September 30, 19th year of Jingkang

The final of the martial arts conference

Hero Valley entrance, ticket inspection area

Xu Chong wore a square scarf, a long Confucian robe, and a calligraphy boy and a painting. He slowly lined up to enter the valley with a calm expression along with the crowd.

Huaer was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a pretty appearance, and was carrying a bamboo box one foot square behind her back. She followed her master, looking around with her little head, looking at the crowds outside the valley, with an excited expression.

"Master, there are so many people in Hero Valley today."

Xu Chong was about thirty years old, with a clear face and half a foot of black beard under his jaw. He was elegant in temperament. After hearing what his letter boy said, Xu Chong smiled gently and stroked his long beard.

"The martial arts conference is popular all over the capital, and today is the final of the conference. Of course, more people in the capital are watching the fun than before.

When I came, I heard from Manager Yao that in the semi-finals yesterday, nearly 50,000 people gathered inside and outside the Hero Valley, and I guess there will be another 20,000 to 30,000 people today."

"Five plus three, eight...eighty thousand people..."

The young Huaer's face was full of horror. Although he could not imagine what a magnificent scene would be like when 80,000 people gathered together, after following Xu Chong for two years, he roughly understood what the number "80,000 people" represents.

The total population of the capital city and the surrounding counties is only over 2 million, and 80,000 is equivalent to just half a capital city to move.

………

"Oh, it's a rare occasion for tens of thousands of people to gather here, but if something goes wrong, it will be a huge disaster." Speaking of this, Xu Chong sighed, his face slightly solemn.

Xu Chong is not an ordinary scholar. He has already passed the imperial examination for the title of Juren. Now he has become a small clerk in the Ministry of Personnel. Although he has only reached the eighth rank and is of a low rank, Xu Chong himself has good abilities and is even more respected. He may be promoted to the seventh rank after the New Year.

With a bright career, Xu Chong naturally cared about the affairs of the court and often kept his public heart in it. Now, seeing such a prominent formation in the Hero Valley, he couldn't help but start to worry about whether something would go wrong.

As the saying goes, a thousand people are bounded to the sky, a thousand people are boundless, and a hundred thousand people are broken.

If there is chaos in the Hero Valley next to the capital and there is no need to be many stampedes. If a hundred or eighty people die, the court's face will be lost.

………

Just when Xu Chong looked worried about this, the two men in front of him turned around and laughed when they heard his words.

"Sir, I'm overthinking."

Xu Chong frowned and bowed, "I don't know if you have two respected noble surnames."

The two men, one taller and one shorter, replied: "It turns out to be Mr. Xu, you can't be the noble surname. The brother's surname is Gao. The next person next to me is Li. We are friends, so we come here to watch the finals of the conference together."

Xu Chong bowed and Gao, and Li and the others greeted each other, and then couldn't help asking: "I just saw the two heroes laughing, Yan Xiaoke was worried, but I don't know why."

Gao and Li looked at each other, and the man surnamed Gao smiled and said, "It's not a secret. I told the teacher, it's not to be concealed. We are working in the army, so we know some inside information.

The gentleman just now was worried that there were many people in the valley and that they were afraid of accidents. In fact, there was no need. Our fifth prince consort is wiser than Zhuge, and he foresaw today's situation early on.

The day before yesterday, the Nine Gate Admiral's Office sent troops to the Hero Valley one after another to maintain order inside and outside the hero.

In addition, the Fourth Battalion and the Two Imperial Guards outside the Beijing also sent troops to reinforce. At present, there are no less than 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers near the Hero Valley. The 80,000 people you mentioned just now are actually lingering around nearby, including only more than 30,000 spectators in the valley.

As for the others, all the officers and soldiers were blocked outside. Without tickets to the conference, you would never be able to enter."

Xu Chong's eyes lit up, and then he looked ashamed: "Xu was worried about nothing and misunderstood the prince-consort."

………

Gao and Li didn't meet each other and smiled and changed the topic: "Since we meet is fate, where is the area where the tickets of Mr.'s tickets are? If they are the same, you can go together."

Xu Hung nodded and asked Huaer to take out two thick pieces of paper with special printing and carved special imprints, and took them over and took them with Gao Li to take a look.

