In the afternoon, Li Jixin began to get injured.

The Empress Dowager turned her head away and shed tears in pain, but did not call for a stop. Her great-grandson was working hard, and she could not fall behind.

After Li Jixin defeated four challengers in succession, there was still an hour left, but he himself was already exhausted.

Even people who don't know kung fu can come out. As long as there is another person with high kung fu skills, Li Jixin will definitely not be able to hold on.

This time we won’t be as lucky as last time, as the person who finally came on stage was recognized as a bandit.

Because all those who came this afternoon were brought personally by the Imperial Guard Commander Shen Meng and Ge Wei.

A man about fifty years old jumped up and flew towards the ring, but just as he was about to land on the ring, he was kicked down.

A young man was already standing on the stage.

The young man said to the middle-aged man he had kicked down, "You are already so old, so don't fight with us young people. The third-rank official and ten thousand taels of silver are mine."

The crowd was in an uproar. Wasn't this the handsome young man who chased and beat the bandits that day?

The middle-aged man who was kicked down glared at Lu Changping fiercely, wishing he could beat him to death immediately.

But before he jumped onto the stage, Lu Changping was already standing on the stage, so this round was a battle between Lu Changping and Li Jixin.

Li Jixin felt bitter in his heart. If he risked getting injured, he could still manage to beat the person down.

But if it was this young man, given his current situation, he would definitely lose.

Lu Changping proudly bowed to everyone and walked around slowly while singing at the top of his voice.

"I wanted to ask the Second Young Master for advice last time, but unfortunately I ran into that evil villain. High positions and gold and silver are important, but punishing evildoers is even more important."

There were cheers from the crowd. The young man was right. Punishing evil and eliminating wickedness was the most important thing.

Lu Changping smiled at everyone, with a look of regret and relief on his face.

"It's a pity that the villain was so cunning that he actually escaped. I had no choice but to report the crime to Shuntian Prefecture, but didn't that mean I wasted my opportunity? For commoners like us, how many years would it take to earn a third-rank official and ten thousand taels of silver?"

The crowd echoed again, "How many years? They can't earn that in their lifetime."

Ge Wei frowned. This young man was talking too much nonsense. He raised his voice and said, "Little brother, isn't this opportunity here again?"

Lu Changping rolled his eyes at Ge Wei, as if he was very unhappy that Ge Wei had interrupted the highlight of his performance.

"Fortunately, His Majesty is wise and has given us this opportunity. I consider myself quite skilled in martial arts, and I'm still young. If I win by chance, I can serve His Majesty for many more years than that fifty-year-old grandfather."

There was another burst of laughter in the crowd. You are not young at all, you haven't even grown all your hair yet.

The "fifty-year-old grandfather" who was kicked off the stage was so angry that he wanted to cut his grandson into pieces with his eyes.

Lu Changping was about to give another long speech when Shen Meng and Ge Wei spoke at the same time.

"Little brother, please start the game as soon as possible."

Lu Changping said in a voice neither too loud nor too soft, "I know. My family and friends are all watching upstairs. This is a rare moment in my life, and you won't let me show it off for a while. How annoying!"

Someone started laughing: "That's right, this kid only has this one chance in his life, why can't he be allowed to talk for a while longer?"

Lu Yanyan laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. She had previously thought that Chang'an was just a chatterbox, but it turns out that Changping also has a chatty side.

Lu Changping twisted his neck and shouted at the crowd.

"Uncle Erhu, don't forget to place your bet. Bet on the Second Young Master to lose and me to win. I win, I win, I'm sure to win."

A voice came from the crowd: "Got it, I'll go raise the bet."

Lu Changping looked at Ge Wei's vicious eyes and sighed lazily.

He walked towards Wei Qing and the others and said provocatively, "Look at how tired you are. Come on, all three of you."

"no!"

Ge Wei stood up and was speechless about Lu Changping. Was this young man too naive or too arrogant?

"Why not? They're all so tired. Even if I win, it won't be fair."

"The arena match has its own rules. Only one of the three can fight you. If the loser is the Second Young Master, then you will fight. If you defeat the Second Young Master, the Imperial Attendant and ten thousand taels of silver will be yours."

