Chapter 230: Another martial arts competition to win a bride?

There was frost at night and moon in the morning, the sky was dimly lit, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard.

In a moment, a white horse came walking from the east side of the official road. The man on the horse was wearing a black robe, with a wine gourd tied to the saddle, and two swords flapping against his thighs. He was wearing a bamboo hat with the brim covering his face. It seemed that he had been traveling all night and was dozing off with his head down.

"Wake up! Third brother, what do you think that is?"

In the woods beside the official road, last night's bonfire had gone out. A man in coarse cloth rubbed his eyes and looked at the white horse on the official road. Its body was as white as snow without a single stray hair.

The horse-faced man who was called 'Third Brother' was dissatisfied with his companion who got up early and disturbed his sweet sleep. He was about to get angry, but when he looked in the direction of his gaze, a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

He had the ability to judge horses, so he stretched out his hand to measure it, and estimated that from head to tail it was ten feet long, and from hoof to spine it was eight feet high.

"The Jade Lion of the Night, a species from the Western Regions!"

"Third brother, did you rob it?"

As the skinny man spoke, he groped in the pile of fallen leaves and found an iron sword.

"Rob?"

"Yes, after we steal the horse, if that guy knows what's best for him, we can scare him and let him go. If he dares to say no, we can drag him into the woods and kill him with a knife. It won't be too late to take the BMW after that."

The horse-faced man was a few years older and more mature. He hesitated and asked, "What if he is a martial arts master?"

"I don't think he's an expert, he just looks like he's pretending!"

The skinny man shook his head and continued, "When we were learning in Liaodong, our master said that among the eighteen kinds of weapons, swords, spears, and halberds, others would spend half their lives to master just one of them, which was already a great fortune. Third brother, look at that kid, with a sword and a knife on his waist. He must be a rich young man who listened to Jianghu storytelling and went out to travel the world without telling his family and without any followers."

The horse-faced man nodded slightly, picked up the axe on the ground, looked at his companion and said, "In that case, it is like a pillow for a sleepy night. God has given you and me a stepping stone for advancement."

The skinny man said with a smile, "We have no one to recommend us. If we go to Qingfeng Village, we may not be accepted. We can snatch this Zhaoye Jade Lion and present it to the village leader Zhao. Maybe we can even become a small leader."

The horse-faced man waved his hands and said, "Alas! One should not be too greedy. Qingfeng Village is the largest mountain village at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces. It has over a thousand soldiers and many experts. It is already good enough for us to have a place to stay."

The two men looked at each other, then jumped out of the woods with their weapons in hand and rushed towards the rider.

"Where to go!"

"Leave the horse and I'll spare your life!"

"If you dare to say no, I will dig out your heart and liver and make it into a snack to go with the wine."

Two people stood in front of the horse, one pulled the reins and the other pulled the person on the horse, cooperating with each other tacitly.

The man on the saddle was swaying and nearly fell off the horse several times, but he managed to escape danger every time, like a tumbler.

"How dare you, you thief, come and cause trouble for me!"

Zhang Yu opened his drunken eyes and kicked the horse-faced man two meters away with a kick. The skinny man was shocked and raised his sword to stab, but was knocked to the ground by a blow from the scabbard. The two men were considered experts in the martial arts world, but facing this young man, no punches, kicks or routines were effective.

The opponent is too fast!
"This guy is really an expert."

The two men lay on the ground, smiling bitterly at each other.

Zhang Yu dismounted and let the Jade Lion Zhaoye run into the forest to eat the fresh grass.

He grabbed the thin man by the collar, grabbed the horse-faced man by the arm, and walked into the forest carrying the three hundred-pound object.

"You are the thieves on that mountain. You are so greedy that you dare to rob me?"

Zhang Yu looked at the two stupid thieves who were sober enough that they could sober up, and couldn't help laughing in his heart. As the deputy leader of the Sun and Moon Sect, traveling around the world, doesn't he look like an expert?
The skinny man knew that he had made a mistake and met a tough guy, so he was still single.

"Young man, it was my idea to rob your horse. If you want to kill someone, kill me alone."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are not as skilled as others, so we can only live and die together. How can a brother live alone?"

"kill me!"

"No, kill me first!"

……

Seeing that the two men were wearing tattered clothes and had rusty weapons, and were obviously small fry at the bottom of the underworld, yet they still had some half-true, half-false loyalty, Zhang Yu gave up the intention to kill them. Their blood was not worthy of being stained on the Ziwei Sword.

"What are your names? Where are you from? Why are you robbing here? Tell me in detail, and you may be able to save your life. If you tell me even a lie, there will be two more dead bones in this forest."

