In an alley not far from Ye Tianming's house, the two people who had woken up helped each other and stood up.
The two brothers originally wanted to capture Li Sixing and Hou Guang quickly, and then go to the leader to receive a reward. Who knew that they were picked by Hou Guang alone, or they lost in a two-on-one fight, not to mention how embarrassing it was.
"Hurry up and find the leader, those two are here for the poor scholar!"
Rubbing his arm that was swollen by the scabbard, one of the men looked a little flustered and uneasy. They knew the temperament of their leader. Although they were generous in rewards, once they made a mistake or something went wrong, their generals would be waiting for them.
There will be severe punishment.
"Go back to the sect?"
"The leader is not in the sect. I heard that there is a very popular martial arts competition in the West City in the past two days to recruit brides. I heard from other brothers that the leader will also participate. The leader at this time should be over there.
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"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly!"
Turning back and glancing in the direction of Ye Tianming's yard, the remaining two gritted their teeth and supported each other as they walked through the alleys, heading towards the West Market, where competitions were held to recruit brides.
At this time, just above the ring, Li Jing had just defeated the protagonist of the competition, the woman in purple outfit, in full view of everyone!
"I agree, girl."
Li Jing shook his head. As for the magic sword he originally carried on his back, he had already given it to Jiang Ye for safekeeping before he came on stage.
To be honest, he didn't want to go on stage at first, he just wanted to watch the fun, but who would have thought that this young lady saw him at a glance among the crowd and insisted on fighting him.
How could Li Jing agree to such an unreasonable request? Although he likes to play around, he also knows the seriousness of the matter.
It would be fine if this was just a normal martial arts contest. He wouldn't mind going up and teaching this arrogant young lady a lesson, but this is a martial arts contest to recruit a bride!
I traveled far to the martial arts world in the Western Tang Dynasty and followed my master to practice all the way here. After that, I had to return to Beiming.
If he got married halfway, Li Jing probably wouldn't even need his aunt to rush to the Western Tang Dynasty. If it weren't for his master, he would be able to kill him with a sword.
But in front of everyone, after the girl saw Li Jing who had bullied her in the audience, she really didn't care about anyone and asked Li Jing by name to come on stage and fight him.
Although Li Jing was a little dissatisfied, he also knew that this matter was of great importance, so he shook his head and turned around to leave.
Seeing that Li Jing failed in her provocation, the girl turned to look at her father who was sitting aside and asked him to ask Li Jing to come on stage.
The girl competing for a bride is the eldest daughter of the Lin family, and her father is naturally the head of the Lin family, Lin Zhenyuan.
To be honest, Lin Yueyan and Lin Zhenyuan are also very troubled by their daughters.
Lin Yueyan was his only daughter, who had lost her mother since she was a child, and he was deeply devoted to his deceased wife and had never thought of renewing their relationship.
In the days that followed, Lin Zhenyuan loved and doted on his only daughter, which was why Lin Yueyan developed the temperament of a young lady.
However, Lin Yueyan lived up to Lin Zhenyuan's doting. She was very talented and inherited her family's sword and finger skills since she was a child. At the age of only thirteen, she successfully accumulated energy and built a foundation, officially embarking on the path of spiritual practice.
After that, Lin Yueyan spent a lot of time in the capital of Chang'an, and she also made a name for herself and gained quite a reputation.
But not long after such a good life, a Taoist fortune teller said that Lin Yueyan would become a Taoist nun in the future. Lin Zhenyuan was naturally very worried, so he tried his best to find a son-in-law for his daughter, and he could also give her a son-in-law.
The son-in-law married into the Lin family and inherited the Lin family's property.
Lin Yueyan, on the other hand, was extremely resistant to her father's arrangement.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake Lin Zhenyuan's desire to marry her.
Concerning her father's determination, Lin Yueyan had no choice but to constantly interfere with her father's decision, both overtly and covertly, disrupting every marriage proposal.