"Western District, by chance, we are from the West District, too." The man surnamed Gao said happily, and Xu Chong was also surprised by the fate of several people.

He ordered Huaer to collect the tickets, but not to see that they were just two thick pieces of paper, which was expensive. One ticket was twelve taels of silver. If someone had not reimbursed it, he would not be able to do without Huaer's help, Xu Chongke would not be willing to bring a book boy here.

Speaking of which, Xu Chong originally wanted to take advantage of someone paying the bill and go to the VIP seat to sit for a luxury, but as soon as he asked about the price of the scalper, he immediately lost.

Two hundred taels!

It was more than his annual salary, so Xu Chongke didn't think his employer was willing to pay this price.

………

Xu Chong, whose pen name is Chongxushan, is a new writer who has become popular in Beijing recently. He is known for writing short articles and has been published in the "Jianghu Monthly" five times. In the sixth issue of "Magazine" published on September 15, an article evaluating the various changes given to the capital by the Martial Arts Conference.

The article was so savvy and incisive, which caused a lot of response among readers of the magazine, and Xu Chong also became famous in one fell swoop.

Xu Chong, who had tasted the sweetness while the iron was hot, frequently published articles in newspapers and magazines in the past month. While gathering a group of loyal readers, he also achieved considerable results, and was highly sought after by tabloids in the capital.

According to incomplete statistics, compared with ordinary contributors, Xu Chong's articles can increase sales by as much as 3,000 to 5,000.

Even when the sixth issue of "Magazine" was first released, Xu Chong wrote an article for an unknown tabloid, which increased the newspaper's sales by more than 10,000 yuan. Xu Chong also directly entered the circle of top writers in Beijing based on this record.

To a certain extent, Xu Chong's articles are now influential, and even compete with famous authors such as Guanbu and Du Shan in the Magazine.

Two days ago, Xu Chong took on a big job. A newspaper owner offered a 100 taels of money to make his own newspaper title. Xu Chong asked him to write an article about the finals and publish it exclusively in his own newspaper.

The boss also promised that during the writing process, his own newspapers and magazines would cooperate fully, and if the sales and response of this magazine were excellent, the newspapers and magazines would also give Xu Chong a generous red envelope to thank him.

So, after the newspaper owner solved the ticket problem, Xu Chong brought Shutong to the finals and collected the materials. The bamboo box behind Shutong's paintings actually contained portable pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which made Xu Chong draft at any time to prevent forgetting any important materials.

………

Xu Chong, Gao and Li had a great time talking. When the group entered the valley to watch the game, they were already much more familiar with each other.

"Draw, get paper and pen."

When Xu Chongzheng and Gao and Li were talking about the audience in the valley, they suddenly saw several figures in the direction of the VIP seat and shouted quickly.

Shutong Huaer took off the bamboo box behind him and placed it on the ground without saying a word. He opened the folded bamboo lid on the top of the bamboo box and placed it on both sides. The bamboo box immediately turned into a small desk.

Then Huaer took out a stack of paper from the bamboo box, placed it on the deformed bamboo box, took out a brush and a small inkstone, put it together, then took off the small gourd hanging next to his waist, and poured the grinded ink into the inkstone.

After everything was done, Huaer hugged the bamboo box and half-squatted and lifted it firmly in front of Xu Chong, and a simple desk appeared.

Gao, Li: “………”

The audience around: "………”

People in the city are really good at playing!

………

Xu Chong ignored his other opinions, waved his long sleeves and took the brush and began to record his experiences just now.

"The Minister of Personnel, Wen Zhiwen, came to watch the competition with his left and right ministers, and accompanied several others, suspected to be the Minister of Works and Rites......"

After writing a piece of paper, Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to finish the painting, his eyes suddenly glanced at the VIP seat again, and then his eyes couldn't move away.

"The former general Di Yi, the latter general Nangong He, Tongzhenbei, Zhenxi, Pingbei, Pingnan, Andong and other dozens of senior military officials attended the scene, and the generals gathered......"

"Duke Ying, Duke Guang, Duke Qi, Duke Zhang, and the top nobles of Jie Hou were all present..."

"The cabinet is You Ge Lao, and the family and his family appear in the VIP seat..."
Chapter completed!