Seeing that there was still hope of survival, the two men quickly got up and knelt on the ground.

The horse-faced man seemed to be educated, and his speech was clear: "My humble name is Duan Sanguan, from Liaodong. My family has been raising horses for generations. In the seventh year of Yousheng, the Tatar tribes in Haixi made a fuss, and my fort was burned down. So I took a few brothers from the same fort to cross the border to seek a living. In recent years, I have been judging horses for people in northern Shanxi." The skinny man said: "My humble name is Hu Gui, and I am the brother who followed Duan Sange into the border to seek a living."

Zhang Yu asked, "According to what you said, you have a legitimate business, so why are you doing a business with no capital?"

Duan Sanguan shook his head and sighed, "Young man, you don't know that there have been frequent border conflicts in northern Shanxi. The imperial court has banned the sale of horses among the people and has taken all of them into the government. We brothers have no way to survive, so we decided to come to Pingyang to seek refuge in Qingfeng Village. When we saw that your Zhaoye Jade Lion was a top-quality horse, we wanted to snatch it and give it to the famous Zhao Village Master as a gift."

Zhang Yu chuckled. So there was such a connection. This man was indeed very honest.

This time he traveled to the south, using the excuse of going to Jiangxi to execute a blood plot, but in fact he was looking for Master Qu.

At this time, there was still some time before Liu Zhengfeng retired and the heroes gathered in Hengshan, so he thought of passing through Pingyang Prefecture, entering Henan from Shanxi, and then heading south, passing Wuchang and Nanchang, and first going to Fuzhou Prefecture to witness the Lin family's martial arts case.

This trip is of great importance, so it is not appropriate to let anyone know my whereabouts.

Therefore, Zhang Yu had no intention of going to Qingfeng Village to meet Zhao Xia. He had never expected to encounter this incident as soon as he entered Pingyang.

Duan Sanguan looked at Zhang Yu and said, "Young man, this is the situation. We were confused for a moment, but... but we didn't mean to kill you. I hope you will forgive us and spare our lives."

After saying this, the two of them kowtowed continuously.

There are rules in the underworld. If you go out to rob people and your skills are not as good as those of your opponents, you have to let the other party deal with you.

If they want to beat or kill, even the government will not stop them.

"Get up, why do you want to go to Qingfeng Village?"

Duan Sanguan said: "I heard that Qingfeng Village has been raising the banner of acting on behalf of heaven, robbing the poor and helping the rich, and has a reputation for chivalry."

Zhang Yu said, "Since you envy the reputation of Qingfeng Village, why did you steal horses? Isn't that going in the wrong direction?"

The two of them kowtowed and admitted their mistakes again.

"Duan Sanguan, you brothers have the ability to judge horses, which is a skill. I have some connections with several leaders of Qingfeng Village. You can go to the mountain gate and say that you are recommended by the village chief Zhang, and someone will accept you."

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he whistled, and the Night-Shining Jade Lion ran out from the woods.

He climbed up and rode away.

Duan Sanguan looked up and could only see a cloud of dust rising from the official road.

Hu Gui asked in confusion: "Zhaizhu Zhang? I've never heard of such a person in Qingfeng Village."

Duan Sanguan stood up, patted the dirt off his body, and said, "Let's give it a try anyway. What if it works? This person's martial arts are far superior to yours and mine, so there's no reason for him to deceive us, right?"

………………

Several years have passed, and Pingyang City seems to have not changed much. The tall blue brick city walls still stand in the fields at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei. The Liujin River flows slowly through the city. The old soldier at the city gate is dozing off with his rusty spear in his arms.

Zhang Yu walked through the city gate alone.

The streets are bustling with traffic and people.

It’s just that some things have changed.

"Danglong~"

Suddenly, a gong and drum sounded, and several young servants in blue clothes came running over, shouting something, and a crowd of people surged on the street.

"Hurry to the south of the city, it's starting again!"

"Let's go together. Let's go together. Today we will see who is better."

Zhang Yu hurriedly grabbed a man and asked, "Brother, is there another martial arts competition in Pingyang City to recruit a bride?"

"What kind of martial arts competition to win a bride? That's so old news from many years ago."

"This time, the Nine-Bend Sword of the Songshan School has set up an arena and invited Qingfeng Village to fight three times to decide the fate of the Pingyang martial arts world."

Zhang Yu hurriedly asked, "How is the battle going?"

The scholar couldn't break free, so he had no choice but to stop and explain everything.

"Yesterday we had a match, and Qingfeng Village lost to Songshan Sect. If they lose again today, Village Master Zhao will have to withdraw from Pingyang City."

(End of this chapter)

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