Chapter 10 Chess meets opponent
"I have already arranged the matter of your master accepting the challenge of the martial arts school."
The next night, Zuo Xiaoyou, who stayed at Hong Zhennan's house for dinner, heard the news.
Put down the bowls and chopsticks, Zuo Xiaoyou nodded: "Thank you, Bo Hong, when?"
"The day after tomorrow at 10 o'clock, I got the men's teahouse." Hong Zhennan said: "Let your master come early and don't be late."
"Okay." Zuo Xiaoyou nodded.
"Yes." Hong Zhennan picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and just took a few bites of rice, he asked casually: "How strong is your master? How many ordinary big men can fight?"
"It's hard to say." Zuo Xiaoyou thought for a moment and said, "I'm a junior, and it's hard to evaluate my master, but my master's boxing skills are very powerful. People like Aki can beat more than a dozen at a time."
"Oh?" Hong Zhennan looked at Zuo Xiaoyou with suspicious eyes: "Is that amazing?"
"To say something unrespectful, I think my master is no worse than Hong Bo." Zuo Xiaoyou said.
"Impossible!" Before Hong Zhennan could speak, the girl didn't like to listen: "My dad is the most powerful martial arts master in Xiangjiang. Your master must be not as powerful as my dad."
"Big sister, don't be rude." Although Hong Zhennan was very happy with his daughter's words, he still looked majestic: "There are people outside of the world, and maybe Ayou's master is really better than me."
"That's not necessarily." The girl wrinkled her nose.
Zuo Xiaoyou looked at her and smiled and said, "If Hong Bo was ten years younger, my master would definitely not be his opponent. But Hong Bo is older and suffering from injuries, I dare to say that my master is no worse than Hong Bo. Because my master once said, there is no strongest person in the world, because no matter how strong a person is, he will grow old one day. When someone gets old, any young man can knock him down."
"Your master said it well." After hearing this, Hong Zhennan nodded in agreement: "Fist is afraid of being strong for a while. This is a truth that will never be broken through the ages. But no matter how powerful you are when you are young, you can't walk anymore when you are old, and you can easily knock him down. It's not easy for your master to have such insights!"
"I'm not hiding Hong Bo." Zuo Xiaoyou said with some pride: "When my master was in Foshan, he was known as the number one master in Foshan. When the Japanese came, my master beat ten Japanese karate masters at a time, and they were powerless to fight back."
"Oh?" Hong Zhennan paused the chopsticks in his hand: "Your master is really that powerful?"
"Brave." The girl curled her lips: "I don't believe it."
"Big sister, stop making trouble." Hong Zhennan's wife couldn't stand it anymore and blamed: "When men talk, women should not interrupt."
The girl pouted and stopped talking.
"Haha." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled, picked up a piece of tender tofu for the girl, turned his head to Hong Zhennan and said, "My master was at the peak of Spring and Autumn Period, and Hong Bo, you..." Looking at Hong Zhennan's white hair, Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head: "So I think, if you fight, maybe Hong Bo can gain the upper hand at the beginning, but slowly, my master will balance the situation, but if he continues, Hong Bo may lose."
"You are smearing your master's face." Hong Zhennan is a big brother-level figure, and he has a sense of unyielding desire to admit defeat: "Don't think I'm old, it's not that difficult to defeat your master."
"It's useless to say more." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "If you want to know how powerful my master is, you'll know if you come on the court the day after tomorrow." He paused: "But there is only one stick of incense in the whole game. Uncle Hong, please hurry up, otherwise I'm afraid that time will come and you won't be able to decide the outcome."
"Then I want to see it." Hong Zhennan's fighting spirit was so fierce. He has never had a single enemy in his hands for years in Xiangjiang. Unexpectedly, Ip Man appears now. It is rare for an opponent. He wants to try whether Ip Man is worthy of being his opponent?
After dinner, Zuo Xiaoyou told the Hong family about the Three Kingdoms again. Seeing that it was very late, he said goodbye and went home.
After arriving at home, Zuo Xiaoyou told Ip Man about Hong Zhennan's appearance the day after tomorrow, and asked Ip Man to prepare.
"Is Hong Zhennan very strong?" Ye Wen asked.
"I think Hong Bo and Master should be between him." Zuo Xiaoyou replied.
Ip Man has not suffered a defeat over the years and is somewhat conceited. Now I heard from his apprentice that there is a master who is just around the corner with him, and I can't help but feel a little more excited.
"Then I want to see how powerful Hong Zhennan is." Even the otaku has times when he is full of fighting spirit!
In a blink of an eye, the time for the round table battle has come.
On that day, Ip Man did not open a school to teach his disciples, and brought a dozen disciples to Denan Teahouse.
At this time, the entire hall of the teahouse was surrounded by Hong Zhennan. There was a huge round table in the middle of the hall, surrounded by upside-down wooden benches. On the outside were boxers and disciples from various martial arts halls in Xiangjiang.
These boxers sat on chairs and drank tea, and did not forget to brag with their apprentices.
"I have hit such a ring dozens of times before, but it's not a stool below, it's all a knife!"
After the boxer said that, the disciples around him all showed admiration, which was very funny.
Just as the boxers were whispering and bragging and fucking, Ip Man led his apprentices.
