Chapter 88 Competition
Snow soft silk is a specialty of Hunan. It is the best silk. The lowest quality snow soft silk costs five or six taels of silver per foot.

The maid handed these words to Mrs. Cheng, and she became angry again.

The next day, Xin Nuo got up early in the morning and went through the wardrobe. There were only a few simple clothes that could be worn outside.

After coming to the Cheng family, she really didn't make much new clothes. One or two luxurious ones were made by Mrs. Cheng for her to attend the banquet.

Then he put on the top and bottom pants that he wore yesterday, with only a layer of pleated skirt on the outside.

After she and her grandfather win back the territory of the Pisces Gang, she has to go to Cloth Village.

The old and new man was very solemn today, wearing a new blue cloth coat. When Xinnuo packed up and came out, he was setting food at the dining table: "Come over and eat quickly."

The breakfast is made by the old man himself, sesame paste pancakes.

At first it was just sesame pancakes, her grandfather’s specialty pancakes. When she was a child, she didn’t find them delicious and she kept clamoring for sauce. The old man didn’t know where to learn them.

From then on, the sesame pancakes at home became sesame paste pancakes, which both Xinnuo and grandma loved to eat.

At the dinner table, the old lady and the new lady warned uneasily: "This is the capital city. You and your grandson should not easily conflict with others."

As she spoke, she secretly glared at the old man. In her opinion, the Thousand Machine Sect's request for a boat race should not be agreed to at all.

If they tried to do something dirty for that land, they would probably go after her nephew.

When it comes to connections in the capital, can a sect like the Qianji Sect compare to them?
The new old man patted his old wife's hand and conveyed silently: Don't worry, nothing will happen.

Sure enough, nothing happened. When Xinnuo and her grandfather arrived at the competition venue agreed by the Pisces Gang of Qianji Sect, they saw her master already there, smiling and talking to a few middle-aged and elderly men.

Maybe she often goes in and out with her grandfather, but Xin Nuo feels that the old men she sees the most are the old men.

There is water in front and a mountain behind. There is a circle of weeping willows planted around the water bank. There is a lake of four or five acres in the upper reaches, with fields of lotus leaves in it.

Among the green lotus leaves, there is a quiet waterway. The wind blows the lotus to the waterway, extending to the official waterway outside.

It’s such a wonderful place, no wonder the Thousand Machines Sect is jealous of it.

I'm afraid it's not just Qianjijiao who is jealous.

I heard from grandpa that the Pisces Gang only bought the mountainous land in the back because there was only this piece of waterland in front. They relied on the mountainous land first, and those who came later could not do anything if they occupied the waterland.

The original intention was to save money.

But I didn't expect that there would be a gap left for those who wanted to snatch it.

The Qianji Sect wanted this land, so they deliberately spread the news that they wanted to buy the water land. Of course, they wanted more than just the water land, and the Pisces Gang would naturally not be able to give up the water land.

So the two sides had to have a duel.

Xinnuo jumped on a small boat and rowed up and down to look around.

The water channel here is not too narrow, and the short water section only has three or four bends. It is really an excellent boat racing venue.

"Nu'er, come here and meet the senior fellow apprentices from the Shijiao family." Yin Feiqiao, who was sitting on the bank where there were tables and chairs, waved.

Then several young people who had just been secretly paying attention to the rowing woman in the water suddenly sat upright.

"Master," Xinnuo stepped forward, his smiling eyes paused when he saw Yuan Chen sitting in a seat behind the master.

She almost covered her mouth.

Why didn't you see the second senior brother here just now?

Is this the way to go?
Not domineering at all?

At least you have to do it on an occasion where you can really stand out.

Anyway, this second senior brother was surprised for a while.

In fact, since Yuan Chen made it clear to her a few days ago and wanted to repay her kindness in the first place, Xinnuo didn't have a bad impression of this second senior brother who was not so sloppy.

Confused in my heart, I walked closer.

Yin Feiqiao smiled and said, "Come forward, what?" He looked back at his second apprentice and said, "By the way, let's meet your second senior brother first."

If all the elders weren't here, Yuan Chen really wanted to close his eyes now. This girl turned out to be his junior sister who was said to be extremely ugly, as he had briefly suspected.

I had also heard that Yuan Chen had an ugly little junior sister. When he looked at the woman in front of him, who looked like fresh flowers after the rain and like the morning glow, he was so shocked that he could hardly recover.

"This is the second disciple of Qinghe Sect. Please call me Senior Brother."

"These are the third and fourth apprentices of Xuanyun Sect. You should be replaced by senior sisters."

There were only five or six notaries at the scene. Although the sect was not big, they were all influential in the capital. Xin Nuo met around and found many more seniors and brothers.

The last one was a bodyguard agency, and the junior in their family was an acquaintance.

"Lu Fan, why are you..."

