Traditional rivers and lakes belt crossing

The man in black stopped Jun Bubu from speaking, and explained: "Our current gang is mainly to overthrow the rule of the imperial court. I believe that you, like our goal, have enmity with the imperial court, so join us."

Don't you see it after thinking for a while and said: "I don't want to, although I can join you, but I can't leave here yet."

"Why?" the man in black asked.

"Because I want to take care of my old man here." Jun Bubu said.

The man in black asked suspiciously, "Li Ren?"

"That's right, my father-in-law is old and in poor health, I can't abandon him and leave alone." Jun Bubu said firmly.

The man in black didn't force him after hearing this, and said, "Okay, but the purpose of our coming here is to destroy this place, so you can help us too."

"That's fine." Jun Bubu replied.

"Then take us to the import first." The man in black said.

The first round of the Nanjing Martial Arts Exam ended successfully. A total of 64 people entered the second round as they wished. Due to the large number of people and the need to arrange the sessions reasonably, the second round of the exam was decided to be held on the second day. They could go back on their own, and the court personnel arranged for the treatment of those injured in the competition. They were all carried to the side hall next to the Yuejiang Tower, and the doctors were busy coming in and out.

Jin Ziyan, who Qian Xiaocheng traveled through, also found Jin Ziyi and Xia Linger and returned to the inn together. He congratulated Jin Ziyi on his smooth promotion, and he didn't have to be sad about Xia Linger's elimination, but Jin Ziyi watched the contestants this time He realized that he was not very good at martial arts, and he was only in the middle of these people. It was not easy to win the championship, and it might be even more difficult to target the beggar gang, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Qian Xiaocheng comforted him, but did not tell him his plan. That night, Qian Xiaocheng came to Zhang Zhongwu's house alone without any other consultation.

Qian Xiaocheng said, "Old Zhang, is there any way to make Jin Ziyi enter the second round?"

"This is a little difficult."

"Then is there a way to know the rules of the second round of competition?"

"Uh, I don't know about that either."

"Then is there any way to arrange a weaker opponent for Jin Ziyi?"

"I can't do that yet."

Qian Xiaocheng felt helpless after hearing this for a while, thinking that he had come to help Jin Ziyi to open the back door without telling him, but he couldn't do anything, how could he have the face to go back, so he complained a little: "I said, Lao Zhang, what are you doing?" I can't even do it, do you still doubt my identity as Li Qi?"

"Don't dare." Zhang Zhongwu said quickly, "I have long believed in the identity of the adult, but..."

"Just what?" Qian Xiaocheng urged after hearing this, "Don't hesitate, you have nothing to say to me."

"Okay." Zhang Zhongwu seemed to have made up his mind and said, "My lord, it's not that I don't want to help, I'm doing it for your own good, and I don't know whether I should tell this secret, because I believe in my lord's identity. I'll tell you today."

Zhang Zhongwu swallowed his saliva and calmed down and said: "In fact, the martial arts held by the imperial court this time is completely a deceptive conspiracy."

Qian Xiaocheng was shocked when he heard this: "How do you say?"

Zhang Zhongwu said slowly: "The imperial court began to expand the city walls of Nanjing City several years ago, but the soil here is soft, and the city walls need to dig deep foundations and fill huge stones, so a lot of labor is needed, but the labor of Nanjing City alone is not enough. So later coaxed a large number of people to work, and in order to prevent them from running away, they were all locked underground, unable to go out."

After hearing this, Qian Xiaocheng questioned, "What? No one knows about this?"

"How could you not know." Zhang Zhongwu said, "Most officials in the imperial court knew it, and they all acquiesced to this behavior."

"That's not right." Qian Xiaocheng was still puzzled, "What does that have to do with this martial arts?"

Zhang Zhongwu replied: "Don't you understand, my lord, this martial arts is to wipe out all the people in the world, no matter whether you win or lose, the imperial court will force you to do hard work."

Qian Xiaocheng sneered: "Do you think those Jianghu people are so easy to control?"

Zhang Zhongwu said: "My lord doesn't know. They have special means to control those people. I don't know what the means are, but I know that it is my direct descendant Shangguan Jinyi and Eight Guards who are in charge of these things."

Qian Xiaocheng listened and said, "So it's Zhao Shunming. I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's meet him when you have time."

"Yes, my lord." Zhang Zhongwu said, "Based on the relationship between your lord and him, he will definitely listen to everything you say."

"Then do you know where he is?" Qian Xiaocheng asked.

"I don't know about that." Zhang Zhongwu replied, "But it should be near the Yuejiang Tower on Lion Mountain, because the side hall next to the Yuejiang Tower is the entrance to the underground."

"Then it seems that I have to find a way to go there once." Qian Xiaocheng said.

Soon came the second day of martial arts. The 64 people who advanced to the second round came to the Yuejiang Building early, and saw that a high platform with a length and width of ten feet was set up here overnight. Obviously, this time The competition will be held on this high platform.

Same as yesterday, this time not only there were a large number of dignitaries watching in the Yuejiang Tower, but also a circle of watching seats around the high platform. A large number of people came to watch spontaneously. On the one hand, the court did this to show the court Openness and fairness, on the other hand, let the people feel that the imperial court is powerful, and that being able to serve such an imperial court will give them a sense of honor.

When the time came, yesterday's invigilator came to the stage again, and said loudly: "Listen up, this second round of the competition will be divided into two parts. We have already divided the 64 people who have advanced into four groups. There are sixteen people in the group, the first part is that these sixteen people compete on the stage at the same time, if they fall to the ground or admit defeat, they will be considered as failures, and the four people who remain on the field will advance to the next stage, a total of sixteen people from four groups will advance to the stage, do you hear me clearly?"

Those contestants immediately started whispering after hearing this. They felt that this competition was cruel, because sixteen people competed at the same time, maybe those with strong kung fu would get tired of being besieged by many people at the same time, and it would not be easy to win.

The invigilator ignored everyone's reactions and continued: "After [-] people have been determined to advance to the second part, there will be a one-on-one competition. The losers will be eliminated until the last four people enter the final palace test, which will be hand-picked by the emperor." Today's champion of martial arts."

Those people became excited after hearing the name of Wu Zhuangyuan. Some had their own dreams, and some had their own secrets. In short, the prerequisite for achieving all these is to win this martial arts exam. After leveling up, they watched their opponents start to feel tense.

The invigilator shouted again: "Yesterday's promotion number has been written on this wall, and the corresponding numbers from the first group will be on the stage to compete." As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding people immediately began to shout excitedly , applaud the object they support.