Chapter 394: Fame

Dock.

The sky was high and the clouds were light, hundreds of flags almost covered the entire sky, casting a black shadow surging like the tide.

The blood tiger flag of the Zhang family and the wave pattern flag of the Li family were entangled in the wind, rustling.

The shouting of the crowd became more and more intense, and the sharp clash of weapons in the martial arts field was piercing.

This should have been a normal competition, but there was one difference. The boundary of the martial arts field was not bricks and stones, but two shriveled snake corpses connected head to tail.

The snake corpses were dried and dehydrated by the sun, and the epidermis was half molted and half rotten like a ripe pine cone with scales, covered with dense and narrow wounds.

Zhang Wenhu, the head of the Zhang family, took a step forward and came to the high platform next to the martial arts field to look down. Just then, the master of the Li family raised his head. The two of them looked at each other across the crowd and nodded.

"How did you win?"

Zhang Wenbao, the second brother of Zhang Wenhu, handed over the list, each of which had a circle on it.

"Win two and lose one, not bad, better than yesterday. If we win another game, the fishermen's subsidy today will be paid by the Li family."

Zhang Wenhu pointed to two young men lying in the corner with blood dripping, receiving bandages: "What's wrong with the two people over there?"

"Young man, they are really angry. If they are stopped in time, some minor flesh injuries will not be a problem. The snake demon is making trouble, and everyone is holding their breath."

Zhang Wenhu nodded.

A moment.

The winner was decided.

The two men in the duel bowed to each other to reconcile, drew their blades, each cut a knife on the snake corpse, and returned to the team.

There was no blood in the newly added wound of the snake corpse.

It has been three months since it was exposed to the sun in the middle of winter. Even dragon blood has to dry up.

Zhang Wenhu looked over the low wall, across the swamp, and looked at the birds in the sky with a faint gaze.

"It is my fault for letting a crawling beast force the Zhang family to be unable to vent their anger."

The snake demon destroyed 18 large ships, 36 medium ships, and capsized hundreds of small ships. It also occupied the swamp, causing the Zhang family's trade routes to be cut off and income to drop sharply.

However, various expenses are still not small.

The young generation needs to be trained, the elderly need to be supported, and thousands of mouths need to be fed. Even the expenses of subsidizing fishermen and repairing large ships have become more than usual.

Spending a lot of money every day, but not getting any benefits...

"Brother, you are too serious! Letting a beast ride on our heads is unanimous! It was our unanimous decision to kill the snake at the beginning."

Zhang Wenbao looked solemn, "Now the clan is in trouble, but after all, we have not lost face. If we have not lost face, people will not be scattered!

At this point, the county magistrate Liu Shiqin has sent a request for help to the Hebo Office. The court will not sit idly by and the matter will be resolved sooner or later.

On the contrary, if we really chose to hand it over to ensure safety, people's hearts would be scattered and the people below would not obey the head of the family. That would be a big deal!"

"It's not that I really have this idea, I just sighed for a moment."

It's true that the ships and property losses are huge, but the young descendants are still there, and the wolf smoke masters are still there.

If there is a transition, then the foundation will not be damaged.

"Brother has always been sensible..."

As the two brothers were talking, the gray-clothed servant hurried over from the end of the corridor.

Zhang Wenbao took a half step back and kept silent.

Zhang Wenhu asked, "What's the hurry?"

"Sir, there's a young man named Liang Qu outside, wearing the official uniform of the Hebo Division, and he wants to see you."

"Hebo Division?" Zhang Wenhu raised his eyebrows slightly, took half a step, and then realized something was wrong, "He's alone? How old is he?"

"He's alone, oh, and he's leading a big chestnut horse with scales. As for his age... He looks about twenty years old, very young, but tall, handsome, and very stylish. The doorman, Mr. Zhang, said he couldn't see through his strength."

"Are you sure his name is Liang Qu?"

Zhang Wenbao interrupted.

