Zhou Xuan carefully identified them again, and the three green-backed crickets were ranked. Two of them were lieutenant generals, and one was actually a powerful major general! To know that "Little General Zhang Bao" is considered fierce, but it's only a colonel level, above colonel is senior colonel, and above senior colonel is lieutenant general, two levels higher, just like Guan Yu fighting Hua Xiong, where one strike kills one.

  Lin Han Yun was also shocked and her mouth opened wide. She didn't have Zhou Xuan's eyesight, but she could still see the colors. Three green-backed crickets were too powerful.

  Qing Xiao Wenshi introduced: "The names of these three insects are 'Hu Chi Xu Chu', 'He Dong Xu Huang' and 'Yi Yang Wei Yan'."

  Wu Kuan's fat son's cricket was called "General Xu Huan", now this lean scholar named one of his junior general crickets "He Dong Xu Huan", it turned out to be for Wu Pangzi.

  Zhou Xuan Zan said: "Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, very good, very powerful! Since you want to fight insects, you must be betting, how do you bet?"

  Qing Suo Wenshi said: "Three rounds, two wins, I win, I want your store and another thing. If I lose, I'll leave 500 taels of gold." After speaking, he let the follower take off his backpack and took out ten glittering gold bars, dazzling everyone's eyes.

  One liang of gold is worth about ten liangs of silver, so five hundred liangs of gold is equivalent to five thousand liangs of silver, which is 2.5 million yuan. What a temptation! But can this gold be won?

  Zhou Xuan thought to himself, "This guy has got my family figured out like the back of his hand. The 'Super Autumn War Hall' is worth a thousand two silver coins, and then there's that zither of mine, Lin Hanyu offered four thousand two silver coins for it, adding up to five thousand two silver coins in total. This guy wants me to go bankrupt all at once! He must be someone Wu Pangzi and his son have hired specifically to deal with me, how ruthless!"

  All the guests in the hall looked at Zhou Xuan, some with sympathetic eyes, some with schadenfreude, some who didn't care about the matter and were just waiting to see the excitement, others...

  "How about it, dare to bet? If you don't dare, then hand over this signboard to me now. I won't smash your signboard, just change two words and that's all, 'Super' changed to 'Low-level'." The thin and weak scholar's voice was a bit sharp and piercing.

  "Super Autumn War Hall" should be changed to "Low-level Autumn War Hall", how can this store still operate, it will become a laughing stock in the Jiangzhou insect world.

  Lin Han Yun was furious: "You're deceiving people too much, do you know who I am?"

  A hint of disdain flashed in the eyes of the slender scholar, who said lightly: "I know you, the famous Miss Lin Er. You're very arrogant and domineering, but the rules of the insect fight were set by His Majesty the Emperor himself. From royalty to commoners, everyone must follow these rules. Do you think you can use the power of the Du Hu Fu to intimidate me, Miss Lin?"

  This lean and thin scholar's words are sharp, Lin Han is no match for him, getting angry to the point of jumping up and down.

  Zhou Xuan took a deep breath and spat out one word: "Gambling."

  The slender scholar looked at Zhou Xuan with a glance, nodded and said: "Please let your insect make an appearance."

  Zhou Xuan advanced to the rear courtyard to fetch insects, Lin Hanyin followed and asked: "What can we use to fight him? We only have Zhang Hei, and it's unlikely that we'll win. Won't we definitely lose in three rounds?"

  Zhou Xuan said: "Lose and lose, head can be cut off blood can flow but dignity cannot be lost, fight to the end."

  Lin Hanwen patted Zhou Xuan on the back and praised: "Well done, like a real man! Don't be afraid, even if you lose everything and become penniless, I'll still be here for you. I'll put up the money to help you open another store."

  "Don't think I've lost for sure, there's still a chance, of course, that also requires a bit of luck."

  Lin Han saw Zhou Xuan so calm and thought he had another good bug, full of expectation. When Zhou Xuan brought out the two insect jars, ah, one was just "Little General Zhang Bao", that's okay. The other one turned out to be that accompanying hook head!

  Lin Han Yun was stunned: "You, you're going to use this to compete with others?"

  Zhou Xuan said: "And your Zhang Hei, three versus three, our chances of winning are probably slightly over one percent."

