monthly income is not enough for their family to eat and drink. Your fifth brother got a share contract, which is [-]% of the shares of a horse farm near Yumenguan, Shazhou, Longyou. In the end, I was a bit sloppy and unwilling to admit the shares I had previously set, so I asked your fifth brother to die first, and then go to Shazhou to have a look. Your seventh brother got the title deed of a small house outside Chang'an City, the capital, and rented it to Others went to live, and the rent is better than nothing. There is not much money. Hey, the old lady didn't give up the things left by your clothes... You have to accept something today, so wait a minute, mother Come and go."

After finishing speaking, he entered the inner room, and when he came out after a while, he was holding a red lacquer box in his hand. The box was very shiny after being touched, obviously it was something that had been used for a long time.

Carefully opened the box, and took out a jade pendant from it. The jade pendant was in the shape of a Maitreya Buddha, with a waxy luster, pure and milky white, and mostly translucent. Looking carefully, there seemed to be a small golden object inside, shining. "This thing is called 'Heavenly Buddha'. It was bought by your adoptive father from a family of officials and eunuchs in the previous dynasty. It is said that it is only one piece in a set. The other three pieces are called 'Earth Lotus, Star Sword, and Moon Ring'. If there are four pieces Collect them all, and you will know a secret. But for more than a hundred years, no one has seen where the other three are. But this one looks worth a few dollars, so I will give it to you today. Also, Erlang, you In a few days, go and tell Muren Zheng and others earlier to settle Balang here. He has lived in the mountains for a long time, so he must have a household registration when he comes out, which will be more convenient."

"Thank you, mother!" Ouyang Yu took the jade pendant from his mother, feeling both happy and sad.The joy is that I have taken root in this world that I traveled through.The sad thing is that he can't help but think of his parents, wife and children. He wonders how his parents are doing, and whether he can accept such a blow after losing himself, his wife and children.But the wife and children don't know where they are, their mother and son... hey.It wasn't until this time that he slowly felt that he was living in Datang, and gradually had the idea of ​​integrating into Datang.

"I'm very happy today. You brothers and sisters-in-law are going to make arrangements. It must be very lively at noon!" The old lady ordered.

"Yes, mother." They all took orders respectfully, and went to discuss how to deal with it.

For the feast at noon, more than seventy of the hundred households in the village came, and they filled the streets and neighbors with tables and chairs.Fortunately, Erlang was there, and the arrangements were made properly, otherwise, just setting up tables and chairs, and serving drinks and dishes would have messed up.The villagers came here with all their heart's content, and returned satisfied, so there is no need to mention it.

Counting the days, there is still half a month left for the ring competition, and the family thought about everything they could think of and what should be paid attention to. Ouyang Yu also took the time to train Goro to be familiar with the use of compound bows. Write out all the couplets that the bookworm father memorized together, and then review them, sharpen your guns before the battle, and you will be happy if you are unhappy.

Two days before the competition, the scholar Zhao Wenfeng invited by the second brother had already arrived.If it's not enough for people to put on airs, after all, Erlang's master once excused him not to look at the monk's face but at the Buddha's face.Besides, no matter whether it is successful or not, there is Xie Jinna.Why not do it?

In the early morning of the first day of March, the Rooster Singing Troupe woke Ouyang Yu up from the bed again. Today is Goro's big day, and he can't sleep too late.He didn't procrastinate, got up early, took a walk, and ate breakfast.I haven't seen Goro's face all this time, but Erlang, Qilang, Sumei, and Yunniang have all gotten up early to get ready.

"Second brother, where did fifth brother go? I haven't seen him all morning? Today is the ring, don't oversleep." Ouyang Yu asked strangely.

"It's no wonder he fell asleep! He's talking to his mother with two white bear eyes!" Qilang laughed.The two sister-in-laws also covered their mouths and laughed.

"Forbearance leads to peace of mind, and tranquility leads to wisdom." Erlang shook his head and said, revealing a sense of Zen.

"Fifth Brother! A woman who covers her face wants to see you!" Ouyang Yu was afraid that Wu Lang would be too nervous, so he decided to make a joke.

