It's hard to be the emperor who crosses the eagle

In the early morning of the next day, the leaders of the conference from various gangs and factions gathered in the conference hall.Since it was a preliminary discussion, not many people came, but they were all people who could make decisions.

As the host, Zhang Ning naturally sits at the main seat; there are two parallel seats on the left and right sides of the main seat, which are reserved for Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, King Yi and Su Ruo's Shen Mi sect. , although not able to participate in the whole process, but six seats are still necessary; Guo Jing stands behind Zhang Ning, just to learn more from him, this is also on behalf of Hong Qigong; the rest of the seats are arranged according to the ranking in Jianghu .

It is worth mentioning that Huang Rong sat on the first seat on the right. Although Huang Rong lacked experience, her identity was scary enough: she was originally the only daughter of "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi, one of the "Five Uniques". The pharmacist's temper of protecting the calf has spread in the Jianghu, and no one who is not good-looking dares to face Huang Rong's disrespect; this girl is also the apprentice of the "Northern Beggars" I got off the seat of the head of the beggar gang, so no one dared to question Huang Rong in the first seat on the right.But for Huang Rong, she was very unhappy sitting in this seat. Her elder brother Jing was standing behind Zhang Ning, which was several meters away from her.It's just that her father and master both spoke, and Guo Jing felt that Zhang Ning's arrangement was right, so Huang Rong had to sit with her mouth pursed.

After everyone was seated, Zhang Ning glanced at the first vacant seat on the left, frowned and asked the servant in charge of Qiu Qianren's daily life in the villa, "Where is Chief Qiu?"

The servant said: "I don't know the little one."

Zhang Ning frowned and said, "I don't know? If Chief Qiu doesn't come, you won't invite him?"

The servant responded and went to invite Qiu Qianren.

After a while, the servant ran back in a panic.Seeing this, Zhang Ning asked, "Why have you been gone for so long? Where is Chief Qiu?"

The servant opened his mouth with some hesitation: "Vendor Master, Chief Qiu is not in the room, and the little one almost searched all over Zhuangzi, only to find Chief Qiu in the back garden..."

Seeing the servant's hesitant appearance, Zhang Ning shouted: "Is there anything you can't say? Hesitating!" The servant was frightened by him, and immediately spit out all the words: "Qiu Gangzhu said he has something important to do , and blasted the little one back..." Although the voice was not very loud, it happened to spread throughout the entire meeting hall.The Jianghu people who were present all of a sudden became disgusted with him.This Qiu Qianren's frame is really big!

Zhang Ning sneered in his heart, this Qiu family is really noisy.The eldest came out and pretended to use the name of the second child to cheat food and drink; the second child was restless because of his high martial arts skills, and had always been in close contact with the Jin Kingdom, and now this scene happened again; as for the third child, it was said that he was a Shrew, if she hadn't relied on her second child's high force value, she would have been dismissed long ago.The purpose of inviting the surnamed Qiu to this martial arts conference is to deal with him, Jin Guo has already dealt with it, and is just waiting for a spoonful of it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ning said lightly: "Since Chief Qiu has important things to do, we don't have to wait any longer, let's start directly. I wonder what you think?"

Everyone agreed with each other.

Zhang Ning got up and gave a salute, cupped his hands and said, "All fellow martial artists are able to come to participate in this grand event, it is because of the face of the lay master and Huang Island Master, it is because of the face of the officials, the three of us brothers and sisters can win the honor of the seniors Agreed, Zhang Ning and the two younger brothers and sisters are really honored." He paused, and then said: "This martial arts conference is different from the past. Valuing is the key to making people in the world no longer misunderstand "Jianghu". Zhang Ning knows that you are all chivalrous, passionate, loyal and brave people, and don't care about these false names at all, but now we have such an opportunity, why don't we seize it? "

The government and the rivers and lakes are inherently contradictory but unable to fight to the end.The government cannot eradicate the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes cannot set up flags to rebel. The relationship between the two is very delicate.In the prosperous age, the two confronted each other seriously. The government looked down on the Jianghu, but still feared the Jianghu;In troubled times, the two are closely united again, especially when there is foreign invasion, such as now.

