"It is said that Chen Liufeng, who is ranked thirty-seventh, is against Fan Wuque, who is ranked thirty-fifth."
After all, Zhang Yi is a modest gentleman. Although he was afraid that Xue Wangxu would be angry, he was a little anxious at this moment, but he took two steps and asked, "Is there anything going on in the shop, do you want to tell your aunt?"
Ding Ning shook his head and said, "No need."
With Changsun Qianxue's cultivation level, everything in this alley cannot escape her perception. Although the porridge on the stove is not boiling at this time, it doesn't matter.
Xie's family is a wealthy family in Guanzhong, and Xie Changsheng usually spends money like water and cares about ostentation. At this time, there are also two extremely luxurious carriages waiting in front of Xue Wangxu's small courtyard.
The trailers are all blue wind-chasing horses produced in Longxi County. Their fur looks shiny and shiny without any variegation. The carriage compartments are all inlaid with white jade and gold leaf, giving them a magnificent appearance.
Xue Wangxu and Shen Yi were already in one of the carriages, seeing Zhang Yi anxiously dragging Ding Ning over, Xue Wangxu couldn't help but smiled in relief.
In a person's life, when he grows old, there are a few apprentices who are so anxious for his own temporary preferences, and it is worth it.
Xie Changsheng arranged it very well, there were even wine and food in the carriages, as soon as Zhang Yi and Ding Ning got into the carriage, the drivers of the two carriages immediately started running at the fastest speed.
Ding Ning took a piece of dry bun casually, tore it up and ate it slowly, and asked Zhang Yi, "Where are the two dueling?"
Zhang Yi said: "It's on the chrysanthemum slope of the Xiaozhou River."
"That's not far away." Ding Ning asked, "What's the grievance between the two of you?"
The Xiaozhou River is a wild river in the south of Changling City. The river slopes on both sides are a bit high, like two small hills. They are usually used for herding sheep. Many people went to play.
There are some beacon stone towers used to convey military information in the old days, which are now used as viewing platforms, and for the practitioners of Changling, it is an excellent place for public duels.
Fighting there, people on both sides of the strait can see it very clearly.
"I only know that Chen Liufeng is an excellent student of Yuehai Sword Academy, and he is practicing Bihai Chaosheng Sword. Fan Wuque is a student of Tianzheng Sword Academy Tian Hanyang, and he should be practicing Dongshi Sword." Zhang Yi replied apologetically: " As for the old grievances between the two, I'm afraid we won't find out until later."
Hongyang Academy's ranking of the talent book is a combination of many factors. Although Chen Liufeng and Fan Wuque are only ranked thirty-seventh and thirty-fifth in this public duel, as long as they want to win the trial of sword sacrifice, they will follow suit. Seeing Xue Wangxu gaining the limelight and defeating Shen Yi, Ding Ning, who broke the practice record, was only ranked seventy-two. Nangong Caishu and others didn't even rank in the top one hundred. Obviously, it is already an existence that most young people in Changling look up to.
It's just that in the early morning, countless carriages had already parked on the slopes on both sides of the Xiaozhou River, and the carriages that arrived later came one after another, but they couldn't stop near the several stone platforms.
Seeing that the carriage he sent to carry Xue Wangxu, Ding Ning and others was still coming, Xie Changsheng on the river slope couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and said, "Why are there so many people!"
Nangong Caishu glanced at him, and said, "It's not because of the brochure of Hongyang Academy. If there was no such brochure, the two of them duel on weekdays, and there might not be so many people here. Now that the brochure comes out Many young talents who had no connection with each other seem to have a sudden connection. Those who are ranked on the booklet naturally want to see what kind of strength is ranked 37th and 35th, so they can learn more about it. The people on the booklet want to see why they are not on the booklet and see how much difference there is."
"They're coming!" At this moment, Xu Heshan's expression brightened, and he saw the two carriages sent to Wutongluo.
"Finally it's too late." Xie Changsheng ignored the others, and yelled directly at the two carriages that were clearly out of reach, "Here!"
At this moment, there were many young talents and people from famous families who came to check on the river bank, but few people were as outstanding as Xie Changsheng, so Ding Ning could easily hear Xie Changsheng's voice and see their positions clearly.
"Why did these two people go crazy all morning and come here to duel?" Ding Ning asked when he came to Xie Changsheng and the others, looking at the two figures standing opposite each other on the opposite stone platform.
"It is said that it was a matter of jealousy." Xie Changsheng said with some disdain: "The two were said to be friends. Chen Liufeng fell in love with a girl, and he often asked Fan Wuque for advice, but later Fan Wuque got in trouble with that girl. At the same time, Chen Liufeng was furious. He had planned to have nothing to do with Fan Wuque, but now that the booklet came out, Chen Liufeng, who originally thought that Fan Wuque was inferior to him, saw that he was in the back instead, so he couldn't stand it anymore. , officially challenged Fan Wuque on the gauntlet."
Hearing such words, Zhang Yi couldn't help but sternly said: "Then Fan Wuque is wrong, a gentleman doesn't take advantage of others, let alone a woman who wins the favor of a friend."
Ding Ning looked at the two teenagers who were facing each other coldly on the opposite stone platform.
One of them was wearing a black dress, his hair was coiled up with a black string, his face was cold, and he looked serious in his daily life.
The other boy was wearing a blue robe and looked a little delicate.
