I have a city that never sleeps

When Song Ke, who was originally distraught, heard Ye Jianyi's normal voice, he felt inexplicably calmed down as if he had found a backbone.

He took a deep look at Ye Jianyi, his expression changed rapidly, and finally he gritted his teeth, turned around and shouted outside: "Open the door!"

After putting down these words in a majestic manner, he flicked his sleeves smartly, followed Ye Jianyi closely, and walked towards the gate.

Hua Zian followed closely behind.

The door was slowly opened, and a steady figure came from outside.

He is about 40 years old, with many wrinkles, but he has a strong body and walks like a wind. He has a long beard and a pair of eyes that hide the calmness of the years, but they are full of shrewdness.

The first time Ye Jianyi saw him, he realized that this person's character was unruly, far less gentle than he showed.

"Ye Xiaoyou." Sure enough, the guest in Tsing Yi saluted Ye Jianyi with a smile. I'm ashamed of myself."

Because of his appearance, the outside of the Song Mansion attracted a group of passers-by who looked at it curiously, and the voice of the guest in Tsing Yi was still made with internal force, so that they could all hear the conversation in the mansion.

Everyone knew in their hearts that the Tsing Yi guest was not a good person.

"I heard that my little friend killed the son of prefect Lu with a branch a few days ago. It's really amazing. I really want to see it." The guest in Tsing Yi stroked his beard and smiled slightly, "It just happened to pass by Lin'an today. I came to visit my little friend."

"I don't know if my little friend is willing to compete with a bad old man like me?"

Hearing this, Song Ke's face suddenly turned green. The guest in Tsing Yi looks gentle, but in fact he is advancing by retreating. If Brother Ye does not agree to the competition, he can label Brother Ye as arrogant, timid, etc., forcing Brother Ye to have to promise!It's so hateful!

Sure enough, upon hearing the words of the Tsing Yi guest, the melon-eaters at the door were immediately extremely excited. They didn't care about anything else, as long as the two top swordsmen in the rivers and lakes competed, they could not wait to scream in anticipation.

There were echoes, most of them urging Ye Jianyi to agree to the competition.

In such an atmosphere, there was no second choice at all. Song Ke was so anxious that he didn't know how to deal with it, but Hua Zian suddenly had an idea: "Since you said it was just a competition, then surely there will be no blood?"

Song Ke's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but glance at Hua Zian approvingly. He didn't expect him to come up with such a clever countermeasure.

I thought that such a request would put restrictions on the Tsing Yi guest, but who knows that the Tsing Yi guest just smiled and said: "Swordsman competition, the victory or defeat is only a moment, and it is inevitable that you will suffer some injuries. If you are afraid of getting hurt, then what kind of swordsman is it?" ?”

Now even Hua Zian was speechless.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw in each other's eyes that this guy in Tsing Yi was really not easy to mess with.

Compared with the two, Ye Jianyi's expression was still very calm: "You are right."

"Then even if I kill you, I won't be retaliated by other people, right?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the tone, implying the real purpose of the guest in Tsing Yi's arrival.

The Tsing Yi guest stopped in place with his hand touching his beard, restrained his expression for the first time, and stared straight at Ye Jianyi.

After a long time, he smiled lightly: "Yes."

"That's good." Ye Jianyi readily agreed, "When is the competition?"

The guest in Tsing Yi said: "The old man is much older than the little friend, let the little friend decide the day."

Ye Jianyi didn't even think about it: "Then it will be a week later."

"A week later..." The Tsing Yi guest smiled meaningfully, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

Only those who think that their martial arts are far from their opponents will allow themselves such a long time to prepare. From this, it can be seen that Ye Jianyi is nothing more than that, and he is already afraid after just meeting him.

Pedestrians outside the door also heard the doorway here, and the discussion suddenly became lively:

"A week later? Ye Jianyi is scared!"

"He shouldn't be trying to take the opportunity to escape?"

"Then his reputation will be rotten from now on. People in the Jianghu will despise him and flee without fighting. What a hero!"

"But his opponent is the famous Tsing Yi guest, and the Tsing Yi guest was invited by the prefect Lu to kill Ye Jianyi. Who would jump into it in the face of a certain death? I think it is better to take the opportunity to escape. Really great wisdom."

"You're right. That's a man in Tsing Yi. Even if he escapes, no one will blame him!"

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"Okay, a week later, at noon, see you in the suburbs of Lin'an."

At this point, the Tsing Yi guest who had already obtained a satisfactory answer finally decided on the time for the competition.

"I hope to see Ye Xiaoyou on time." He gave Ye Jianyi a meaningful look, then turned and left.

Song Ke looked at his disappearing back with an ugly face, and ordered the crowd who stayed outside to watch the excitement to be dispersed, and the gate of the Song Mansion was closed, and then he sighed with a sad face.

"Brother Ye, Brother Ye, you are so confused! You actually agreed to this competition, what should I do!"

Although Hua Zian was also scratching his head in worry, he squinted at Song Ke who said this: "Brother Song, it's not that you didn't know the situation at that time, and Brother Ye couldn't possibly refuse, how can you blame Brother Ye."

"I, alas..." Song Ke held a breath of anger in his chest and had nowhere to vent it. He could only sigh and shook his head, "I didn't expect the Tsing Yi guest to come so fast, breaking all our plans."

