Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2437 Bring a Message 100.0

"Your master is powerful, and his subordinates are also powerful, there is no doubt about that." Master Jiang nodded, "When Daxia was first established, the reason why Taizu wanted to take over the Eagle King's power was also because of this. The Eagle King took the initiative to hand it over without any reservations, but Taizu couldn't use it at all. The people under the Eagle King only recognized the Eagle King himself. When this Eagle King passed away, power was transferred to the next one, but there was a very strict condition." He looked at Shen Cha, "You must defeat at least 60% of the challengers. If you lose, they still won't recognize it."

"Sixty percent of challengers?"

"Yes!" Master Jiang nodded. "These challengers are selected from among them. In other words, before they challenge the new Eagle King, they must challenge each other. The top 20 will be qualified to become the challengers of the Eagle King's successor."

"Second Grandfather, this..." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha with some concern, then at Second Grandfather Jiang, "Do we have to accept the challenge?"

"You can refuse, but you must have extraordinary talent to convince the soldiers under the Eagle King." Jiang Erye saw that there was not much expression on his face and there was no panic at all. He looked at Shen Haolin and raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's going on? Wasn't he just selected?"

"After bringing Uncle Ning back from the imperial mausoleum, Master took us to the Eagle King's army base." Seeing Xia Chen's eyes shining, Shen Haolin sighed, "Don't think about it. It's useless to look at me. I can't make the decision."

"You are the heir, but you can't make the decision?" Xia Chen frowned, "Or do you have to wait until you actually inherit the throne before you can take us in to take a look?"

"The garrison is not a teahouse, what's so good about it?" Jiang Erye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It should be similar to the garrison of the Shen family army. The way they lead the troops is actually quite similar to Qingruo and Lao Qin. Lao Qin..." He looked at Shen Cha, "your master wanted to go to the Eagle King, but failed at the last minute and didn't make it. Just in time for the Shen family army to recruit, he followed them to the border."

"Well, I know. After they knew about the proposal made by the Emperor's uncle, my master talked to us about it. He and Uncle Yan were worried that we would be nervous and scared, so they came to talk to us. In fact, my brother and I had already experienced it before they said it." Shen Cha sighed softly, "There are no weak soldiers under a strong general, and the soldiers under the Eagle King are even more so. It is most appropriate to describe them as one against a hundred."

"What did you do after you went there?" Mr. Jiang thought for a moment, "What was their attitude towards you?"

"Attitude?" Shen Haolin recalled, "It's pretty enthusiastic, right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, "Because of our relationship with the Emperor's uncle, they didn't make things difficult for us. They were really enthusiastic. The generals were very polite and courteous. They also knew our story and felt that we had worked very hard. They asked us about a few difficult battles and gave us some comments, which opened our eyes. If we encounter the same situation or a similar one in the future, we might try their method." She looked at Mr. Jiang, "Is this normal?"

"I think so. I basically agree with you, but I haven't completely agreed with you yet." Mr. Jiang looked at Xia Chen, whose mouth was wide open and his jaw was about to drop, and reached out to push his chin up. "What happened next? This shouldn't be the end."

"We had lunch there, it was delicious." Shen Cha touched his chin, "I like the lamb stewed with plums, the meat is very tender and melts in your mouth, but I heard from my uncle that it is a specialty of their place and is not available anywhere else."

"After lunch, Master's deputy general said that they had a martial arts competition today and asked if we were interested in going to watch."

"You agreed?" "Yes." Shen Haolin nodded. "We have always admired the strength of the Eagle King's subordinates. We would not miss the opportunity to see their competition. Since they invited us, we agreed. But we didn't expect this."

"You guys joined this competition?" Xia Chen continued Shen Haolin's words. He looked at the brother and sister sitting in front of him, "Wait a minute, I just realized, this competition is not specially prepared for you two, right?"

"Congratulations, Seventh Brother, you got it right." Shen Cha nodded, "It was prepared for us. In order to better guide us to take the initiative to go to the competition stage, they also competed a few times to make us excited. We couldn't help but want to go on stage to participate. The real competition officially began." She saw the sympathetic eyes of Jiang Erye and Xia Chen, and shrugged helplessly, "We didn't know it was premeditated at the time. We were excited by the competition. And the officers under the command of the emperor's uncle are also the ones my brother and I have always wanted to challenge. At that time, we thought, we are so lucky, what we want will come true, such an opportunity is simply hard to come by."

"I didn't expect that it was a trap that they had prepared, waiting for you to jump in."

"Yes, yes!" Shen Cha couldn't help rolling his eyes and said, "And he couldn't wait to jump in."

"You two, or you?" Mr. Jiang looked at Shen Cha, "There should be more people who challenge you?"

"The two of us." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, "They're about the same, right? I didn't count carefully, but there are probably about twenty."

"Almost. I think it should be the same number." Shen Haolin sighed, took a sip of tea, and borrowed Shen Cha's words, "The first three or four were relatively easy. After thirty or forty moves, I almost won. But the rest..."

"It was very difficult. I remember that I fought for almost half an hour and nearly three hundred moves. I almost fell into the opponent's trap several times." Shen Cha spread his hands. "Later I learned that he was the first deputy general of the emperor's uncle, the commander of the entire vanguard camp, and had a record of thirty consecutive battles without defeat. It was him who gave us advice and pointed out that we could try another method next time."

"The best warrior under the Eagle King." Shen Haolin nodded. "I was watching the fight between him and Cha'er. Both of them were exhausted, but they still persisted. In the end, Cha'er won by a narrow margin. Otherwise, it would be hard to say who would win if the fight continued."

"That was a quick thinking. If I had persisted any longer, there would be no winner. I would have fainted on the arena." Shen Cha smiled bitterly. "But fortunately, this is the last match. If there is another one, I will be exhausted and can't even stand up."

"Yeah." Shen Haolin reached out and touched Shen Cha's head. "Cha'er is harder to beat than the others I beat. Although I didn't win easily, it didn't last that long. But later I found that after this game, their previous distant and polite attitude towards us disappeared all of a sudden, as if they really accepted us."

"Yes!" Master Jiang heaved a sigh of relief and nodded to Shen Haolin, "You have passed the test and become one of them." He looked at Shen Cha and smiled, "They accepted you."