Su Ruochen has done a good job, as long as the foreign enemies are eliminated, it will be a bright and prosperous world again!Now I'm still fighting with these Jianghu people, but I don't want to use more force to control them. If I really want to provoke them, I will directly send troops to encircle and suppress them; and in the hearts of Jianghu people, who doesn't want to be praised by the world?Who doesn't want to leave a name in history?Who doesn't want more benefits?Zhang Ning grasped what they wanted but dared not say.

Intimidation, temptation.Only these two things can make these Jianghu people be used willingly.

Speaking of this, all the heroes present were very excited. Seeing this, Zhang Ning knew what was going on, and was about to continue fooling around, when a loud laugh came in. Everyone followed the reputation, it was Zhang Ning who sent someone I went to invite Qiu Qianren, but there was no one.

Qiu Qianren said: "Nephew Zhang Xian's words are wrong! The court of the Song Dynasty has been weak for a long time, and it is useless for me to do things for them!"

Well, as soon as he came up, he assumed the posture of an elder, and wanted to stir up disputes between the people of the rivers and lakes and the court.Zhang Ning smiled lightly, seemingly gentle and polite, but his words were hidden in every sentence: "Guangzhu Qiu, Zhang Ning is a junior, and his experience and knowledge are naturally inferior to his seniors. It's just that the seniors just said that there are important things to do, Zhang Ning thinks that' The important matter is much more important than us, I wonder if the senior can handle it properly? If we miss the important matter of Chief Qiu, we can't afford it!"

Qiu Qianren's complexion sank, and then he showed a kind and kind expression: "Nephew Zhang Xian was too worried. What I did was also for the future of me and other people in the world. Because of the sudden incident, I came late. I hope you understand One or two."

After everyone heard this, no matter whether they believed it or not, they all showed a tolerant look, and they all let Qiu Qianren feel at ease.

Believe it or not!Huang Rong stuck out her tongue in secret, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, as if she had thought of something.She looked at Zhang Ning, who was courteous on the surface, but secretly shrewd with Qiu Qianren. The latter gave her a meaningful smile, and Huang Rong immediately understood that Qiu Qianren's feelings were plotted by her senior brother.

As soon as her eyes rolled, the girl knew it was time to play by herself.So she opened her mouth and said: "Master Qiu, let's say goodbye to Guiyunzhuang. This junior misses the style of white smoke coming out of senior's practice very much. I wonder if senior has brought a fire report this time?"

Although he knew that Huang Rong was not talking about himself, Qiu Qianren immediately became angry when he was contradicted like this, and he was almost caught in a trap by Zhang Ning, so he didn't notice Huang Rong's identity, so he snorted coldly: " Whose little girl is this? You don't have the right to speak here!"

Zhang Ning answered at this time: "The leader of the Huang gang is the new leader of the beggars' gang. Doesn't the leader of the Qiu gang take the beggars' gang seriously?"

Huang Rong also said: "Senior Qiu looks down on me and other juniors in the world, that's because my martial arts are low, and I can't be seen by the seniors. It's just that Chief Qiu insulted the entire Beggar Clan. As the new leader of the Beggar Clan, the young girl has no choice but to ask Qiu Ask the boss for an explanation!"

Qiu Qianren blushed, and said bluntly, "I've been in the rivers and lakes for decades, and today I can see what Huang Yaoshi's daughter looks like!" He put aside the gang of beggars and chose to offend Huang Yaoshi.After all, the beggar gang is powerful, but Peach Blossom Island is much smaller.

Zhang Ning secretly sent a voice message to Guo Jing, asking him to come out to ease the atmosphere.Although Guo Jing didn't understand why Zhang Ning did this, but he was kind-hearted, and he didn't want to see others embarrassing him.It's just that Qiu Qianren is really not a good bird. Guo Jing originally wanted not to intervene, but when he saw Zhang Ning ordering himself at this time, although he couldn't figure it out, he opened his mouth to persuade him according to his own understanding: "Senior Qiu, you are here. You met Rong'er when you returned to Yunzhuang, how did you know what she looks like?"

As soon as Guo Jing's words came out, snickers suddenly appeared in the conference hall.At this time, the words spoken by honest and honest people can save people's face even more.This is also one of the purposes of Zhang Ning asking Guo Jing to "persuade".

