The Habayashi Guards were private soldiers and were actually stationed in the city. When I looked closely, I saw soldiers standing upright at the encampment. They didn't look sideways. But when I got to the door, there weren't many soldiers. People were lining up as they rushed in.
Wei Hai had no choice but to step aside and queue up, feeling a little impatient.
"Have you heard? The capital has not been peaceful recently. There are always strange things happening, which makes people a little uneasy." When I got close to the crowd, I heard a middle-aged man talking in a low voice, his expression seemed to be filled with fear.
There is a different kind of excitement.
I heard someone else ask: "Oh? What's going on? Tell me quickly."
"It's a ghost car bird!" The middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice, pretending to be mysterious. Normally, deliberately scaring people in broad daylight would not have much effect, but once you bring something like a "ghost car bird", it can immediately turn the terror over.
Double.
"I heard that there is a ghost chariot bird staying at the observatory in the capital, screaming day and night. It is really an ominous sign!"
"Yes, yes!" Several people nodded.
In this world, the Ghost Car Bird is a legendary bird contaminated with evil spirits. It has colorful feathers, comes and goes quickly, and has mysterious whereabouts. Every time it appears, it seems to bring disaster, so the Ghost Car Bird will appear.
Folklore of catastrophe.
The call of the ghost car bird is not very pleasant, which is probably one of the reasons why the ghost car bird has a bad reputation in the past and present times.
Thinking of the frightening cry of the legendary ghost chariot bird, especially the most terrifying when it screams, people who heard this could not help but shudder.
"That's true, it's really scary!" Someone even crossed his arms and shook a few times, then cautiously said, "No, but maybe this is a coincidence?"
"Furthermore, the government said that ghosts, chariots, and birds bring disaster, but they are just attached to them and are no different from other birds."
The middle-aged man sneered: "Do you believe what the government says?"
"Moreover, one is a coincidence, but how about more than one? Let's just say that today, it is already May, but there is still white dew and frost... Do you think this is strange?"
The middle-aged man did not continue what he said next, and the faces of those listening suddenly turned pale.
At the end of the previous dynasty, there was an incident of white dew in May.
"It was Guisi in April of the fifth year of Yuanyan, and the trees were covered with white dew, like weeping leaves, and they never faded in the middle of the day..."
Not long after that, swords and soldiers broke out everywhere, and chaos suddenly broke out.
At present, although it has not reached the level of "the trees are covered with white dew like hanging cotton," it is really scary that in May, the white dew is still lingering.
Combined with the rumors of the ghost car bird wailing at the Beijing Observatory, it really makes people shiver in this warm day.
Wei Hai was brave, but he didn't believe it. He listened with great interest and got closer to listen.
"Yes, I only encountered one incident, so it can be said to be a coincidence, but two incidents happened, which is really evil and unlucky. I don't know if there will be another disaster."
"The past two years have either been plagued by locusts, floods, or droughts. Life has been really uneventful. Fortunately, we are in the capital, so we don't have to worry about it all day long. My distant relative lives five hundred miles away from the capital.
, even the wells for drinking water there were dried up last year. Not to mention washing and bathing, it is difficult to drink water! And without water, it is impossible to grow crops. No, I only received the cousins who came to me two months ago.
Brother, I gave him two bags of grain to take back... Oh, how miserable!"
"No, I heard that there were floods in some places and even the houses were washed away..."
"It's not that there are no good omens. There is another strange thing. It is said that there was a Zhu family in the suburbs who had guests, and a pair of carp jumped out of the well, and they made fish dumplings. It is very rare."
"Humph, no matter whether the omen is good or bad, as long as it is strange, it means bad luck."
Similar discussions are not limited to one or two people, but many people are talking about it. Although Wei Hai, who came to Yulinwei, listened with interest, he did not take it seriously and twitched the corners of his mouth to show disdain.
"It's all nonsense. I also think that the last time I passed by at night, I was rumored to be a night wandering god by someone who happened to be there. What a bunch of stupid people!"
However, with this thought in his mind, he had no intention of arguing with these people, and said to the fascinated young man: "Lu Wu, let's go over and sign up!"
The young man ranked fifth in his family. Because he was born in poverty, he never had a name when he was a child. He was always called Lu Wu Lu Wu. When he grew up, he learned kung fu from Jianghu people and liked to be called Wu Ye. Therefore,
The name was not changed.
Lu Wu still believed it a little, but he also felt that some of the comments were too exaggerated. He nodded: "You are right. Sign up early to get down to business. It's up to us."
When Wei Hai and others approached, someone was guarding the door, and they heard shouts: "Enter to watch the game, three coins per person!"
In front of it is a box without a lid, and a lot of copper coins have been lost in it.
"You still need money to watch the game." Wei Hai was dissatisfied, but he still took out six coins and threw them over, and took Lu Wu inside.
Entering inside, there is a large school ground, which can accommodate 5,000 people for training. It is May now, but it has been extremely cold in the past few days, but there are several arenas.
There is no one in the arena at this time, but there are stalls everywhere, most of which sell fortune telling, sell soup cakes and snacks, and there are also some sheds with servants guarding them. You can tell at a glance that this is a place for noble people.
Looking into the distance, he saw that there seemed to be more people surrounding him not far away. Wei Hai looked at it and said, "That seems to be the registration office. There are a lot of people gathered around it. Let's go quickly!"
Shouting "I've borrowed it, I've borrowed it", I squeezed through the crowd and finally arrived at the registration location.
Two tables are lined up in a row, and two people sit behind each long table. One person holds a pen and records the news, and the other distributes things.
The people in front of Wei Hai took their notes and left one after another, and finally it was Wei Hai's turn.
"Sir, I'm here to sign up for the competition." Wei Hai puffed up his chest and said.
Behind the table in front of the row, a gentleman raised his eyes and asked, "Can you read?"
Wei Hai replied: "Learn some words."
People like him who have some reputation in the world will probably know some characters, and at least there will be no difficulty in traveling to various places. If someone is really illiterate and doesn't even know the directions, sometimes it will be very troublesome.
The teacher said, "Since you are literate, you can read it yourself. There is no need for me to read it to you."
As he said that, he took a piece of paper with writing on it and handed it to him.
Wei Hai hurriedly took it, followed by Lu Wu who also took one. Since they knew each other, he and Wei Hai got together to read the contents on the paper.
"Brother Wei, this is a form of competition!" Lu Wu said without surprise after seeing the content clearly.
"However, even though it is a matter of life and death, you are not allowed to kill intentionally. In this case, it is reasonable for you to bear the responsibility for accidental injuries."
This is already considered a relatively benevolent military gesture. Perhaps because it is held in the capital and the prince chooses the coach, he has to worry about the impact.
Competitions held far away from the capital often involve life or death, and no one will care if you kill someone intentionally. If you die on stage, your death will be in vain. From this point of view, this competition is not very dangerous.
They were already willing to participate, but when they saw this military form, they both became even more excited.
Wei Hai noticed the bottom one: "Everything else is normal, but this one is a little strange."
The last clause of the clause stated in black and white that the martial arts competition was for the Dai Wang Palace to recruit people to serve as instructors. Therefore, signing the martial arts certificate was equivalent to agreeing to teach the Dai Wang what he had learned throughout his life.