Outside the courtyard, the atmosphere was awkward, and the five outer disciples were at a loss, looking elsewhere to avoid looking at others.

This game is very subtle.

The subtle thing is that although the five people discussed together, they wrote their names on the bamboo sticks in the cottage alone and handed them over to Pharmacist Li Kui. During the discussion, everyone was together, but when they handed over the bamboo sticks, others could not see the result, which led to countless possibilities.

Try and form a few people, exclude and fight against another person. It is said well, but stabbed the knife in the back?

In this way, there are too many possibilities to calculate and there is not enough brain.

Even though Zhang Tieniu's martial arts talent in the lower Dantian was extremely strong, Yang Caizhi was smart and was extremely cautious at this time and did not dare to speak randomly to offend people.

Because anyone who dares to offend others, as long as someone writes his name in anger, the person will be finished immediately and be eliminated.

It may even be that who exposed the strongest strength and the most threatening. Others may join forces to vote for him and kill the strongest opponent as soon as possible.

No one can understand the thoughts of others at this moment, and they are worried that at this critical moment, they will be stabbed in the back.

The only way to break the deadlock is to quit someone voluntarily and everyone voted for him together. This is the only way for the five people to not openly break up.

But this possibility does not exist.

The five outer disciples were all from poor backgrounds, and joining the Medicine King Gang was just a good future. No one was willing to destroy their future and took the initiative to eliminate them and went to the mailbox.

Among the five halls of the Medicine King Gang, the status of the Servant Hall is the lowest, and the future is also the dimest. The disciples of the Servant Hall cannot receive teachings from their masters anymore, but also have to earn money to support themselves and earn money to buy martial arts secrets and medicine books.

A traitor disciple who makes a living by doing odd jobs is busy making a living, and he has no hope of becoming a majestic hero in the world in the second half of his life and realizing his dream of being a sarcastic gangster.

With such serious consequences, naturally no one will be willing to be eliminated first.

...

Su Chen was silent, suddenly browsed and his ears were pricked up as if listening to the conversation between the master and Wang Fugui in the courtyard.

The outside of the yard is about ten feet away from the stone table in the yard. With his extraordinary perception and excellent hearing, he naturally heard the conversation between Li Kui and Wang Fugui.

Su Chen was shocked and his whole body was filled with coldness.

He never knew that in his heart, Pharmacist Li Kui only regarded the five outer disciples as tools of coolies, and only Wang Fugui, the inner disciple, was regarded as his own disciple.

Even though Yang Caizhi, Zhang Tieniu and others tried their best to please Li Kui every day, Zhang Tieniu was reluctant to eat the bacon and used it to respect his master, but Li Kui still regarded them as nothing.

This made Su Chen feel extremely angry and sad, but helpless.

Yang Caizhi's mind was quickly turned around. He soon thought of a relatively safe plan. He immediately looked at the other four brothers pitifully, and suddenly his eyes turned red, he fell to the ground, and burst into tears with sadness.

"I'm really hard! I was originally a rich and well-known child from Gusu County, but my father failed to pass the exam for twenty years. He spent all the money accumulated by several generations of his family and lost his family's fortune. He had to go to the store to work as a accountant, and suffered all the rolling eyes and ridicule from neighbors.

My father sent me to the Medicine King Gang, hoping that I could make a name for myself and revive my Yang family’s home! If I am eliminated today, if I have the face to go back to see my father, I might as well jump into the river and die!”

Yang Caizhi rolled on the ground and was covered in mud, his nose and tears, and he cried so much that he was so sad.

All the brothers were shocked. Seeing Yang Caizhi's miserable and desperate appearance, he couldn't help feeling compassion.

But they were not stupid, and they soon woke up. Yang Caizhi cried and rolled around and was clearly sympathizing, hoping that others would not write his name on the bamboo stick.

At this time, the more we show weakness, the more pitiful it becomes, and it is less likely to be eliminated among the five.

Zhang Tieniu quickly pretended to be pitiful and begged to other senior brothers and sisters, saying that he was a lowly butcher, and his father had killed pigs for more than ten years. He finally sent him to the Medicine King Gang, hoping to have a chance, and hoped that the senior brothers would show mercy and not vote for him.

Qin Huihui seemed a little restrained and couldn't let go. She was embarrassed to ask for help, but just begged for others.

Kong Xinqiao didn't say anything, and started crying pitifully.

Finally, the four of them seemed to find that only Su Chen was left silently and did not speak. They couldn't help but look at Su Chen expectingly, hoping that a miracle would happen.

Su Chen couldn't help but stared at him. Why did the four of them look at him together? Do they all think he would quit on his own initiative? I'm thinking too much!

All four of them looked very miserable. Could it be that he was more miserable than his natural illness of premature death, almost sold himself as a slave, and forced to run away from home, and almost miserable to the fishermen on the streets of the county town? Compared with miserable, that is also the worst of his miserableness. What reason should he take the initiative to give in?

Su Chen hugged his arms, feeling funny and angry.

Yang Caizhi and the other four were suddenly disappointed. It seemed that no one of the five was willing to withdraw voluntarily. The only way left was to try to win over "allies" and attack each other.

Seeing that they were all trying their best to win over them, Su Chen couldn't help but sigh when he saw that they were all trying their best to win over them and convinced the other brothers.