Guo Jing didn't do it on purpose, but Qiu Qianren didn't think so.When the old guy heard this, his anger really rose, and he wished he could slap the three obtrusive juniors to death.But he remembered the account of his new immediate boss over at the Kingdom of Jin, and then he suppressed that thought abruptly.

Zhang Ning accepts as soon as he sees it. Now that Qiu Qianren's arrogance has been suppressed, let's talk about business. Don't wait until the next move is played. up.So Zhang Ning first cupped his hands to Qiu Qianren and said, "Master Qiu, since you are here, please take a seat."

Qiu Qianren endured the anger rising again, gritted his teeth and said, "Nephew Zhang Xian is really troublesome!" After speaking, he sat on the seat pointed by Zhang Ning, which was the first seat on the left opposite Huang Rong.Although it looks like sitting on an equal footing, in ancient times, the right was the most respected, so sitting like this made Qiu Qianren half a step shorter than Huang Rong.

Zhang Ning said with a smile: "This is what Zhang Ning should do. Chief Qiu doesn't need to thank you." Before Qiu Qianren's face changed, Zhang Ning continued the topic before Qiu came: "Everyone, there was a letter from my family teacher and Master Huang , saying that the Kingdom of Jin and Mongolia colluded together and planned to invade our Great Song Dynasty in the south, and ordered our disciples to do their best to defend against the enemy and preserve the innocent people and the great mountains and rivers. However, we are powerless, and the court is also aware of these interests Therefore, this Martial Arts Conference was held. Now that all the heroes in the world are here, and everyone is loyal and chivalrous, we must discuss a countermeasure so that the Jin Kingdom and Mongols will not dare to invade our territory again!"

After he finished speaking, the following responded immediately.Most of the people who came here were hot-blooded men, who had long been blinded by Jin Guo's actions. They wanted to contribute to the country, but they were at odds with the court. They really didn't know how to do it to have an effect.Zhang Ning's words undoubtedly pointed out a clear path for these people, and they all followed Zhang Ning's thinking.

When Qiu Qianren saw it, he thought it was not good, and just about to say something against him, he suddenly came up with an idea that he thought was "excellent": "From the point of view of this old man, we need to elect a leader to lead Martial arts comrades."

Everyone suddenly promised.

Zhang Ning was taken aback for a moment, and then he felt happy: This old guy really did a good thing with bad intentions.Zhang Ning originally arranged for a martial arts senior to bring up the selection of the leader, Qiu Qianren said again: "The leader, of course, needs a person with high morals and high martial arts skills, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, someone said: "Speaking of high morals and strong sense of martial arts, who here dare to say that they can compare with Qiu Gangzhu? I think the position of the alliance leader should be held by Qiu Gangzhu!" Several people echoed.

Zhang Ning calmly wrote down these people, they were all gangs colluding with Jin Guo that Qianfeng reported.

Huang Rong let out a "puchi" laugh: "It's inevitable that the leader of the martial arts alliance must be strong in martial arts, but the most important thing is to have a good character. I wonder what Chief Qiu thinks of himself?"

Qiu Qianren's face turned green: "I don't mean to be the leader of the alliance, but who does the leader of Huang want to recommend?"

Huang Rong smiled and said, "Of course..."

At this time, there was a commotion outside, and all the people in the meeting hall looked out. Even Huang Rong, who was arguing with Qiu Qianren, stopped talking, looked out curiously, and exchanged words with Guo Jing. I took a look at the comments.But no one noticed the weird smile hidden in the corner of Qiu Qianren's mouth, and Zhang Ning's look at Qiu Qianren.

Zhang Ning looked out and saw Steward Lin walking in, so he asked, "What's going on?"

Butler Lin replied: "Back to the owner of the villa, a group of people from the Kingdom of Jin are going to enter the village."

Golden man?Zhang Ning said in astonishment, "Why did the Jin people come here?"

Everyone in the rivers and lakes was also stunned.One of them cupped his hands to Zhang Ning and said, "Master Zhang, what's going on?"

Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "I don't know either. This martial arts conference is a matter for the Song people. I'm afraid the Jin people will not be kind to the people who come here."

Huang Rong suggested: "Brother Zhang, why don't we go out and have a look?"

Zhang Ning smiled lightly, and said loudly: "I'd like to see what kind of support this golden man has, how dare he come to my Great Song Dynasty to act wildly!" He strode out of the meeting hall, and glanced at Qiu Qianren along the way.

