When the sword comes out of Emei, I will be the front

Chapter 234: th birthday, various factions gather together

A few days later, it was the eighth day of April.

In one day's time, it will be Zhang Sanfeng's 100th birthday.

The Seven Heroes of Wudang led many disciples, and with the help of Emei girls, Golden Whip Sect disciples, and Seven of the Eight Eccentrics of Jiangbei, they swept the Zixiao Palace clean, decorated it with lanterns and decorations, and even the Zhenwu enshrined on the incense table. The emperor and the turtle and snake generals all reshaped their golden bodies and looked beaming with joy.

Zhang Cuishan also wrote a series of birthday couplets in his own handwriting, and posted them on the door inside and outside, with red paper and gold characters, which looked auspicious.

Early the next morning, everyone was busy inviting Zhang Sanfeng out, who was immersed in the ocean of martial arts.

Old man Zhou followed him out, and as if he was amnesty, he shouted strangely: "Brother, I have told you the general outline of the Nine Yin Manual, please don't bother me anymore! Where is Mo Hou'er? I want to drink! "

At this time, Miejie arrived wearing a brand-new plain clothes. Next to him was Ye Guhong, who was also wearing new clothes and looked like a good young man in troubled times.

Then came the four nuns and eight lay people, all wearing new clothes, plus seven of the Eight Eccentrics of Jiangbei——

These seven young men were all poor. They had only a dozen taels of silver from scraping together, and they were worried about how to buy birthday gifts. Miejie loved that they could live in poverty and live happily, and he was grateful that they had a heart to repay their kindness, so he officially accepted them as registered disciples and followed them. The Emei sect congratulates him on his birthday.

Song Yuanqiao said: "Master, what Master said makes sense."

Zhang Sanfeng shook his head and said: "Fortunately, my Wudang doesn't have such things. Being the leader, what's the benefit of being the leader? I'm surrounded by a lot of mundane things, and my martial arts training is delayed."

After saying that, he raised his hands, and the disciples behind him presented congratulatory gifts, which were sixteen precious jade articles. Ye Guhong, Zhu Chongba and other eight people, plus eight lay female brothers, eight men and eight women, each presented one piece .

Song Yuanqiao bowed his head and took the birthday robe respectfully. Zhang Sanfeng had already taken off his robe himself. Yu Lianzhou stepped forward to help. The first and second disciples served the master and changed into new clothes. The bright red color was full of joy, which made Zhang Sanfeng stand out. The crane-haired boy's face became more energetic, and Zhang Qubing shouted, "Master Tai looks more and more like a god when he wears this dress."

Unexpectedly, when they saw the clothes of the Emei Sect, Zhang Sanfeng was willing to change his clothes on the spot. Song Yuanqiao and others were all overjoyed.

Miejie said with a smile: "Mount Emei is a poor place where you can't get a decent birthday gift. This Taoist robe was embroidered by a poor nun and the female disciples of my sect. Although the gift is light, it is a little bit of my heart in Emei."

Miejie smiled and said: "This is the importance of Master's teachings. There are only a few disciples in the world's sects who do not scheming with each other, like Wudang Emei, they are rare."

Yu Lianzhou smiled and said: "Master doesn't know something. He sent Wei Sanniang and Donghuazi from Kunlun to compete for the position of leader. They jointly went to the Shenying Sect to cause trouble. Whoever wins more face will be the leader. Unexpectedly, the third brother defeated Ye Yunfei and Gu Hong defeated Ye Tiangang. There was no distinction between them. Donghuazi and Kongtong were sent, but Wei Sanniang returned with his disciples and others. Boat, wait for the rest of his disciples to gather and come together to congratulate Master on his birthday."

When Miejie met Zhang Sanfeng, he respectfully saluted with his hands clasped together and said: "Poor nun Miejie, together with his disciples, congratulates Master Zhang on long life and happiness."

Zhang Sanfeng was overjoyed and clapped his hands and said: "The Emei heroine is famous all over the world for her sword-handling skills. Today I embroider this birthday robe for the old Taoist. It is really precious. Wonderful, wonderful. Yuanqiao, please quickly put it on for me."

The old man smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a straight line, and he was really in a good mood.

Ye Guhong smiled secretly, thinking that my master said something else. It was "Ling" embroidered by the female disciple of our sect, but it was not "Ling".

Song Yuanqiao took them one by one and ordered his disciples to put them away carefully.

You must know that Zhang Sanfeng has always been informal, and it is common for him to wear the same clothes for a year without changing them. When his reputation was not so great, people in the martial arts circle often called him "Zhang Sloppy" and "Sloppy Taoist", which means he celebrates his birthday today. , he refused to change into new clothes, and saw a few dry grains of rice stuck to the front of his clothes, and none of the Wudang heroes could do anything to him.