In the original movie, only Ip Man came in this roundtable battle, without bringing half of his disciples. But with Zuo Xiaoyou's intervention, Ip Man brought all his disciples this time.
In Zuo Xiaoyou's words: "It's better to let your juniors increase your knowledge."
The roundtable battle has to accept challenges from various sects. The competition must be very exciting. Ip Man thought that this was also an opportunity for his disciples to increase their knowledge, so he agreed to Zuo Xiaoyou's proposal.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the hall, Zuo Xiaoyou looked inside. Aji was waving at him: "Brother You."
Zuo Xiaoyou nodded with a smile. When he saw Aji, he saw Hong Zhennan and hurried over to say hello: "Brother Hong, please trouble you this time."
"What's your business." Hong Zhennan's eyes fell on Ip Man. With his demeanor, he could feel that Ip Man was a master.
"Is this your master Ip Man?"
"Yes." Zuo Xiaoyou immediately invited Ye Wen over and said, "Master, this is Bo Hong."
"Master Hong." Ip Man immediately bowed his fists and bowed.
Hong Zhennan stood up and replied: "Master Ye. Let me tell you the rules of the competition first. You have to stand on the table to accept the challenges of all the masters. If you surrender, you will lose, and if you fall outside the table, you will lose. After burning a stick of incense, if you are still standing on the table, you will pass."
"I understand." Ye Wen turned his head and looked at the masters of other martial arts schools. There were a bunch of crooked melons and cracked dates, which didn't look great.
Zuo Xiaoyou said, "Master, go up! My junior brothers and I are here to cheer for Master."
"Master, knock them down, Wing Chun is the strongest!" Huang Liang shouted.
"Hmm?" Everyone present frowned, and Hong Zhennan's face was not very good-looking.
"Shut up!" Zuo Xiaoyou slapped Huang Liang on the back of the head and scolded: "There is no strongest boxing technique in the world, only the strongest person! Don't underestimate other martial arts, every master here can hit you ten!"
"I……"
Huang Liang was not convinced and was still waiting to speak. Ye Wen stopped him: "Aliang, your senior brother is right. There is no strongest martial arts in the world, only the strongest people. Don't underestimate the people of the world."
"Yes, Master." Ip Man spoke. No matter how much Huang Liang felt wronged, he could only put it away and agreed with respect.
Ip Man went to the round table casually, but Hong Zhennan said to Zuo Xiaoyou who was standing beside him: "Ah You, you said it very well just now. There is no strongest boxing technique in the world, only the strongest person."
Zuo Xiaoyou said: "The strongest person in the Xiangjiang martial arts world should be Bo Hong. But my master is not bad either."
"Boy, I'll go up and beat your master up to the ground to look for your teeth. What else do you say?" Hong Zhennan chuckled.
"You'd better go up later! One stick of incense lasts too long, I'm afraid you won't have enough energy and will be beaten by my master."
"Stupid boy."
At first, Hong Zhennan was still disdainful, but after Ip Man easily defeated the two masters of the boxing gym, Hong Zhennan's face changed. He turned his head to look at Zuo Xiaoyou with a smile on his face, and said to himself: This kid did not lie to me. Ip Man is really strong.
"Who else is there any master to go up?" After the first two masters were beaten down, no third person went up for a long time. Hong Zhennan couldn't help but urge Cui. But the other masters looked at their noses and their noses, and no one went up.
waste!
After cursing in his heart, Hong Zhennan stood up and jumped onto the round table with great momentum. Without saying hello, he went up and went to a round of fast attacks, fighting with Ip Man.
The two of them fists and kicked each other very fiercely, and they were dazzled and stunned by the crowd under the table.
He was able to fight Hong Zhennan evenly... Who is this Ip Man?
Hong Zhennan and Ip Man fought for a while and then divided them into two sides, clasped their fists and bowed: "Master Ye."
"Master Hong."
"please!"
"please."
With a loud shout, the two fought again. Hong Fist opened and closed, and Hong Zhennan also shouted repeatedly; Wing Chun beat him in close combat, and Ip Man used all kinds of small pushing and blocking methods to resist Hong Zhennan's attack.
As Zuo Xiaoyou expected, Hong Zhennan's strength was actually a little stronger than Ip Man, but Hong Zhennan is older and has been suffering from illness in the past few years, which has led to his poor physical fitness. He could suppress Ip Man at the beginning, but as time went by, Hong Zhennan's physical strength decreased. Ip Man relied on his youth to gradually get back to his disadvantages, and he was equally matched with Hong Zhennan's killing.
If this continues, Hong Zhennan will sooner or later be KOed by Ip Man because of his physical strength decline. Fortunately, there is only one stick of incense for the round table. In addition, the time the two of them were delayed before, as Hong Zhennan and Ip Man stepped on the round table, the incense was burned out, and the two finally tied.
Amid the applause and cheers of the audience, Ip Man joined the Xiangjiang martial arts world without any controversy and could officially open a museum to teach his apprenticeship.
During the two of them, no one noticed a young man holding a camera and taking photos of the two of them fighting. So the next day, almost everyone in Xiangjiang knew that Wing Chun Ip Man came to Xiangjiang and tied with Hong Zhennan.
Chapter completed!