Outside the meeting hall, a young man and two girls were surrounded by more than a dozen people from the rivers and lakes and the golden soldiers on both sides.Zhang Ning took a closer look, heh, there are indeed a few acquaintances, they are Sha Tongtian, Master Lingzhi and others whom he met in Zhongdu and the Song Palace; the young man looks like a virgin, wearing a light yellow shirt , it looks like a male and female; there are two maids standing beside her, one blue and one green, which make people's eyes shine.

Zhang Ning took a few steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "Who is your honor?"

The young master smiled, like a hundred flowers blooming, straight into the hearts of the people.He politely said: "I am Murong Shang."

A trace of complexity flashed in Zhang Ning's eyes, and he cupped his hands again and said, "So it's Mr. Murong, what a disrespect."

When everyone heard the young master's name, they immediately went into an uproar.Murong Shang is a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, an upstart of the upper class of the Kingdom of Jin, how could he appear here?What is his purpose?

Murong Shang smiled and said, "This must be the owner Zhang Ning of Suning Villa."

Zhang Ning nodded and said, "That's right. Mr. Murong is here this time, but what's important?"

Murong Shang said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Master Zhang was ordered by Beibei Hong Qigong and Dongxie Huang Yaoshi to hold this martial arts conference supported by the Song Dynasty court for the first time. Naturally, I was longing for it and came to participate in this grand event."

The arrogance of Murong Shang swaggering in with two teams of golden soldiers made the martial arts people who came from all over the villa to watch even though they didn't go in for a meeting. What are you Jin people doing here!" As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused many responses.

Murong Shang waved his folding fan calmly, and said with a smile: "Our Dajin and your country of Song are brothers, why can't we participate in this martial arts conference?"

"Fart!" A middle-aged man said angrily: "Is there a brother in this world like you, Jin Guo, who thinks about the southern invasion all the time!"

Murong Shang raised his eyebrows, and said with a light smile: "Brother, you can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense! The emperor of Jin Kingdom has always been on good terms with Song Dynasty, and the thing he hates the most is slander! This statement with evil intentions caused the two countries to go to war, and the lives of the people were devastated, then your crime will be serious!"

The man said angrily: "Murong, don't deceive people with your lies!"

When Murong Shang turned the fan, his eyes were full of contempt.

The woman in blue beside Murong Shang frowned lightly, and said delicately, "Young master, why are there wild dogs barking in this song country's martial arts conference?"

Murong Shang turned his head to look at the woman in blue tenderly, and said with a teasing smile, "How many times have I told you that this place is no better than the Kingdom of Jin, so don't tell the truth."

The woman in blue stuck out her tongue and said aggrievedly: "My lord, this servant knows, but how can this man from the Song Dynasty be so small-minded?" As soon as the words fell, Murong Shang's side laughed unabashedly.

Zhang Ning glanced at the woman in blue, his eyes were sharp, and he trembled at the latter; then he said to Murong Shang: "Mr. Murong, if you come to watch this grand event, Zhang will naturally welcome you; but if you come wantonly Provocative... don't blame me for disregarding the face of the 'Brothers' Kingdom'!" At this point, Zhang Ning paused, thinking about how to adjust the content and tone without any trace, when a voice came in.

"Master Murong, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" It was Qiu Qianren.

Zhang Ning thought to himself, sometimes this old boy can really help out with bad intentions.

Murong Shang didn't intend to really make matters worse, after all, he didn't come here to find fault and fight.So he followed Qiu Qianren's steps and went down: "So it's Chief Qiu, I'm disrespectful!"

Qiu Qianren exchanged pleasantries with Murong Shang, finally cooling down the temperature of the scene, although people's hearts were even more angry.

Qiu Qianren said: "Young Master Murong, why don't you go in and have a rest?"

Murong Shang shook his head and said, "Thank you, Chief Qiu, for your kindness. I'm just here to resolve the misunderstanding between the Jin Kingdom and the Song Kingdom."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they didn't understand why Murong Shang softened again, and after listening to it, they became even more angry.

Just listen to that Murong Shang said: "Just now I heard that Chief Qiu proposed to select the leader of the martial arts alliance, I wonder if I heard wrong?"

Qiu Qianren hurriedly said: "Young Master Murong, this is exactly what this old man proposes."