Rivers and lakes?
Xinnuo didn't see that Lu Fan knew any martial arts. Even his breath was that of an ordinary person. And wasn't he living with the Cheng family in the capital, waiting to take the imperial examination?

Lu Fan also didn't expect that today, at the request of the boss of the bureau, he would come over to recognize the Jianghu people in the capital and serve as a notary, and he would also be able to meet the girl he couldn't forget.

"Miss Cheng," Lu Fan stood up and saluted.

Xinnuo nodded, and it was not easy to ask any unnecessary questions here.

The rugged-looking boss of the Shunyi Escort Agency suddenly burst into laughter and said to Yin Feiqiao at the next table: "I didn't expect that my sixth apprentice is an acquaintance with your younger apprentice."

Judging from the scene, it seems that his sixth disciple is a handsome gentleman. If there is any possibility of getting involved with the Yin sect, it would be Shunyi Escort Agency.

It's true that in order to change everyone's impression of the boss of Shunyi Escort Agency, he took in a scholar apprentice two years ago.

Thinking about it, Shunyi Bureau Chief laughed even more freely.

The leader of the Xuanyun Sect interrupted: "Director Su, are you so happy when you see that only your sixth disciple and the young disciple of the Yin family are matched?"

Director Su, who had his thoughts exposed, rolled his eyes at Xuanyun Clan and said, "Clan Master Ge, you are good at everything, but your mouth is not very lovable."

The Xuanyun Sect is basically all female disciples. It is said that it has been difficult to survive in the world in the past two years. They opened an embroidery workshop in the capital and began to recruit more female disciples.

It can be said that among the Jianghu sects who come here to do notarization, they have the most disciples.

Chief Ge didn't care at all about Chief Su's blunt words. He looked at Xin Nuo with a smile, and then looked at Yuan Chen, who was sitting silently behind Yin Feiqiao.

"Don't think it's too beautiful. How can the hermit master be willing to marry such a young apprentice who looks like a flower?"

Hearing this, Yin Feiqiao smiled and said: "Everything is my own wish, I don't care."

After hearing this, the two senior sisters behind Sect Master Ge smiled kindly at Xinnuo.It seemed that he was teasing her, but who was Xinnuo? It was immediately obvious that the two senior sisters from Xuanyun Sect were interested in the second senior brother.

Second Senior Brother is truly worthy of Master's evaluation of his romantic character.

"The leader of the Pisces Gang is here."

There was a small discussion, and Xin Nuocai stood on the other side of Lu Fan and looked in the direction where everyone stood up to greet him.

A man wearing a fish-skin mask strode over, followed by two rows of young and strong men in short brown clothes.

"Everyone, please take this trip." The fish-skin mask approached, smiling and saluting.

Everyone hurriedly said: "It should be."

It seems that the influence of the Pisces Gang is the greatest.

As soon as the leader of the Pisces Gang arrived, everyone else stood up.

Xinnuo looked at it and suddenly remembered, where is the old man?

Both parties had seen it. The fishskin masked man and the heads of the sect had gone to the main seat in the middle to talk. Xin Nuo was going to find her old man, when a short brown man came towards her.

The man is powerful, with strong muscles in his arms, and a tough face, which is easily associated with a man full of righteousness.

Before he arrived, the man clasped his fists and lowered his head and said: "New girl, I heard that you are the person recommended by the old and new, and you are going to race with us this time."

Xin Nuo hummed and asked, "I wonder if you have met my grandpa."

"Young and old boy," the man said, "I just went to see our gang leader. I told you about your participation in the competition and then left. Let us tell you that after the competition is over, you can go back on your own."

Xinnuo nodded, scolding the old man in his heart.

Before anyone could say anything here, there was another commotion on the other side, and people from the Qianji Sect arrived.

There were more of them than the Pisces Gang just now. In the front were sect figures wearing uniforms, but behind them were at least hundreds of ordinary believers.

Xin Nuo frowned. What do these guys want to do? They involve so many ordinary people. They can't just try to coax a win after losing.

The person walking at the front recognized the talker of the Pisces Gang at a glance, and walked over to say hello: "The gang leader is here in person. It seems that your Pisces Gang takes this matter very seriously. Unfortunately, we have other things at home, and the leader Busy with it."

The man in the fish skin mask smiled and said: "Anyway, it's the people below competing. It doesn't matter if the leader doesn't come. You, the second-in-command, can talk just as well."

The second-in-command paused, laughed and said, "It still depends on everyone."

After Qian Jijiao arrived, the watercraft was quickly prepared.

With an order, people from both sides boarded the boat.

Suddenly, the Qianji Cult's second-in-command's face became solemn. He waved, and the subordinates on the side came over.

"Why are those people from the Pisces Gang who are good at water affairs here too?"

"Back to Master Bai, I don't know much about it either." The subordinate said, "Will I check it out now?"

The atmosphere of Qianji Sect consists of bamboo, plum, pine, and cypress. Master Bai is the lowest among the second-in-command, but he has absolute control over the followers below. He has a bad temper and the followers are afraid of him.