"Which of these two people is Chen Liufeng and which one is Fan Wuque." Ding Ning turned his head and glanced at Xie Changsheng, and said, "If there are many people to witness, there are enough people now, why not start yet? What are they waiting for?"
Xie Changsheng was also a little puzzled, "We don't know, it's time for the two of them to have a cup of tea, and apart from the few words they said at the beginning, they obviously didn't talk too much. The Cave Master and you guys didn’t arrive in time, but they didn’t expect it to start now.”
While talking, a calm voice sounded from behind Ding Ning: "I'm sorry, please step aside."
Xie Changsheng, Nangong Caishu, and Xu Heshan occupied this slope from the very beginning.
It happened to be directly opposite to the stone platform where Chen Liufeng and Fan Wuque were, and it happened to be the top of a naturally raised mound on the river bank, which was close to the height of the stone platform.
Such a nearly straight line of sight, for a wild river that is not wide, is almost like watching the battle from a stone platform.
It's just that the uplift of this river mound is not big, and it can almost only accommodate Xie Changsheng and others, and later Xue Wangxu, Ding Ning and others.
If you want to give way, someone will naturally go down to a lower place, and the voice is not very polite. The first moment he heard the voice, Xie Changsheng sneered before he turned around and saw who it was. : "Why let it go?"
Ding Ning turned around calmly. He saw more than Xie Changsheng and the others. He knew very well that in this kind of gathering place, it is very normal for a trivial matter to cause disputes.
It was also three teenagers who were about the same age as them that fell into sight.
The two men were wearing goose yellow robes, and their faces were different, but they both looked very handsome with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. One was wearing a crimson purple brocade robe, tall and thin, with slightly sunken eyes, appearing somewhat majestic.
Hearing Xie Changsheng's sneer, the three teenagers showed displeasure on their faces, and the tall and thin boy also sneered immediately, and said tit for tat: "Why don't you let it go, so you bought this land? "
Xie Changsheng didn't get angry, and said with a slight mockery: "It's so sharp, it's just a coincidence. You said that I bought this land. It's almost the same. Several of my friends have just arrived. There were only three of us in this land before. There are quite a few people, but do you know why no one came up to occupy this place before several friends arrived?"
The tall and thin boy was startled for a moment, but then he sneered and said, "Maybe you are vicious, and others dare not fight with you."
"Wrong. That's because everyone knows the truth of being a human being. They all know that people come first, they all know to respect the old and love the young, and they all know to respect the teacher." Xie Changsheng had already shown his mocking skills during the sword sacrifice trial. What's more, the sarcasm on his face was so strong that it seemed to flow out: "We are not the first to arrive. There were a few people who arrived first on this land, so I negotiated with them, and at the price of a thousand gold per person, we happily reached After a deal, they gave up this place to me. Now several of our friends have arrived. The elderly people are older than your grandfather, and the young people are younger than you. We gave up the position to you? Who are your teachers and parents? Didn't they even teach you the principles of life?"
The faces of these three arrogant teenagers turned red and blue immediately after being told.
For a while, I couldn't find any reason to refute, one of the young men in a goose-yellow robe and a bun became angry and said: "It's a bunch of nonsense, everyone gives up their place for Qianjin, do you think we are three-year-old children? Do you believe anything you say?"
"For you, this is an incredible thing, but for our Guanzhong Xie family, what is it to give a thousand gold?" Xie Changsheng laughed and said: "When I was ten years old, I used my lucky money to buy some property. Now a year's rent can also make me feel good. When I see someone throwing a thousand gold at random, if you make me feel better, I might reward you a thousand gold later."
"Guanzhong Xie family?"
The boy who made the sound was stunned for a moment, his face became extremely pale, and he breathed heavily in his chest, but he couldn't vomit it out.
There is only one Xie family in Guanzhong, and that Xie family is rich as hell.
There are not many rumors about the wealth of the Xie family in Changling.
"Since the property you bought with the lucky money can make you so lavish, why are you so afraid that your sister will cut off your money?" Nangong Caishu lowered his voice seeing that the young man was speechless, and said to Xie Changsheng. asked in a puzzled manner.
"Although he is really rich, he may not have so much lucky money. I'm just bragging about it." Xie Changsheng smiled slightly and replied softly: "But that's enough to scare these three bumpkins."
The other party is obviously also a well-known talent in Changling, after a famous family, otherwise he would not be so arrogant. Thinking that these three people were all described by Xie Changsheng as bumpkins who had never seen the world, Nangong Caishu couldn't help shaking his head, but also couldn't help laughing up.
Sometimes when dealing with such rude people, it seems that Xie Changsheng's pure humiliation method is really needed to relieve his anger.
However, at this time, the face of the tall and thin young man in a purple robe changed, and he said coldly: "I don't know who it is, it turns out to be the useless prodigal son of the Xie family in Guanzhong. In your talent book, where is it ranked?"
Xie Changsheng's expression turned cold when he heard the words, and he said, "Who are you, and where are you ranked?"
The thin and tall boy sneered and said, "In Xialu Duofeng, I rank eighty-one."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Changsheng with disdain, wanting to see how speechless and ashamed Xie Changsheng was.
However, what he never expected was that Xie Changsheng looked at him with even more pitiful eyes, shook his head, and said, "Some people feel ashamed because they are ranked low, while some people feel proud because they are ranked on the list."
"Speaking of rankings, there is one here who is much higher than you."
Xie Changsheng nodded Ding Ning, then looked at him again, and said, "Why are you so proud?"