Hua Zi'an said: "Now I can only think about how to deal with it in this week."

Song Ke's eyes lit up: "Yes, we can use this week to leave Lin'an quickly according to the original plan, and tell the public that Brother Ye is unwell and choose another day to fight again. It's best to delay it for ten or eight years or something."

Hua Zian rolled his eyes: "What the hell kind of method is this? Let's not talk about how people in the world will think of Brother Ye. The Qingyi guest and the prefect Lu are not fools. They must be guarding the city gate now to prevent Brother Ye from escaping."

Song Ke stared: "Which is more important than fame or life? The matter of going out of the city can also be discussed in the long run, or you can think of a good way!"

As soon as Hua Zi'an said this, he didn't feel sleepy: "We can find the most powerful poison in the world and poison the Tsing Yi guest in advance. Isn't that a sure win?"

Song Ke chuckled: "Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? Do you think that a swordsman of that level can be poisoned by someone close to him? Who are you looking down on?"

Hua Zi'an was dissatisfied: "You can always try!"

Song Ke rolled up his sleeves: "Try it and die, I will send you there myself!"

The two quarreled so loudly that Ye Jianyi's head grew big. Seeing that they didn't seem to stop at all, Ye Jianyi could only interject: "I have something for you to do."

"No problem!" Song Ke and Hua Zian looked at him with wide eyes at the same time, and said in unison, "Whether to run away or poison, you decide!"

Ye Jianyi: "..." These two are outrageous, okay?

"Stop making trouble." Ye Jianyi said calmly, "I have more important things for you."

"I'm going to start a game of gambling!"

Song Ke and the two were astonished: "Gambling??"

"Brother Song." He turned his head to look at Song Ke first, "You help me prepare the bet, bet on who will win between me and the guest in Tsing Yi. And in your name, bet all my money on me to win."

"Zian." He looked at Hua Zian again, "You lead people to publicize the gambling game, and you must get more people to join it. After that, you have to invest some money yourself, and I will return it to you later."

Hua Zi'an patted his chest and assured, "No problem, I will suppress you all."

"No." Ye Jianyi shook his head, slamming each word, "The person you want to suppress is Tsing Yi Ke!"

Hua Zian and Song Ke were taken aback at the same time, and after recovering, their eyes lit up: "Miao, Miao, this trick is so wonderful!"

The eyes of the two of them changed when they looked at Ye Jianyi again. A genius, who can think of a way to make a lot of money by gambling in such a short period of time, is simply a peerless genius.

After thinking that Ye Jianyi was the one who came up with this trick, Song Ke didn't find it surprising.

Brother Ye always has some tricky ideas to make money.

It would be a shame not to be a businessman.

But the only problem now is that if Ye Jianyi can't win... Not only is his life in danger, but even the benefits will be taken up by those hateful people.

Song Ke and Hua Zian fell silent at the same time, looking at Ye Jianyi hesitantly, wondering if they should stop the other party's competition with Tsing Yi Ke.

Ye Jianyi only said one sentence calmly: "I will not lose."

Song Ke and Hua Zian seemed to gather all their courage in their chests. They looked at each other and nodded vigorously: "We believe in you, Brother Ye!"

As a result, the news about the opening of the sword competition between Ye Jianyi and Tsing Yi Ke in a week's time quickly spread to all the alleys in Lin'an. Visit Lin'an.

As soon as he entered the gambling house, he could see Hua Zi'an, the son of the county magistrate, sitting at the gambling table swaggeringly, throwing tens of thousands of taels of silver on the table: "Suppress me, young master, all Tsingyi customers!"

Some people saw him so bold and wondered, "Brother Hua, why don't you suppress Ye Jianyi? Don't you admire him?"

Hua Zian lamented: "Yes, I admire Brother Ye's talent, but people must be more realistic. Brother Ye is so talented, how can he be compared with the Sword Master? I can't suppress Brother Ye with no conscience, after all Well... who would have trouble with Yinzi?"

"Good, Hua Zi'an!" As soon as he finished speaking, Song Ke, the eldest son of the Song family, looked at him coldly and sneered, "So you are such a person. You know that Brother Ye is weak and you go to the enemy. Clean you up."

He put several 10 taels of silver on the gambling table at Ye Jianyi's side, and said angrily: "Song is willing to bet all his belongings, and bet on Brother Ye to win!"

Those white coins were shining brightly one by one, stunned the onlookers, these people probably have never seen so much money in their entire life... If Ye Jianyi loses, will the money belong to them?

What's more, what Hua Zi'an said was right, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Ye Jianyi to win the Juggernaut!

Is this silver a free gift? ?

In an instant, the people who originally planned to wait and see who did not participate in the gamble were suddenly moved.

Isn't it stupid not to take advantage of the advantages!

"I bet Tsing Yi Ke 1000 taels!"

"I pressed 2000 taels!!"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, I want to squeeze, I want to squeeze, I squeeze 5000 taels, don't grab me!"

People flocked here, and all of them beat Tsingyi Kesheng.

Looking at the crowd who were so crazy that they were throwing away their money, Hua Zian and Song Ke looked at each other cautiously, their eyes full of rich smiles.

Soon, a week has passed.

It's time for Ye Jianyi and Tsing Yi Ke to compete swords.