"Kang, Bang, Bang" only heard the sound of footsteps in the hall, and Goro rushed out.

"Where is she, where is she?" Goro looked while talking.The originally dull eyes are "blooming brightly".

"Haha, Fifth Brother, I'm afraid you'll be bored, so I'm just joking with you. When I go to the ring later, you will naturally meet the person you like!" Ouyang Yu laughed.

"Stinky boy, how dare you lie to brother!" Wu Lang laughed and cursed, pretending to be angry, and relaxed a lot.

After everything was packed, they borrowed a carriage from the village and let a group of women and children in. The four brothers walked towards Mengshan where the arena was located.

On the way, Goro was still nervous, and made a joke. Many times he walked with the same hands and feet, and the awkward way he walked made people laugh.

Near noon, Ouyang Yu and the others had already rushed outside Mengshan's arena.In fact, this arena was set up at the wide place in front of Master Wulang's house.There is also a place for archery competition next to the ring, which was circled early.

There were already huge crowds of people outside the arena, there was not much entertainment at this time, and it was in this mountain, it was a big deal to hear that the arena was going to be engaged.In several nearby villages and towns, the old and the young, and donkeys and carts all came to the arena early to ask for a good seat so that they can see it for real.There are even small businessmen who have already thought of this, pushed carts, set up stalls to sell some melons, fruits and snacks, and made a lot of small money.Ouyang Yu was amazed to see that people in this era have both gossip spirit and business sense.Not much better than later generations.In fact, everyone didn't participate in the competition at all, they all came to entertain and watch the fun.I didn't see two "seed players": one is the son of the county magistrate, who can't be offended, and the other is a ten-year apprentice. How do you compare?How to fight?

Towards noon, the door of Chutian's mansion was wide open, and five men and a woman came out from it.

The leader is about forty years old, with a hidden head, wearing a white gown with a round collar and a carved leather belt, with a serious face.The four behind him followed each other respectfully, wearing uniform black bunts.At the end is a young woman, wearing a long green gauze dress, swaying as she walks.It's just that he wore a gauze hat to hide his face.

Don't think too much, this should be Goro's master, brother and younger sister.Looking back at Goro, he saw that his eyes were fixed on the woman, unable to move any more.

Chu Tian walked up to the arena, cupped his hands and said: "I, Chu Tian, ​​the purpose of setting up a challenge today is to choose a son-in-law for my little daughter. My little girl is just over ten years old, with both talent and beauty, and she is waiting for the word pavilion. This time, there will be one man, one martial artist and one craftsman." Artifacts. Civil and martial arts must be determined first, and a draw will be compared with craftsman’s art. Literature is compared to a match, and martial arts is compared to bow and shooting. Two wins in three rounds. No other requirements, under 35 years old, good quality, good looks, unmarried. Meet these four People with all qualifications can come up to compare. Today, many fathers and folks are here, thank you in advance, and please be a witness. Those who want to participate, please come to the stage quickly! The ring begins!"

"I'm coming!" As soon as Chu Tian finished speaking, he saw a young gentleman walking up to the stage. He was wearing an imperial crown and a sapphire blue fir. He had red lips and white teeth.

"A certain Liu Ziming, aged 23. The son of Liu Yuanshan, the county magistrate." After speaking, he stood with his hands behind his back, his chin raised slightly.Leng put his father in the introduction, for fear that others would not know.

"It turns out that he is the son of the county magistrate, look at that arrogance!" The villagers below who were not used to it had already begun to discuss.

"Who else is in the ring?" Chu Tian asked, looking in Wu Lang's direction.In fact, just wait for Goro to come up.

"Kang Kuang Kuang" saw the gravel steps again, Goro took three steps and made two steps into the ring, without saying much, he bowed his hands to the crowd and said: "Li Zhengshuo, 33!" He also stood still.

Seeing his beloved apprentice come on stage, Chu Tian asked with a slight smile, "Is there anyone else competing in the ring?" Seeing no one answered, he said, "The competition begins!" and stepped back.

Liu Ziming threw away the folding fan with a "shua", shook it twice and said to Wu Lang with a smile, "Written first, martial arts first?"

Goro glanced at him, and threw four words like throwing a stone: "Your master as you are!"