  Lin Han Yun hung her head in grief and carried "Zhang Huan" back to the outer hall, where six insect jars were placed together.

  Zhou Xuan also introduced: "The names of these three insects are 'Famous General Zhang Heng', 'Little General Zhang Bao' and 'Shu General Liao Hua'."

  Zhou Xuan temporarily gave the name "Shu General Liao Hua" to Kou Tou, also expressing his deep feelings about the lack of great generals in Shu and Liao Hua being the vanguard.

  The slender scholar looked at him and smiled slightly, saying: "Then let's begin."

  Zhou Xuan said: "Wait a minute, I have something to say - since the insect fight is in three rounds, then one round per day, this way it's more suspenseful and exciting. Finishing all at once is too boring."

  The lean scholar thought for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, I'll let you drag it out for two more days." He bowed to the crowd: "You are all witnesses; the duel is between these six insects only, no substitutions allowed."

  Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, I won't change the general. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't find another one. Do you think this Greenbacked Mantis is easy to find?"

  The slender scholar asked: "Today's first match, which insect will you send out?"

  Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "This is temporarily confidential, it will be clear when the time comes."

  The lean scholar sneered and thought: "You only have these three tricks up your sleeve, what else can you play?"

  Everyone rushed to the small insect fighting arena in the back row of houses, and the young shopkeeper came to ask Zhou Xuan if he wanted to let the insect friends place bets.

  Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "No need to, in a duel with such a huge difference in strength, the betting is always one-sided. With odds like this, we'll lose money."

  Lin Han Yun pulled Zhou Xuan aside and asked in a low voice, "Who are you planning to let go first?"

  Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "It's a secret."

  Lin Han Yun twisted his arm: "Keep it a secret from me, speak quickly."

  Zhou Xuan retorted: "According to Vice President Lin's high vision, who should make the first move?"

  "Of course it's Zhang Heng, as long as we don't run into the tiger-like Xu Chu, our Zhang Heng can definitely win a battle."

  "That makes sense, let Zhang Fei go first, it's the first battle after all, even if we lose, we have to show some momentum."

  Lin Han Yun saw Zhou Xuan adopt her suggestion and nodded in satisfaction, saying: "Listening to an old man's words won't be wrong."

  The first battle of Bug War concerning Zhou Xuan's entire family fortune has begun.

  On a long, low table were placed six earthenware jars in two rows facing each other, with a round washbasin in the middle, and Old Master Feng from the "Wind and Clouds Pavilion" acting as judge.

  Mr. Feng shouted: "Please show your insects from both sides."

  Zhou Xuan and that thin scholar simultaneously pushed out one of their own ceramic jars from the row, indicating that the cricket in this jar would go to battle.

  Mr. Feng said in a drawn-out tone: "Release the insect into the box."

  Two crickets almost simultaneously entered the fighting box, and the lean Wen Shi sent out a majestic eight-faced general-level fierce insect "Tiger Crazy Xu Chu".

  Lin Hanyin, who was stopped outside the fence and looked like a spectator, exclaimed. She wasn't scared by "Tiger Fan Qiu", but saw that Zhou Xuan had released the hook-headed dog with missing whiskers and crooked teeth, also known as "Shu Jiang Liao Hua". Lin Hanyin was so angry that she rushed towards Zhou Xuan, waving her fists.

  The lean scholar was taken aback, and sneered: "Does Tian Ji's horse racing strategy have any use?" He wasn't unaware that Zhou Xuan might send out the weakest "Shu General Liao Hua", but after careful consideration, he still sent out his strongest "Tiger Madman Xu Zhu". This was because he was worried that if Zhou Xuan's side sent out "Famous General Zhang He", then their own "He Dong Xu Huang" and "Yi Yang Wei Yan" wouldn't have a guaranteed win. This was the first match, they had to win, this was momentum. In front of truly powerful strength, any strategy is useless.

  A lean and gaunt scholar thought to himself: "Xu Chu defeated Liao Hua, although the victory was not impressive. But in the next two battles, I am not afraid either. My Xu Huang and Wei Yan are slightly better than his Zhang Huai, and as for that Zhang Bao, he is just a mediocre general."

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  "Liao Hua" goes into battle with a sorrowful soldier's demeanor, let's vote and cheer him on!

  In these three uneven battles, how can Zhou Xuan fight for victory?

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