Xiushantang is located in a valley, with a wide field of vision.
The front yard was noisy, and people in the village had to register their nameplates here. A group of young disciples were about to go out to do errands. It was probably a rare opportunity to go out and let loose. All of them were beautiful. They registered over there, and they were screeching and fighting each other over here. They were in a hurry when they bumped into Daddy Li's family and walked in with great strides.
The young disciples were frightened into a group of chickens on the spot, standing in a line with their necks shrunken and shoulders shoulders, tremblingly saying hello in unison.
Li Jinrong didn't stop, and took Zhou Fei and Li Sheng to the back hall.
The head of the back hall was a round-faced middle-aged man named Ma Jili, who lived up to his name and looked very festive. As soon as he opened his mouth, it made people think that he was going to pay New Year's greetings.
Ma Jili brought an old woman with crane-haired hair out to greet him early and waited, and said from a distance, "Hello, my boss."
"Brother Ma," Li Jinrong nodded, and then said to the old lady behind Ma Jili, "I told the old lady to wait for a long time."
The old woman didn't look like a Jianghu person, she looked like an old country lady with small savings. She held a wooden crutch in her hand and smiled at Zhou Fei and the others from a distance, with a kind face.
This old woman, surnamed Wang, was originally the widow of the head of the "Xiaoxiang" faction in the forty-eight villages. After her deceased husband died, because there were no outstanding descendants in the school, she temporarily replaced the head of a village as an old man.
"No hurry, I just arrived," Mrs. Wang said, and when she spoke, she looked more like an old country lady, "Old man, I have trouble with my legs, so I will walk slowly a little earlier to save you from waiting... Ah yo, look, Sheng'er is a head taller than your aunt, what a big guy! And little A Fei, come and help my old lady, I won't go to my mother-in-law to play someday."
Zhou Fei was confused and stuffed a few pieces of candy with her. She was hungry, so she simply ate it happily, not knowing what her old man was doing at Xiushantang.
Ma Jili led them into the main courtyard of the back hall, and saw there was a high platform with forty-eight large wooden pillars standing up from the ground, and a person stood under each pillar.
Ma Jili said with a smile: "This is where our back hall is dedicated to the examination of the school's disciples. Your former brothers and sisters named these forty-eight pillars, called 'Flower Picking Platform'. These forty-eight pillars represent our forty-eight villages. , there is a sect guard under each wooden pillar, and you should try your best to get the paper window grilles on it within the time of three sticks of incense."
Ma Jili stretched out his hand, Zhou Fei looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that there was a small hook on the top of those big wooden pillars, hooking a piece of window grille the size of a palm, cut out of red paper, some were human figures, some were pavilions and pavilions, very delicate.
Ma Jili continued: "There is no limit to the method, and all eighteen martial arts can be used. Even if you use a three-inch tongue, you can persuade the senior brother who is guarding the column to make way for you. In three sticks of incense, you can take two Paper window grilles, even if you pass, you can become a teacher from now on, but there is one thing—"
Manager Ma rubbed his hands with a smile, as if he was quite embarrassed: "I cut these paper window grilles by myself when I have nothing to do. I'm laughing, the craftsmanship is not good, the paper is also brittle, and it will break when I pull it. Be very careful when 'picking flowers', if you break it, it won't count."
Zhou Fei looked up at the lively and lively paper window grilles. She felt that Director Ma was a model for doing a fine line of work. She asked, "How can it be considered to be taken off? Do you have to get it, or do you have to wait until you completely step down?"
Ma Jili said, "A Fei's thoughts are real and meticulous."
Zhou Fei gave a dry laugh. Her heart was really caught by Old Yu. Yu Lao has never been able to talk in his life. For example, after saying that the puller will bring six stepping stones, when she finally jumped out of the range of the six stepping stones pulling the machine, before she could catch her breath, she found the soles of her feet in a blink of an eye. The footstones moved again - Yu said, although he agreed to open six footstones, he didn't say that the six must not be changed!
Zhou Fei was often at a loss for words, and had to be chased and killed everywhere in the Ximo River.