The servant nodded vigorously: "No mistake, I saw the other party's waist card, it's Liang."

"Second brother, have you heard of this person?"

"I have an impression, but I don't know if it's the same person. I learned about it when I visited a friend in the first month of the year.

It is said that in the late autumn of last year, the Qiugong dike in Huazhu County collapsed and a flood occurred. There was a man named Liang Qu in the Hebo Office. In just one day, he sorted out the flooded Huazhu County in an orderly manner, divided the disaster area, arrested the culprit, and rescued the people.

So the people called him Xiaochi Wangye, and later received the Holy Emperor's oral order, saying He built bridges and canals, so I have a deep impression of his name. "

"People with the same name and surname are common, but it is rare to find people in the same government office." Hearing that the other party was not ordinary, Zhang Wenhu became hopeful again, "How strong is this person?"

"Well, he was a horse-running martial artist last year, probably in the upper realm or extreme realm? Because the culprit of the dam collapse was a wolf smoke martial artist, who was captured together with Liang Qu and other horse-running martial artists, and he was quite famous."

"Horse-running martial artist? What's the use? Can it solve the urgent needs of my Zhang and Li families?"

Zhang Wenhu frowned.

Last year, he was a horse-running martial artist. This year, he will die in the wolf smoke. It is likely that the bridge has not been built.

That snake demon was extremely powerful, at least in the middle level of tiger hunting, more than a level lower than the other level...

"No matter what, we can't neglect him. Maybe he's fast and can get there first, so we can prepare to welcome the great martial artist from Hebo?"

"That makes sense, Wenbao, you go and prepare the banquet!"

Zhang Wenhu made a prompt decision, asking his second brother to prepare the banquet first, and then asking the servant to lead the people in. He took a shortcut and arrived at the hall first to wait.

At the gate.

Liang Qu and Chishan parted ways.

Chishan shook his head, broke free from the reins in the hands of the horse-leading servant, and walked forward with his head held high.

The horse-leading servant looked back in shock.

Liang Qu smiled and said, "My horse is a bit arrogant. Just lead the way and it will follow."

The servant leading the horse was shocked and hurried forward to lead the way. He was relieved when he saw the red horse really follow.

Arriving at the stable, Chi Shan looked around and found a clean place. He scared away the stallion inside and drove it out. Then he kicked the food bowl and spat on the ground. His meaning was obvious.

The surrounding grooms were stunned.

They had never seen such a majestic and spiritual horse. Hearing the servant explain that it was a distinguished guest's horse, they hurriedly took out the best spiritual grass, cut it into three pieces and fed it to Chi Shan.

In the hall, Liang Qu was introduced by the servant and walked through the corridor. Finally, he met the head of the Zhang family.

Both sides looked at each other.

Liang Qu felt that Zhang Wenhu was ordinary.

He was of medium build and not very good-looking. There was a long scar on the side of his face. According to the ear recognition method, his strength was not as good as his third senior brother. He was probably between the human realm and the earth realm.

On the other hand, Zhang Wenhu looked at Liang Qu and praised him in his heart.

He was tall and handsome, but the key point was that his strength was unpredictable!

If you can't tell a person's realm, it probably means that the other person is in the same realm as you or even above!

Combined with Wenbao's statement, the young man in front of him had obviously entered the Langyan realm.

At this age, he entered the Langyan realm, and the younger generations in the clan couldn't catch up.

It's really the waves behind pushing the waves ahead, which is enviable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenhu stood up to greet him: "Liang Shuilang came from afar, I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person, I have asked someone to prepare a banquet, why don't you and I eat and chat?"

Liang Qu was in a hurry and had a heavy task, so he bowed in return and got straight to the point.

"Thank you for the good intentions of the Zhang family, but Liang has always been straightforward. I have a way to stop the snake demon from making trouble. I just lack a few key items. It all depends on whether the Zhang family is willing to give it up!"