However, he was stopped by Miejie and said: "The leader of Kunlun has not yet been decided. Wei Sanniang is a disciple of He Mo Sheng. Letting Daxia Song go is enough to give them face. If the real person goes in person, they will be uneasy."

Not long after, the Taoist Zhike came to report that Wei Sanniang, a disciple of the Kunlun School, came with more than ten fellow disciples to congratulate him on his birthday.

Zhang Sanfeng said with a smile: "Since our friends from the Kunlun Sect are here, I should greet them personally."

There was also a four-purity female nun, holding a large tray with neatly folded red robes.
Miejie personally took the robe and shook it open. Its quality was as bright as red clouds. On top and bottom, a hundred Chinese characters for "longevity" were embroidered with gold thread. The shapes of the characters were different, but they were made up of the calligraphy of famous masters of the past. , the embroidery work is also extremely exquisite.

Yin Liheng suppressed his laughter, punched him, and shouted: "You can tell Master's jokes too!"

Mo Shenggu bit Yin Liheng's ear and smiled: "This gift from the Emei Heroines has truly been sent to our master's heart. Although it was not sewn by the Emei Patriarch himself, it is enough to soothe people's hearts."

As he said this, he was very proud, thinking that the top beam of Mr. and Mrs. He Mosheng was not straight and the bottom beam was crooked. When it comes to creating a family style, Mr. Zhang and I can be said to be the best.

Not long after, Song Yuanqiao smiled and invited Wei Sanniang and others in. Wei Sanniang kowtowed when she saw Zhang Sanfeng. Zhang Sanfeng flicked his robe sleeves, and an invisible stream of true energy surged out. Wei Sanniang couldn't bow down, and was surprised. However, Zhang Sanfeng smiled and said: "Although you are a junior, you are here on behalf of the Kunlun Sect. An old Taoist cannot accept your great gift."

Wei Sanniang said quickly: "Old Master, you are the most powerful Beidou in today's martial arts world. Who can't bear the courtesy?"

Zhang Sanfeng waved his hand and said: "I'm just old and not worth mentioning. Your name is Wei Sanniang, and my name is Zhang Sanfeng. They are both three-character generations. If you have the intention, just make a bow." Wei Sanniang said with a radiant face. With Zhang Zhenren’s words, who in the sect disobeys me? At that moment, he bowed respectfully, stood up and exclaimed: "Old Master, he is so humble. No wonder Wudang is the leader in martial arts."

After that, he was given a gift, which was a huge jade incense burner, weighing a hundred kilograms, with a texture like milk, translucent and clear.

Zhang Sanfeng was very happy and praised: "The Taoist jade comes from Kungang. Such beautiful jade is already precious, but it is even more rare to find such a heavy thing. The noble sect carried it thousands of miles to celebrate the old Taoist's birthday. The old Taoist is ashamed to accept this kind of kindness." "

He quickly ordered his apprentice to take it and replaced the original incense burner in front of Emperor Zhenwu.

Wei Sanniang came to pay homage to Miejie again. Miejie thought that they had come to Emei to help, so he smiled and talked to her, which gave Wei Sanniang enough dignity.

At this time, another Taoist boy came to hand over the name card. Song Yuanqiao took it and took a look, but it was the five elders of Kongtong and the son of Kunlun Donghua who arrived together.

Zhang Sanfeng said: "Kongtong sent five elders to come together, and the old Taoist should go and greet them."

Miejie stopped him and said, "How can people like the Five Elders of Kongtong work on the jade toes of a real person? It's enough to give him dignity with the help of Hero Song."

Zhang Sanfeng was about to insist, but suddenly he thought that Kunlun Wei Sanniang and Dong Huazi were competing, and he had never picked up Wei Sanniang. If he had picked up Dong Huazi, wouldn't he be favoring one over the other?
Moreover, he also heard about Tang Wenming's persecution of his fifth disciple. He changed his mind and nodded: "Master Tai's words are reasonable. It's better to go far away from the bridge."

In this room, the five elders of Kongtong sat down after seeing the ceremony. Donghuazi then attacked Wei Sanniang: "Why did you come by yourself without waiting for me? I didn't know that you thought you were the leader."

Wei Sanniang sneered: "I thought that senior brother actually became a disciple of Kongtong, how could I bear to ruin your future?"

The two were about to quarrel when several knowledgeable Taoists came in to report, saying that there were more than ten large and small gangs such as Shenquanmen, Haisha Gang, Giant Whale Gang, Wuhu Dao, Shenqianghui, and Sanjiang League, all of which had leaders. He brought his capable subordinates to pay homage to the mountain to celebrate his birthday.

