Xiao Chaohai led us around the main hall, through the monks' accommodation, and straight to the back mountain. After passing a bamboo forest, a newly built two-story octagonal wooden building suddenly appeared in front of us.
I couldn't help but ask: "Is this octagonal building newly built?"
Xiao Donghu said with a smile: "That's right! The location of each treasure-fighting meeting of the four major families is different. Each time the octagonal building is temporarily built, and it is dismantled as soon as the treasure-fighting is completed."
After saying that, he changed the subject and said: "We will break up here. You are the guests. Just go in through the front door. I will let Ping An arrange the best seats for you. People from our four major families need to enter through the back door until
After the treasure fight is over, you can come out to thank the guests."
After saying that, he waved his hand, He Pingan came over to me, Xiao Laojiao and Lao Liu smiled and said, "Guys, please follow me."
I nodded, and He Pingan led the way into the octagonal building. The first floor of the building was filled with round tables. There were several small square tables in the front row. A table was set up against the wall, and a long table was placed on the table.
There were four old men sitting behind the long case, who were probably the so-called judges.
The building had long been filled with guests, there were fifty or sixty people, but it was not noisy. Most of them were drinking tea quietly. Even if someone was whispering to each other, their voices were kept very low. When we came in, most people were too
He glanced at it and turned his head away, showing no surprise at all.
It wasn't until He Ping'an led us to a square table in the front and middle and motioned for us to sit down that there was a burst of quiet discussion. I listened, and most of them were discussing our identities. It seemed that this
Not everyone can sit at the small square tables in front.
As soon as we sat down, there was a burst of applause. We saw a smiling person walking down the stairs on the second floor. Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a decent suit, he was about fifty years old. He waved to everyone as he walked. Obviously, this person was walking down the stairs on the second floor.
He is quite well-known, but we don’t know who he is. We just think he looks pleasing to the eye, so we clapped his hands a few times symbolically.
The man slowly walked downstairs and walked towards the stage, greeting some guests from time to time as he walked, feeling a bit like a fish in water.
After a while, the man with glasses walked up to the stage and stood in the middle. He pressed his hands flat to signal everyone to stop talking. The place quickly became quiet. People in their 50s and 60s stared at that person with more than a hundred eyes.
The bespectacled man cleared his throat and made some opening remarks. He just welcomed everyone and thanked the guests for taking time out of their busy schedules to participate in the four major families' ten-year treasure fighting conference. Then he began to introduce everyone sitting at the square table one by one.
The four judges at the back.
To be honest, I don’t know any of these four judges, but every time one of them was introduced, the audience applauded warmly. They all obviously enjoy high popularity. This must be due to my own ignorance, which made me have to follow the drums four times.
Palm.
After the introduction of the four judges, the man with glasses suddenly raised his voice by an octave and shouted loudly: "The ten-year treasure fighting competition of the four major families in Jinling has officially begun!" There was another round of applause from the audience.
As soon as the applause stopped, the bespectacled man shouted: "In the first session, rare antiques, we invite the Xiao family, the previous champion family, to take the lead in presenting them." As soon as the words fell, the door of the first room on the second floor opened, and Xiao
Donghu walked out carrying a dark wooden box.
(I’m sorry to everyone today. I received a piece of news just as I was here. It was a heavy blow to me! My mood has been wandering at a low point and I can’t calm down to write a story. I want to apologize to everyone. I need it.