Murong Shang smiled and said: "Since we are a nation of brothers, we should fight for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance together."

Sha Tongtian and several others also echoed: "Mr. Murong's words are absolutely true." "I will elect Mr. Murong as the leader of the alliance." "Why don't you let us participate?"

Zhang Ning glanced at the side first, and an old man said: "This is about my Song people, you Jin people should go back and cry in your arms!" This immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Murong Shang sneered and said, "Is this how you Song people treat guests?"

Zhang Ning replied: "Since the guests don't understand the etiquette of being a guest, why should we abide by the way of hospitality?"

Murong Shang said: "You Song Dynasty claims to be a state of etiquette, even if the guests ignore a little bit of red tape, you Song Dynasty people should not behave like this!"

Zhang Ning raised his eyebrows and said: "You Jin Guo studied my Song Guo for many years, but you haven't learned a single bit of etiquette. If you act according to the rules of the Song people, wouldn't you laugh at your Jin Guo's rudeness? The so-called home away from home, we will naturally use it. Jin Guo treats you and others in such a way that you will not feel despicable. Mr. Murong keeps saying that you and I are brothers, so how can we lose face to you?" This passage is true. It really lost the face of the other party, but it also won the recognition and admiration of many people in the world.

Qiu Qianren saw that his words had caused such a big conflict, and seeing that the conflict of words was about to turn into a martial arts practice, he hurriedly and unconsciously helped Zhang Ning again, and came out to smooth things over: "Master Zhang, Mr. Murong If you are a guest from afar, you should be the host and follow the guest.”

Zhang Ning looked at him, and said with deep meaning: "Then what should be done according to the intention of the leader Yiqiu?"

Qiu Qianren said seriously: "Everyone, please listen to this old man." The surrounding immediately became quiet.

Qiu Qianren continued: "The rivers and lakes know no national boundaries, so Mr. Murong can naturally run for the position of the martial arts leader."

There was an uproar.

This time it became noisy, Zhang Ning watched Qiu Qianren's "tongue war against the heroes" with cold eyes.Tsk tsk, I've said all these fallacies, but I really didn't see that Qiu Qianren still has some magic skills. If one day he can't make it in the rivers and lakes, he can go to a monk to get a shave or something.

The woman in green who had been silent all this time made a sudden move, splitting the stone pillar in front of her with a sword, and suppressing those heroes.This woman's internal strength was so high that no one dared to say anything about her for a while, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

Zhang Ning looked at Murong Shang, his face became cold: "Mr. Murong is very elegant, it's okay, let the maid split a stone pillar to have fun!"

Murong Shang smiled lightly and said, "Master Zhang is absurd."

Looking at the current situation, my own expert has not yet arrived, but Qiu Qianren is clearly on the same side as Jin Guo, and the other party has such an expert... The people in the rivers and lakes present secretly weighed and decided to see how Zhang Ning, Hong Qigong's apprentice, would do. do it.

Zhang Ning's gaze was like a knife, and he shot directly into Murong Shang's eyes, and the latter did not show any weakness, and looked at him.It didn't take long for the eyes of the two to stagger.

Zhang Ning said: "Young Master Murong is participating anyway?"

Murong Shang nodded lightly and said, "Exactly."

Zhang Ning suddenly raised his lips and gave the other party a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Since that's the case, you and I will agree on three contests, and the winner will naturally be the lord who commands the rivers and lakes."

Murong Shang chuckled lightly and said, "It's a deal." After saying that, the two clapped their hands together as an oath.

That night, Zhang Ning wrote a secret letter and asked Qianfeng to take it to the palace.He looked at the half-circle moon in the sky, and recalled the words Su Ruochen asked him a few days ago.

"Zhang Ning, if you were Fuyao, what choice would you make?"

How did I answer him?Zhang Ning thought, did he say "Zhang Ning is not Fuyao"?So, what did that person say?The face that seemed to be relieved was reflected in front of his eyes, and he smiled lightly: "I know, Zhang Ning is different from Fuyao." That's right, Zhang Ning is different from Fuyao, and it's just "Zhang Ning".If you are not "Zhang Ning", then...

My lord, how will you choose then?Zhang Ning looked up at the starry sky again, the moonlight was as cold as frost.