It was supposed to be "the guest does what the host wants", but Goro changed his mind and told Liu Ziming clearly that this is my home field!

Hearing this, Liu Ziming suddenly became angry, "You!..." Shouted a word, looked at the crowd under the ring, slapped his folding fan hurriedly a few times, and forced out a smile: "Okay, first!" Said Well, without looking back, he raised his hand and beckoned backwards, and two people came up from the crowd, both dressed as scribes, one of them was older, about fifty; is self-confidence.It seems that Liu Ziming is going to use the punching policy when he comes to Wenbi.

Seeing this scene, Goro naturally wouldn't go up and fight on his own stupidly, he had to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses!So he turned around and cupped his hands towards Zhao Wenfeng.He also invited the helper to come up.

The man in his thirties stood up and said, "A certain Zhang Ziqiu, come to this first battle first."

Zhao Wenfeng came forward and cupped his hands: "A certain Zhao Wenfeng, I will accompany Brother Ziqiu for a few hands."

Zhang Ziqiu nodded, looked around, saw a few goats grazing not far away, and had an idea: "The goats go up the mountain, and the mountain touches the goat's horns!"

Among the villagers below, there were also some who were good to each other, and they began to discuss: "What is good for goats? How good is it for pigs?"

"Hey, Li San, with your little Shuishui, you have to face a tiger or leopard. How imposing?"

"What kind of momentum!? It's just outrageous!" Another person said.

"Shut up, shut up, let's watch the competition!" The few people next to them were dissatisfied with the noise, and turned around and scolded.

Zhao Wenfeng paced back and forth a few steps, frowning, the person who came up really has something in his stomach.After thinking for a while, he said: "The buffalo goes into the water, the water is not enough for the buffalo's waist!"

"It's right, this pair should be neat." Erlang said to his mother and everyone below.

"I'll give you a pair too." Zhao Wenfeng said, "Hungry chicken steals the rice boy and beats it!" This is a couple that he prepared before he came, and it is a lonely couple that he has spent some painstaking efforts to obtain.

"Different characters with the same pronunciation, interesting! Let me think about it." Zhang Ziqiu walked back and forth for a few steps, and suddenly said with joy on his face: "Shushuliang Liangke coughed and surprised!"

Zhao Wenfeng's forehead was sweating. You must know that this pair is above average difficulty, he also asked for it, and he didn't come up with it privately.And in a short while, the person on the other side said, the level is obviously higher, who is invited over there!There is such a foundation.

Everyone didn't notice any difference in the expression of Wulang's helper, and they were still waiting for this wonderful comparison to continue, and urged them below.

"Since Brother Wenfeng came with a different character and the same pronunciation, I'll return one, and it's not indecent." Zhang Ziqiu held the winning ticket.

"Wushan is as good as Wushan! Brother Wenfeng, please~" After speaking, he stood up with a smile, full of confidence.

"This..." Zhao Wenfeng lowered his head and hurriedly stroked his beard. This is his habit when thinking about problems, but now it seems that "stroking" has been changed to "grasping", and he has grabbed a few beards, but he still doesn't notice. .Difficult, the mountain needs to be right with the water, but what kind of water is good for it!He was thinking too hard, and he still didn't answer after a while, and more and more people booed from the audience.

Arched his hands to Zhang Ziqiu: "A certain skill is not as good as others!" After saying that, he stepped down from the stage, walked to Erlang with a shameful face, and said, "Erlang, I have a responsibility to trust, and I have no face to face!" Without mentioning Xie Jin, I went straight to find The way is gone.

Erlang was dumbfounded, "What should I do! I can't even be a literary student in Fucheng, what should I do!" The old lady became anxious.In a hurry, the whole family forgot that Ouyang Yu was counted as Wenbi's assistant

Note 1: White bear is the name of panda in Tang Dynasty.It was called Pixiu in the Yellow Emperor period, Baihei and Iron-eating Beast in the Warring States period; Baibao and Pi in the Three Kingdoms period; Jiao and Mengbao in the Han Dynasty; Zouyu in the Western Jin Dynasty; , Mammoth

Note 2: Pig is an ancient pig.