Lu Changping scratched his head and muttered a few words.

"Isn't this bad? My master said that martial artists should be upright and win with honor. Beating someone who is exhausted is shameful even if you win."

The onlookers looked at the people brought by Shen Meng and Ge Wei.

Those people lowered their heads as they were pointed at, but secretly cursed Lu Changping in their hearts. What a big truth this young man said. Although it was not glorious, wouldn't it be nice to have a high position and a generous salary?

Ge Wei had already felt that something was wrong with this young man. He said angrily, "Since you think it's shameful, leave the opportunity to others."

He looked at a man in blue clothes and shorts below the stage. The man quickly rushed to the stage. Before the man landed on the ground, Lu Changping started fighting with him in the air.

"I've already come up here, and I didn't say I wouldn't fight. Why would I come up here if I wasn't going to fight? And you want to cut me off? Get down."

After he finished speaking, Lu Changping made a feint and the man in green was caught off guard and fell to the edge of the ring, where he was pulled down by a tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man was Lu Liang.

Lu Changping looked at Ge Wei and shouted, "Get out of the way."

Ge Wei looked at the man in blue who was pulled off the stage by Lu Liang, snorted coldly and stood aside.

Lu Changping tilted his head and pointed at Liu Yin, who seemed to have the best physical strength among the three guards: "You."

Liu Yin stepped forward and rushed towards Lu Changping. He knew that he was no match for Lu Changping and only hoped to buy some rest time for the Second Young Master.

Lu Changping just dodged and did not fight back.

A smile appeared in Li Jiren's eyes, but it was soon replaced by worry.

Even if the young man deliberately gave in, his brother was now at the end of his strength, so how could he be a match for the young man?

Han Huaixi whispered in Li Jixin's ear while replenishing his energy.

"That's my cousin Lu Changping. You better act more convincingly so no one can see through you."

Li Jixin was stunned. He could see that the young man was helping him, but he just realized that this was the Lu Changping that Han Xiaobo mentioned. His kung fu was indeed very good.

As soon as Liu Yin started, he knew that the young man was giving in to him. He was grateful and tried his best to delay time.

Ge Wei was very dissatisfied with Lu Changping's behavior of letting the water go. He was about to step forward and ask the young man to do his best.

Lu Changping suddenly asked, "What rank is the commander of the Imperial Guard?"

He didn't seem to be struggling when fighting with Liu Yin, and he even had the leisure to chat with others.

Someone in the audience quickly answered, "The commander of the Imperial Guard is a third-rank official, and the deputy commander is a junior-rank official."

Lu Changping looked quite arrogant.

"What? They're all so old and only third-rank officials? Wouldn't that mean I'll be the youngest third-rank official in the future? I won't be fifteen until September."

Ge Wei felt a lump in his heart.

He knew better than anyone that because of Li Jixin's incident and Kong Haibo's disappearance, the emperor was more eager than ever to recruit young people with great kung fu skills.

This young man's skills were no less than his, yet he was so young. If the emperor could obtain such a talent, I'm afraid this young man would soar to the sky.

Another point is that unlike the prince who hates good-looking men the most, the emperor particularly likes to see handsome men bowing to him, just like he wants Prince Lin to kneel at his feet.

This young man is not only young, but also has an outstanding appearance. If he really enters the court...

He had finally become the emperor's most trusted confidant because of Kong Haibo's disappearance, and he absolutely could not let this young man surpass him.

Thinking about this, Ge Wei snorted heavily and glanced coldly at Lu Changping with an imperceptible murderous look in his eyes.

Lu Changping seemed to be annoyed by Ge Wei's snort, and he started to speak sarcastically.

"Deputy Commander Ge, no wonder you're only deputy commander. You're so unstable. Look at Commander Shen, he's much more stable than you. Tsk tsk tsk."

As Lu Changping spoke, he gave Ge Wei a look of disdain.

Hearing the laughter from the audience, Ge Wei was so angry that he wanted to kill the arrogant boy immediately.

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