Chapter 21: The Arena

  Huo Yuanjia?

  As soon as he thought of Huo Yuanjia's name, Wang Hengyue suddenly had a smile on his face, and he remembered who this Opi was!

  This American, called "Opiyuan", was he not going to perform at the Apollo Theatre on Sichuan North Road in Shanghai every day, challenging Chinese people? As a result, Huo Yuanjia heard the news and rushed to Shanghai to respond. Upon hearing Huo Yuanjia's name, wasn't Opiyuan so scared that he ran away quietly overnight?

  If it's really him, what is he doing in Sichuan?

  Curiosity arose, Wang Hengyue pointed and said: "Pete, Liu Sihai you two come with me to take a look, the rest of you continue recruiting here!"

  "Sir, I also want to go and take a look at the excitement."

  It was Yu Lei, Wang Hengyue thought for a moment and nodded.

  Arrived at the south of the city, as expected, it was crowded with people, extremely lively, and I'm afraid more than half of the people from Rong County had come.

  In the front, a piece of empty land was pulled out and a circle was drawn with lime powder, which was considered as "the arena". A foreigner with broad shoulders and strong physique, who seemed to be Opiyon, was fighting with a Chinese man.

  Apu's physique was robust and powerful, but his body movements were slow. The Chinese man who was fighting him landed several punches on Apu, but Apu seemed to feel nothing at all, relying on his strong build.

  The Chinese martial artist punched Opi again, but Opi let out a loud roar and didn't dodge or evade, instead punching the Chinese martial artist's face with a "thud".

  This punch was full of weight, the Chinese martial artist let out a miserable cry, took several steps back, and crashed to the ground. His mouth, eyes, and nose were all covered in blood, he struggled to get up with great effort but ultimately couldn't muster the strength, and fainted dead away.

  Outside the circle, there was a burst of astonishment, and everyone sighed endlessly.

  Everyone on the side was discussing: "This is the third one, ah, almost won"

  "The foreign devil is acting wildly, is it really impossible for anyone to defeat him?"

  "Even Long Xiaoyun, the best fighter in the Long family, lost. Who else can beat those foreign devils?"

  Listening to the discussions around him, Wang Hengyue walked up to Yang Fangyun and asked in a low voice, "Fangyun, you've practiced martial arts, can you beat this foreign devil?"

  Yang Fangyun sneered: "The foreign devil has great strength, his punches are powerful, and his footsteps are solid, but he's not agile when turning around. As long as we drag it out, in just one minute, he'll be done for! Fang Yun can win!"

  "Good!" Wang Hengyue patted Yang Fangyun's shoulder with force: "Later you fight him, and make our Chinese people's spirit soar!"

  Yu Lei shouted repeatedly as he parted the crowd: "Make way, make way! The newly arrived team officer Wang Hengyue Wang has arrived!"

  Out of ten people in a crowd, nine have never heard of Wang Hengyue. Thinking that the other party's officer didn't know how old he was either, they parted ways voluntarily.

  Walking out of the circle, Opi's translator walked over and said haughtily: "Commander Wang has come to the arena, what instructions do you have?"

  "How is this arena going to be fought?" Wang Hengyue rolled his eyes.

  "A registration fee of one or two silver coins, and if you win, you can take away a hundred silver coins!" Translation Li said nonchalantly.

  "Damn it, foreigners are really cheap!" Wang Hengyu cursed, making the translator angry enough to choke. The ordinary people didn't know, but he was very clear that the team officer was at most just a company commander in the foreign army, and yet he was so arrogant!

  Pete exclaimed excitedly: "We're going to play drums too!"

  As soon as he saw that Officer Wang had a foreigner by his side, the interpreter's expression suddenly became much more humble: "May I ask who wants to fight in the arena?"

  Wang Hengyue was just about to call out Yang Fangyun when someone on the side suddenly shouted loudly:

  "It's our own Wang Hengyue, Master Wang, who will take the stage!"

  Wang Hengyue heard it in his ears, his eyes widened in shock, and when he looked up at the side, the one who called out was none other than Yu Lei!

  On the other side, Opiyin was also staring at Wang Hengyu with disdain in his eyes. Wang Hengyu, who was about 1.78 meters tall, was already considered tall, but compared to Opiyin, he was half a head shorter, and his physique was not as strong as Opiyin's, how could he win?

  Yang Fangyun and Pete were also stunned, but Yu Lei ignored Wang Hengyue's disdainful gaze and continued to shout loudly: "How can foreigners be arrogant in my Rong County! My husband Wang is a national soldier, he should dedicate himself to the country, defeat the foreign devils, win glory for Rong County, and bring honor to Sichuan people! General Wang is mighty, mighty!"

  The crowd at the scene was already shouting in unison: "For the honor of Rong County, for the glory of Sichuan people! Great King, mighty and powerful!"

  Wang Hengyue was so angry that he wanted to tear Yu Lei into pieces, but in front of so many people, how could he do it? Seeing the crowd surging forward like a mighty wave, he gritted his teeth and said:

  "Not bad, this is exactly what I, the great one, want to see!"

  It's unbelievable that there are so many officials in the Qing court, civil and military officers, who would be willing to come to the arena themselves?

  After being stunned for a long time, he finally said slowly: "Officer Wang, you must think carefully, this platform is where we sign the life and death contract. If anything happens to you, your country's imperial court cannot come to trouble us!"

  Your "Honorable Court", are you a foreign devil? Your Yulei, I'll skin you alive when I get back! Wang Hengyue cursed the translator and Yulei in his heart, then calmly said:

  "If I were to beat your master to death, you'd better not come looking for trouble!"

  Yu Lei said on one side: "Today's weather is already late, my family's adults go back to handle official business, and tomorrow at this time, meet here on time!"

  Wang Hengyue listened and suddenly thought of a story, waving his hand to quiet the crowd: "This official will tell you a story."

  When they heard that this "adult" was going to tell a story, the crowd quieted down. All they could hear was Wang Hengyue saying slowly:

  "It was said that Qianlong and Liu Yong were discussing matters in the imperial study when suddenly, from outside, came the sound of frogs croaking. Qianlong intentionally asked Liu Yong what this noise was. Liu Yong thought for a moment, knowing that Qianlong wanted to make him look foolish, and replied that it was students reading books. Qianlong asked why he couldn't understand their words if they were studying. Liu Yong quickly responded that it wasn't students from our country, but rather students from England, so Your Majesty wouldn't be able to understand their language."

  The people around him had already burst out laughing, and Wang was now scolding the British as being a bunch of toads.

  Wang Hengyue continued in a serious tone: "Qianlong had Liu Yong bring the British people, but after a while, Liu Yong returned with a turtle instead of a frog. Qianlong was furious, but Liu Yong calmly said, 'Your Majesty, the students have already left, so I brought their interpreter.'"

  A loud crash was followed by a burst of laughter from the side.

  His face turned blue and white in turns, but he could only listen with his eyes wide open as the other person scolded him to be a turtle egg, completely helpless.

  Wang Hengyue burst out laughing and waved his hand: "Go, I'll come to challenge this arena in two days!"

  The common people again raised a cheer: "We will come back tomorrow to help you, sir!"

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