Chapter 157: Lighting the Beacon together (Part 2)
Zhuge Nongrong saw that Shu'er's movements were very fast and that King Huai's sword was so sharp that if she was not careful, it would leave a scar on her neck, so without thinking, he stretched out his left hand to grab her right hand that was holding the sword.
A slight dimple appeared at the corner of Shu'er's mouth. This was a powerful move to lure the king into a trap. Before Zhuge could calmly grab her hand, her sword suddenly turned and held the sword against Zhuge.
Calm shoulders.
Everyone thought the competition was over and were about to open their mouths to cheer, but suddenly they saw Zhuge Nongrong also narrowing his eyes and smiling.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhuge calmly pressed his thin lips on Shu'er's cheek with lightning speed, regardless of the sharpness of King Huai's sword.
Shu'er was shy and surprised, but when he lowered his head, he saw that the edge of the King Huai Sword had cut through Zhuge Rongrong's neck, and a drop of blood came out.
Zhuge Calm took advantage of her being at a loss, grabbed the King Huai Sword with his left hand, and said with a smile: "My lord, even though you put the sword on my neck just now, it seems that you are the loser now.
According to the rules of martial arts competitions in the martial arts world, if you hurt me, you will lose when there is blood. According to the martial arts competition rules in the military camp, if I take away your sword, you will also lose."
Shu'er glared at him, but couldn't help but smile.
Zhuge calmly handed the King Huai Sword back to Shu'er, and saluted the six people who had just competed with him: "I accept it!"
Wu Xie, the King of Shu, stood up and said: "Since the wise nephew Zhuge has defeated six generals, if you have no objections, the position of leader of the Four Kingdoms Alliance for Restoration belongs to none other than the wise nephew Zhuge!"
Xu Feng stood up and said: "Mr.
Xiao Xun stood up and saluted Zhuge Dunji and said: "The adopted son of the leader of the Wei Kingdom is so talented in both civil and military affairs at a young age, and he will marry Xiao's adopted daughter. The position of leader of the Restoration Alliance will be filled by Zhuge's nephew, Xiao.
No objection."
The two weak envoys of Chen State also stood up and said to King Shu, Zhuge Dunji and Xiao Xundao: "Chen State has no objections."
The King of Shu nodded and said loudly: "The four-nation military alliance of Qi, Wei, Chen and Shu has been formed, and the eight forward generals have been selected! From today on, the leader of the Restoration Alliance, Zhuge Rong, will command the eight armies and vow to restore the lands of Qi, Wei and the two countries! Everyone
Warriors and heroes from all walks of life, can you join us in bloodshed on this bluestone platform today?"
Everyone shouted in unison: "Leader of the Restoration Alliance! Zhuge Calm! Hero of the Four Kingdoms! Bloodshed as an alliance! Hero of the Four Kingdoms! Bloodshed as an alliance!"
Amid the excitement of everyone shouting loudly, Zhuge calmly turned sideways and said to Shu'er: "Shu'er, the blood agreement between you and me is evidenced by the blood on my neck. If I disobey those three oaths, you will be the thorn in my side."
Even if I have thousands of swords, I will not dodge. The Four-Nation Army Alliance started with the restoration of the country and will end with the restoration of the country. I cannot trust others to hand over the power of life and death to command the Eighth Army. Once the smoke spreads, Kyushu will surely be shaken.
, but the flames of war cannot burn everything out wantonly. I will turn the tide, from beginning to end!"
Shu'er looked at the shallow dried blood marks on Zhuge Congrong's neck and said distressedly: "Congrong, you don't have to show your blood, I believe in you too."
The palace servants of the Shu Palace placed a bamboo table in the center of the bluestone platform, and placed a large wooden bowl on it. Eight more palace servants lined up and walked out of the Renxuan Hall in an orderly manner, each holding a sword and a book in their hands.
, standing next to the bamboo table.
The King of Shu pointed to the eight palace men holding swords and books in their hands and said: "Dear heroes and warriors, I said five days ago that the eight vanguard generals who won the competition will be awarded the prizes in the "Jiuzhou Hundred Martial Arts Grand Ceremony".