In fact, Lin Yueyan had no worries about getting married. She had many suitors in the capital of Chang'an, including some disciples of aristocratic families.
However, neither Lin Yueyan nor her father Lin Zhenyuan looked down upon the disciples of those aristocratic families.
Lin Yueyan simply looked down upon her, but Lin Zhenyuan thought more about it.
Although my girl has some reputation in Chang'an Capital, she is not favored by the disciples of the real powerful forces.
Therefore, those who want to pursue his daughter are all disciples from small families, and there are not many direct descendants. They are all disciples who are incompetent in literature and martial arts, and have no ambitions to inherit the family industry.
They pursued Lin Yueyan not only for Lin Yueyan's beauty, but also for Lin Yueyan's martial arts talent and the Lin family's industry.
So the matter dragged on, and Lin Zhenyuan also had a headache about it.
Seeing the recent changes in the world of martial arts, with rising stars constantly emerging, and it seemed like a prosperous age was approaching, Lin Zhenyuan immediately decided to spread his martial arts tips and choose his daughter's husband through a martial arts contest.
Of course, Lin Zhenyuan also made some corresponding restrictions.
The first is age. Lin Yueyan is sixteen this year, and those who compete on stage cannot be over twenty years old!
The next step is cultivation, which is limited to the acquired realm. The winner in the end is the husband-in-law of his daughter and must marry into the Lin family.
These three restrictions have directly eliminated many people. First of all, they have eliminated some people who want old cows to eat young grass.
Secondly, there are those whose cultivation has exceeded the Xiantian realm, but it is not the warriors of the Lin family who cannot suppress the Xiantian realm.
The fact that the Lin family has been able to establish a foothold in Chang'an and inherit it to this day naturally has its own heritage. The Lin family's swordsmanship cannot be said to be that Lin Zhenyuan himself also has the cultivation level of the unity of man and nature, and is a top master.
The reason for the restriction was that Lin Zhenyuan was afraid that his daughter would be bullied.
And the last point was to successfully dissuade those children from aristocratic families who had ulterior motives for Lin Yueyan. After all, the matter of marrying into the family was unacceptable to them.
However, these three restrictions restrict many NPC characters, but they are a surprise to players.
They don't have so many scruples, so it doesn't matter if they get married, as long as they can maintain their own power. If they can successfully get married, having the Lin family there is directly equivalent to having another backer behind their own power!
However, the competition for marriage has been going on for a few days, and with the restrictions on the first three points, no one who is interested in Lin Yueyan can beat Lin Yueyan.
Seeing that this contest to recruit a bride might be coming to an end, Lin Zhenyuan was having a headache. It was also the first time that he saw his daughter being so interested in a man.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Zhenyuan also invited Li Jing to the stage for a competition as the head of the Lin family.
Coupled with the booing from the spectators around him, Li Jing suddenly felt like he was riding a tiger.
Seeing that the eldest daughter of the Lin family was determined to express her anger through a martial arts competition, Li Jing, who wanted to clear up the past feud, also declared in advance that he only came on stage to resolve grievances and had nothing to do with the martial arts competition to recruit a bride. He would not participate in the martial arts competition to recruit a bride.
After a difficult battle, Li Jing prevailed slightly and won the competition.
At this moment, looking at the eldest lady of the Lin family who looked a little ugly in front of him, Li Jing couldn't help but admire in his heart. Although this girl has a bad temper, she is really strong.
In the previous conflict, the two of them only exchanged a few moves. Now after fighting with all their strength, Li Jing also discovered that the cultivation level of the eldest daughter of the Lin family was probably not far away from being reborn. If he hadn't been superior in skills, he would have really taken it.
Not inferior to this girl.
It's just that Li Jing didn't know at this time that in this competition, he would rather lose than win.
Just when Li Jing apologized to everyone and wanted to get off the stage and run away, Lin Zhenyuan, who had been sitting on the edge of the ring and watched, said: "Young hero, please stay!"
At the same time, at some point, some servants of the Lin family were already waiting eagerly. This chapter has been completed!