After his subordinates carefully retreated, Master Bai's expression remained serious.

Sure enough, in just a quarter of an hour, the man he specially found from Jiangnan who was good at swimming and controlling water was defeated.

If you win two out of three games, you cannot lose any of them in the next one.

Master Bai stood up, took off all the jade pendants from his waist, and said, "In the second game, I will play in person."

As soon as he takes control of the boat, his main goal is to control a small boat that is controlled by a beautiful young lady and turns with the waves.

Xin Nuo has been fond of playing in the water since she was a child, and she is not afraid of rowing or surfing. So she was far ahead as soon as she came on the field.

The two people from Qianji's teaching were so bad that they were almost absolutely crushed by her.

But not long before this second scene started, she felt a sudden shock at the rear stern.

"Nu'er, be careful."

"Miss Cheng!"

There were reminders from the shore. Xinnuo looked back and saw a small boat clinging to her boat, and there was another thud between her breaths.

Click!

Xin Nuo was shocked. The collision actually caused the small boat under her feet to break apart.

"Lu Bai," Yin Feiqiao was about to enter the stage, "you still have to be shameless? This is a boat race, not a collision."

Lu Bai, who had passed Xinnuo in a small boat, laughed and said, "Elder Yin, if you play, our Qianjijiao will win this match."

Xinnuo held the oar in one hand and stepped on a separate bamboo board with one foot. When he raised his hand, he stirred up a wave of water.

"Master, I'm fine."

As she spoke, the internal force in her hand was poured into the oar, creating a string of separated water droplets. The sampan under her feet was like a flying fish, surpassing Lu Bai in front of her.

The water droplets blocked Lu Bai, creating a path for the companions behind. In just a blink of an eye, the two boats passed three turns and arrived at the end point with a bunch of red flowers floating in the air while everyone on the shore held their breath.

Seeing this, Lu Bai, who was still a few feet away, pressed his hands hard, and the oar in his hand broke into two pieces.

After nearly a month of hard work off the court, he lost in less than two quarters of an hour on the court.

Lu Bai came ashore with a dark face, looking like an ugly duckling in front of the cheering and laughing Pisces Gang crowd.

"It doesn't count," Lu Bai said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, we are fighting between two gangs. Is this girl from your Pisces gang?"

"It's really despicable. The people they sent to play don't look like people from Qianji Sect."

The man in the fish skin mask smiled and said, "Sorry, this girl is really from our Pisces Gang."

There was a hint of confrontation between the two sides. Yuan Chen stood up and came to Xin Nuo without leaving a trace.

"What evidence do you have?" Lu Bai shouted, with a sinister look on his face.

Almost at the same time, a loud announcement sounded: "The prefect has arrived."

The magistrate, who was dressed in crimson official uniform and had a face as beautiful as a crown jewel, got off a green official sedan. Before anyone could get closer, serious shouts of inquiry could be heard: "Who is making trouble here?"

Lu Bai was shocked. The Pisces Gang actually invited Mr. Fu Yin here. Did they have no idea at all?

Regarding Jianghu gangs, the imperial court has always worked together to suppress them. Do they not want this land themselves?
No matter how powerful these people were just now, as soon as the government officials walked through the crowd, everyone was as quiet as a chicken.

The man in the fish skin mask came forward to see Li and explained today's bet between the Pisces Gang and the Thousand Machines Sect.

Chu Wei frowned, glanced at Xin Nuo, who was shrinking in the crowd, and said in a calm tone: "No matter who of you wins or loses, this water land belongs to the Dayue Dynasty, and it cannot be decided by just one bet."

Lu Bai lowered his head and said: "Reporting to your lord, our Qianji Sect has purchased this place from the Yamen Si Husi. We were worried that the Pisces Gang would be inconvenienced to us, so we decided to make a bet to determine the outcome."

Chu Wei turned his head, and the leader of the Jingzhao Prefecture Sihu Division who was accompanying him stood up and said with a fair face: "I have already explained to you which family owns the land by the water, and this water land will be sold first. To whom. This is the default rule in the imperial court. How could I know that I made a mistake? Wasn’t the money you Qianji Sect paid to buy the land already refunded to you that day? Why are you talking nonsense in front of Mr. Fu Yin again? "

When Lu Bai heard this, he looked angry, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"This matter has been decided. If the Pisces Gang wants this water land, they should immediately go to the Yamen to go through the relevant procedures. If there is any trouble over this in the future, I will have no choice but to invite you both to the prison as guests." Chu Wei put down these words and turned around. Sedan.

"Congratulations, sir."

In the neat voice, the green cloth sedan chair left.

Xin Nuo lowered his head and suppressed a smile, that's how it should be, if anything happens, follow the rules and don't just gather in private and compete.

The fish-skin masked man glanced at her and shook his head slightly.

(End of this chapter)

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