The volumes of the subject countries. The Lord of the Wei Kingdom and the Lord of Zhuge Island have compiled the volumes of the martial arts of various countries into volumes and distributed them to the eight generals today. I am also willing to give the eight Menglin swords that I have collected for many years to the eight generals.
General, with the profound martial arts knowledge of hundreds of schools, I wish all generals immediate success and invincibility!"
Zhuge Dunji walked to the King of Shu, one on the left and the other on the right, and presented the books and swords to the eight generals.
When Shu'er stepped forward to receive the reward, the King of Shu squinted at the sword on Shu'er's waist and said: "I infer that your King Huai sword is probably the last sword made by Meng Lin during his lifetime. The material and workmanship are very different."
These eight swords are all good. General Yan, I will give you another Menglin sword. You can give the King Huai Sword to the eldest nephew of the leader of the Restoration Alliance!"
Shu'er glanced at the King of Shu with a smile and said: "Your Highness, actually I wanted to give him the Sword of King Huai three years ago, but I had no choice but someone was bound to get it. I didn't expect that Your Highness would personally approve it today."
The King of Shu handed the lightest of the eight Menglin swords to Shu'er's hand and said: "This moment, that moment. The Menglin sword should not be hidden in the deep palace for a long time, but should be unsheathed.
Go out and show off! Charge, kill the enemy, and avenge your family!"
Shu'er took off the King Huai Sword from his waist, handed it to Zhuge Congrong, and said: "The alliance leader should be equipped with a sword. We can never have the sword cut off when we are killing the enemy again."
The eight generals and the leader of the Restoration Alliance unsheathed their nine-handled Menglin swords. They each cut their arms with their swords and dripped blood into large wooden bowls. The palace servants held a jar of Centipede Snake Fen from the land of Shu, and poured the strong wine into the bowls.
Mixed with wine and blood.
Zhuge calmly raised the wine bowl and said resolutely: "Drink this blood wine and we will always be allies! Never doubt or give up, we will work together in life and death!"
Shu'er, Xu Chen, Zhang Hen, Xu Feng, Qingyu, Yi Feng, Feng Hui, and Zhu Teng responded in unison: "Drink this blood wine and you will always be allies! Never doubt or give up, we will collude in life and death!"
The nine of them took a sip of wine from the bowl and became a blood-blooded alliance from then on.
The King of Shu stood on tiptoe and saw that there was still a sip of wine left in the bowl, so he picked up the wine bowl with a smile, brought it to Xiao Xun, and said: "Master of Qi, you didn't bring the martial arts pamphlet, nor did you bring Meng Lin."
I reward all generals with my sword, why not drink this bowl of wine!"
Xiao Xun took the wine bowl and drank it all. He took out the flint in his sleeve, walked to the center of the bluestone platform, placed the wooden bowl on the bamboo table, and lit the wooden bowl with a fire. The wooden bowl lit the bamboo table again.
For a moment, the top of Yilan Mountain seemed to be lit with beacon fire.
Xiao Xundao: "Martial arts classics and Meng Lin's sword are given to you generals for self-defense. Although I have not brought any self-defense items as gifts to you, I, Xiao Xun, am willing to live and die with you in this life! I will live and die with you when the Qi Kingdom is restored.
I will reward hereditary nobles in the name of the King of Qi. If Qi is no longer restored, Xiao Xun will lie down drunk on the battlefield and will not survive!"
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That night, in the Xiaoyin Chess Club in Zichuan City, the candle lights stayed on all night.
The leader of Wei State and the leader of Qi State played chess all night.
Zhuge Dunji put down Heizi and asked: "Brother Xiao, is it because you didn't bring anything as a gift today because no matter how advanced your martial arts or the sharpest sword, you can't block them from the bloody wind on the battlefield?"
Xiao Xun dropped the white stones and ate a few of Zhuge Dunji's black stones. He shook his head and said: "Half yes, half no. The half yes is not because I don't actually want to help anyone ignite the war in Kyushu. After all, they are in this game of chess.
The initiator of this. And I, after all, personally ignited this crime. Although I know that the dead end must be broken with a killing move, when we turn ourselves into chess pieces, we still inevitably hesitate and feel sad."
Zhuge Dunji ate a white seed and said without joy or anger: "The first one is from Chen Guo."
Chapter completed!