There are also the chief escorts of the three major escort bureaus of Yanshan, Jinwei, and Wohu, Kaifeng Prefecture's "Shenqianzhen Bafang" Tan Wudi, "Drunk to Death" Situ Zhong, Shandong Dahao "Thunderbolt Fire" Xia Jun, and "Hejian Shuangsha" Hao Tian, ​​Bushan and other famous figures came one after another, either alone or with apprentices and disciples.

Zhang Sanfeng couldn't help but be surprised. Seven disciples and a group of disciples came in and out to receive them. Disciples from Emei and the Golden Whip Sect also came forward to help, but they couldn't receive them.

Later, there were more and more irrelevant guests, and there were not even enough chairs to sit on. We had to bring some round stones and wooden stakes and place them densely in the hall. Even the tea bowls for pouring tea were distributed, and even the rice bowls and dishes were distributed. Bowls are also used to serve tea.

The hall was packed with people. Leaders of various sects, gang leaders, and famous heroes still had seats. The rest of the disciples had no choice but to sit on stone and wooden piles. There was the one who took advantage of the crowd and hid in the crowd, shouting. , complaining about Wudang’s poor hospitality.

Miejie was not happy with the crowd, so he simply took his disciples into the wing. When everyone in Wudang saw it, they also used this place as a place for communication.

At this time, Song Yuanqiao came in in a hurry. With such a high level of internal energy, he was already sweating. He shook his head and sighed: "My teacher likes purity. This birthday banquet was not made public. I thought that at most Emei and other close friends would express their congratulations. Why are there so many people here?"

Ji Dabao took a few gift lists and looked at them. He stamped his feet in anger and his voice changed: "Song Daxia, you are too benevolent and righteous, and only look at people with the eyes of Buddha. But when you look at the gifts given by these people, how can you express sincere birthday wishes? Except for the gifts from the three major escort agencies, which are quite considerate, these other people bought birthday peaches and noodles in the small town at the foot of the mountain. Such gifts are too shabby even for me, Ji Dabao, let alone the 100th birthday of Master Zhang?"

Miejie took the gift and looked at it, his pretty face turned pale with anger: "Needless to say, this group of people are not here to celebrate his birthday, they are here for Zhang Cuishan! You Wudang Sect wants to postpone the banquet at the Yellow Crane Tower until the end of June. People are afraid that I refuse to give you Wudang this opportunity!"

At this time, Zhang Songxi pulled Zhang Cuishan into the side room, with a solemn face: "Everyone, these guys outside are obviously here for my fifth brother. The Third Escort Agency owes me a favor, so they invited Tan Wudi and Situ Zhong to come. Come forward!"

Yu Lianzhou walked in and said: "Situ Zhong may have been invited by Xia Jun. The two of them have a good relationship, but Xia Jun is definitely not for the murder case of Longmen Escort Bureau. His brother died in the hands of Xie Qian. He was for Thank you for your whereabouts."

Ye Guhong said: "Ten years have passed since the Longmen Escort case. More people are coming, probably for the dragon-slaying sword."

Miejie shouted: "A bunch of shameless people! Who doesn't know that Zhang Cuishan's family came from the north? If you want to avenge Xie Qian, you can just take a boat to the north to find him. Why bother forcing others to break their promise?"

Zhang Cuishan knew that Miejie and Xie Qian also had a blood feud. Hearing this, he was very grateful and murmured: "Master Tai..."

Miejie waved his hand and said, "You and that thief have become sworn brothers, so naturally you have to be loyal, but when the time comes for revenge, the poor nun won't give you face, so you don't need to thank me."

Yu Daiyan sighed: "How many people in the world can be as upright as Master Tai? Well, in this case, it saves us from going to the Yellow Crane Tower again. We only learned about this today. I don't believe that when I, the Seven Heroes of Wudang, joined forces, we were actually defeated by these Small sects, small sects, and scattered people bullied me."

Before he finished speaking, Taoist Zhike said loudly: "The three great divine monks of the Shaolin sect, Bai Yuan, the leader of the Huashan sect, 'Raise My Swordsman', led the crowd to worship at the mountain."

"Shaolin is coming?" Mo Shenggu exclaimed, and the faces of all the Wudang heroes changed.

Immediately, another Taoist sang: "The leader of the Beggar Clan's History, leads the elders who teach martial arts and law enforcement to worship the mountain."

Ye Guhong said happily: "Hahahaha, my eldest brother is here, isn't he a ready-made helper?"

(End of this chapter)