We are all classmates and have lived under the same roof for half a year. After all, there is a love between the elder brothers and sisters. How can we let Li Kui and Wang Fugui watch a lively scene where the elder brothers turn against each other and become enemies for nothing?

Su Chen thought for a while and couldn't help but raise an idea and said, "After all, we are a match between brothers and sisters. No matter who votes for whom the bamboo stick, it will make our brothers turn against each other. Those who are eliminated will definitely hold a grudge against others for the rest of their lives, and there will be no brothers to do in the future. So we can't write this bamboo stick, so why not just hand in the free sign! Let the master pick one of us out of us and eliminate it!"

Zhang Tieniu showed surprise, scratched his head in embarrassment, and waved his hand, "No, no! The master said that a name must be written on the bamboo stick, and he must not be given a blank sign. If we do this, it will violate the master's order and will definitely anger the master."

"Yes! Master hates us to disobey orders the most. If we don't follow what he told me, he will get angry. Maybe all five of us will be punished together and will be demoted to the mailbox. At that time, everyone will be even more unlucky!"

Yang Caizhi wiped away his tears and shook his head quickly.

It would be too risky to let him disobey Master Li Kui's orders and give him ten courage. This is too risky, so it would be better to pick one of the five people and eliminate them.

Qin Huihui and Kong Xinqiao also opposed it. After following the master for half a year, they all knew Master Li Kui's temper. He valued his own majesty the most. He always said the same thing and did not allow his disciples to say a word. Otherwise, it would be a harsh reprimand and a lot of punishment.

Only Su Chen dared to think about this idea of ​​disobeying his master's orders.

Seeing that they didn't dare, Su Chen quickly came up with another idea and said, "That's better. Each of us wrote our own name on the bamboo stick and returned the bamboo stick to the master. The five flags each wrote a name, which neither violated the master's order nor hurt the friendship between our brothers. In the end, let the master designate to eliminate one of us. If you choose who you want to choose, everyone will have no complaints, and they will be good brothers and sisters in the future!"

"this..."

"This is OK?"

The apprentices were stunned.

The idea is quite fresh, but the result is not the same!

It just changed the method, which did not cause the brothers to fight back against each other, nor did it explicitly disobey the master's order. But the ultimate goal was to let the master make the decision to eliminate him...but this method was more tactful and a little bit suspicious of being indifferent.

Yang Caizhi, Zhang Tieniu, Qin Huihui, Kong Xinqiao and others were all a little guilty, afraid that Master Li Kui would see through this, so they whispered to see if there was any other way.

However, no one could come up with a better idea than this, so in the end he could only agree with the ideas proposed by Su Chen and write down his name on the bamboo stick.

...

After the discussion, the five of them returned to the courtyard, entered the house one after another and took a bamboo stick, wrote a name on the bamboo stick, and then handed the bamboo stick to the pharmacist Li Kui who was sitting on the stone pier beside the stone table.

Su Chen regretted that although his hearing was very strong, he was a little far apart and could only hear the rustling sounds of writing in the house. He could not tell who the name was written on the bamboo stick.

Su Chen couldn't hear it, so he stopped thinking about it and waited patiently for the result.

After the five outer disciples finished, they stood respectfully in front of Pharmacist Li Kui with their hands hanging down, waiting for Master Li Kui to make the final elimination decision.

Li Kui looked at the five bamboo sticks in his hand indifferently.

Each sign has a person's name written on it.

But the name above is very different from what he originally expected.

It can even be said that he did not expect such a result in advance.

Pharmacist Li Kui looked up and swept the five people indifferently, as if he was calculating something, but there was no trace of abnormal expression on his cold face.

He didn't speak for half a incense stick.

The outer disciples were extremely nervous and puzzled. Master Li Kui did not show any sign of anger. Could it be that he did not see through the intentions of the five of them?

"Su Chen stayed, I have a few words to explain to my teacher. Everyone else has dispersed!"

Li Kui was silent for a long time and finally said calmly.

"I?"

Su Chen's brow jumped sharply.

Pharmacist Li Kui had no warning or reason, leaving him alone to speak, which means... he was the first apprentice to be eliminated by his master.

Wang Fugui and Li Jiao were both surprised.

Su Chen was eliminated first?

Although they could not predict which outer disciple would be eliminated by Master Li Kui first, Su Chen has always been low-key and the chance of being eliminated is actually not high.

Among the five disciples of this outer sect, how many of them voted for Su Chen and asked the master to eliminate him without saying a word?

But Master Li Kui said nothing and only let Su Chen stay.

Yang Caizhi, Zhang Tieniu, Qin Huihui, Kong Xinqiao and other four outer disciples also showed a look of shock. They didn't understand why Master Li Kui eliminated Su Chen without saying a word, but they did not dare to question it.

The disciples of the inner and outer sects did not dare to stay, and left the courtyard one after another.

Only Su Chen was left in the courtyard, facing Master Li Kui alone.

Pharmacist Li Kui flipped through the five bamboo sticks in his hand, his eyes were indifferent but strange, looking at Su Chen.

The atmosphere in the courtyard was strange.

Su Chen bent his back slightly, feeling a little cold on his body, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

"Su Chen, among the five outer disciples taught by his teacher, you have always been the most steady and calm one, and your scheming is still above Yang Caizhi. Let's guess, how many of the five bamboo sticks written by the brothers and sisters of the same sect wrote your name?"

Li Kui said slowly.

Su Chen's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he said intimately that something was wrong.
Chapter completed!