Ma Jili explained to her: "It's not about getting it, it's not about stepping down - it's based on landing. When you are on the top, the pillar guard can fight with you, and when you fall to the ground, the pillar guard will You can't do it any more, otherwise, what will you do if the guards on the flower-picking platform swarm up? Besides, it would be too harsh for the younger disciples to win over their brothers and sisters."
Li Sheng glanced at the flower-picking platform a few more times and asked, "Uncle Ma, is that empty pillar my Lijiazhai?"
"That's right," Ma Jili said, "the eldest family has been busy with affairs in the village these years and has confiscated his disciples. There is no pillar guard in Lijiazhai, so the pillar has always been empty—hey, boy, get the one on the empty pillar. Paper flowers don't count."
At this time, Li Jinrong suddenly said: "It used to be empty, and since I am here today, the forty-eight pillars can be gathered."
Manager Ma and Mrs. Wang were both taken aback.
Li Jinrong casually grabbed a heavy sword from the weapon shelf next to him, picked it up with one hand, weighed it, and walked slowly under the pillar of Li Jiazhai. The forty-seven disciples beside him were suddenly facing a formidable enemy, even his waist was straight. After a few minutes, they all told Zhou Fei and Li Sheng in unison.
Mr. Ma twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that the two children might not be doing well today, so he quickly flattered: "The big boss is joking, you go to this stop, that is, let the flower-picking platform look neat, not to mention the little ones in our village. The doll is the first 'greedy wolf' of the Big Dipper, dare to go up to your column?"
After speaking, he was afraid that he would be too obscure, and he couldn't help but mention Zhou Fei and Li Sheng: "Forty-eight pillars, just remove two paper flowers, each of the forty-eight villages has its own strengths, and one of us is a martial artist. You can eat all over the world if you recruit fresh food, you don’t need to cover everything, just pick what you are good at—which of the two of you will come first?”
Zhou Fei didn't say a word, Li Sheng glanced at her and said, "Me."
"Yes, the old and young are in order," Ma Jili replied cheerfully, and then raised his voice, "The forty-eighth village disciples go to the flower-picking platform and burn incense-"
Zhou Fei rubbed her ears, and always felt that Uncle Ma was probably a "big exercise" in the past. As soon as Lang Lang opened his mouth, the next sentence would say "Please get the bride off the sedan chair", "The family will reward one hundred and twenty money" and so on. .
However, Uncle Ma didn't have the words of "Aoao", "wonderful events", he looked at Li Sheng who walked into the flower-picking platform, and read the rules word by word: "The first rule is to not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and the second rule, you must not commit adultery and plunder..."
After reciting the Thirty-Three Sect Rules, Ma Jili paused for a while, and then said in a eloquent voice: "The people of my generation are unrestrained, rude and lawless, and there is no need to be famous for hundreds of generations. , be ashamed of yourself!"
Zhou Fei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at Ma Jili, seeing his chubby little round face stretched out, it was indescribably solemn.
Li Sheng cautiously observed the positions of the forty-eight wooden pillars on the flower-picking platform, then swayed and went straight to the "Qianzhong" wooden pillar. Li Sheng's mind is ingenious and changeable, and no matter how fancy and small he is, he can see that he is inseparable from ten, which is exactly the same as Qian Zhong, who pays attention to skill.
The disciple who guarded the pillar crossed a halberd to block his path. Li Sheng’s figure suddenly rose three feet, and circled around the pillar as if wearing flowers and a tree. The disciple who guarded the pillar was about to chase, but Li Sheng suddenly turned around. He pulled out the two short swords from his waist and threw them on the ground, making a "mountain tilt". The disciple guarding the column couldn't react in time. The swords and halberds collided, but instead he used his strength to run up, and pulled off the red paper window grilles above.
Li Sheng took off the first "flower", but he didn't stop or come down. He put the red paper window flower into his sleeve, slammed it directly from the wooden pillar of Qianzhong, and flew on the second tree next to him. Zhu, the pillar guard didn't expect his Qinggong to be so good, and he had already lost the chance to chase after him, so Li Sheng took off the second sheet lightly.
Manager Ma couldn't help but shouted ok, and said to Mrs. Wang, "I haven't seen such a neat offspring for many years. Guess how many he can reveal?"
Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "In those days, Erye Li opened twelve paper window grilles in one go within three incense sticks. I think this kid has solid skills, and he will continue to deceive him again and again.
Director Ma looked at Zhou Fei who seemed to be thoughtful beside him, and couldn't help teasing her: "How many can Ah Fei pick?"
Zhou Fei said absently, "One."
Director Ma: "... girl, then you won't be able to graduate, you have to go back and practice for a few more years."
Zhou Fei glanced at him blankly, blinked twice before she regained her senses, and changed her tune in an easy-going manner: "Oh, then let's go."
Director Ma has never seen such a young man with pursuit. He laughed dryly with the corners of his mouth twitching for a long time. He couldn't boast about her ambition, so he had no choice but to say: "Don't be arrogant or impetuous, be modest and prudent, very good."
The disciples who were guarding the pillar behind gradually understood Li Sheng's approach. Except for the two guards who were caught off guard at the beginning, the red paper window grilles were not easily obtained. However, Li Sheng's advance and retreat were moderate. It is rare that he is not impetuous, and he walks very calmly step by step, and there is a sound from time to time, and when the three sticks of incense are about to burn out, Li Sheng has already plucked fifteen red paper window grilles, and finally stopped on the wooden pillar of the Xiaoxiang School. The Xiaoxiang faction also used swords, and the swordsmanship was light and ethereal. The disciple who guarded the pillar and Li Sheng had some similar meanings.
At this time, Director Ma raised his voice: "The fragrance is exhausted!"
Li Sheng fell to the ground, without counting his achievements, he bowed his head and bowed to the guard: "Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your mercy."
Then he turned around and looked at Li Jinrong with some anticipation.
Seeing a faint smile on Li Jinrong's face, she nodded at him, and Li Sheng was relieved, took out the red paper window grilles he had peeled off all the way and sent it to Ma Jili, saying, "Uncle Ma, please order a little bit. , I don't know if it's broken."
Li Sheng is very good at pretending to be a wolf with a big tail. Since he said so, he must not even have a small break. Ma Jili complimented Li Sheng from the hair to the toenails with a smile, and said: "Let's be next to you first. Wait a moment."
Li Jinrong said, "Zhou Fei, it's your turn, come here."
Ma Jili hurriedly said: "Wait, wait, let me replace the peeled and torn paper flowers with new ones."
Li Jinrong said, "She doesn't need to, burn incense."
Maggie: "..."
Zhou Fei had no objection. Hearing the sound, she stepped forward and touched her waist casually.
It was only then that she remembered that her knife had been lent to Li Yan, who had weak legs, as a crutch on the cliff beside the Ximo River, so she had no choice but to temporarily pick one of the same length from a nearby weapon rack, just like Li Jinrong.
Ma Jili saw his eyelids twitching, and hurriedly warned: "If you don't change it, you won't change it, your brother took fifteen, and one broke, and there are still thirty-two left, which is enough for you, it's just the first time. Be careful with your shots, choose well…”
Before he finished speaking, he was so frightened that he fell silent - what a daring little girl, she went straight to Li Jinrong!
Except for Li Jinrong, everyone in the field was stunned by Zhou Fei. However, Dadang Li seemed to have expected such an event. He flicked his wrist without changing his face, and the old epee in his palm let out a low sigh. Shoot Zhou Fei three feet away.
Zhou Fei did not dodge or dodge, and pulled the knife in her hand... Xiushantang's broken knife had not been used for a long time, it was rusted and did not pull.
Director Ma couldn't bear to see it.
Zhou Fei let out a "tsk", and didn't pull it out at all. With the sheath, she made a big open and closed "pull the mountains and rivers", and she just opened a path through the swirling stone slabs, just enough for her. I pass.
This is her experience of drilling and pulling the machine net countless times. Li Jinrong secretly shouted hello, but did not show her face. She jumped to catch up, and pressed down with a sword.
Her inherent strength is deep, and the epee in her hand is even more powerful. Facing Zhou Fei, her sword did not restrain her strength, and the entire flower-picking table was trembling.
Zhou Fei only felt that there was an extra Taihang in the sky, and it slammed down.
Madam Wang exclaimed in shock, "The big boss is merciful!"