During the selection of the preliminary round of the martial arts competition, Xiao Long secretly investigated that most of the batches transported by Chen Zhao were rich resources of the empire, such as sand, salt, grain and grass, and iron ore, of which iron ore accounted for a lot. Xiao Long said secretly in his heart: Chen Zhao, this old fox, what are you doing with transporting these? What kind of medicine is sold in the old fox's gourd? What was the last time you messed up my precious granddaughter's restaurant? No matter what, I, Xiao Long, will definitely not let you get your wish comfortably.?

So Xiao Long secretly planted his eyeliner in Chen Zhao's transportation team, and Xiao Long also began to have an idea about the goods to be transported.......

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When the competition was carried out on the fourth day, the selection of the preliminary round had already had the results, because Nangong Xue was more fully prepared, and in the arrangement of the participants, Nangong Xue also made a full adjustment, so there was not much elimination during the preliminary selection. At least three-quarters of the personnel were still retained, Nangong Xue looked at the list of personnel after the preliminary competition, and whispered to herself: "This is really beyond my expectations, God, are you helping me?" Next is the direct knockout round. The finalists will be decided on the spot, so I'll have to think about the order of appearances. Strive to preserve a little more strength, otherwise the fewer people will fight, and the more passive the competition will be. ……。 ”

Nangong Xue was chattering while watching, and this Mo Yanyan and Yue Yingying were standing not far away and watching her quietly. At this time, Nangong Xue slightly felt as if someone was staring at her, so she subconsciously looked around. Even though Mo Yanyan and Yue Yingying subconsciously hid themselves, they were still discovered by Nangong Xue. Nangong Xue turned her head and pretended to be okay and continued to arrange the order of the next round, Nangong Xue was busy with the things at hand, and at the same time inadvertently figured out the two girls who were secretly watching her, and said secretly in her heart: "Those two girls are so strange, they seem to have been following me for a long time, and judging from their dress, they are different from us, what is the intention of following me like this?" ”

This Yue Yingying is an extremely careful person, and she is also a sensitive person, just when Nangong Xue turned her head to look around, she noticed that not only was she watching Nangong Xue alone, but another person was also watching, she looked at Mo Yanyan slightly with her residual eyes, and said silently in her heart: "Judging from the way she dresses, she should be from the desert." Judging from this outfit, his identity is by no means an idle person. Speaking of which, it seems that you should have seen it in the stands just now. Thinking of this, Yue Yingying tried her best to recall the order of the seats in the stands before and every face she saw when she was seated. Thinking about it, Yue Yingying suddenly said in her heart, "Is it difficult to ......?" She sat next to Khan before,......, yes! Why didn't I think of it? If she guessed correctly, she should be the daughter of the Khan, the princess of the desert - Mo Yanyan, right? Whatever her purpose, she was as interested in this girl as I was from a tracking point of view. It seems that this year's martial arts tournament is not in vain. ”

This Mo Yanyan is a person with a rough heart, but even if she has a big heart, she will become very persistent when she encounters things that interest her, in other words, she is the kind of person who does not stop until she reaches her goal. According to her past understanding of the Xuanwu Empire, it can be said that it is an empire where men are superior to women, and it is rare to be able to sit in the stands, "I heard my father say that the martial arts tournament will never let the princesses and concubines of the Xuanwu Empire come to watch, so that my father said that it is really a pity, but how can there be women to see this year?" Who the hell is she? ”

But then again, although Nangong Xue didn't care much about the two of them, she still felt a little uncomfortable being stared at from a distance like this. Even if she wanted to wait and see what happened, Mo Yanyan and Yue Yingying stared at them too closely, so she finally couldn't hold back, so she quickly turned around and walked quickly to the middle of them with three steps and two steps, these two people saw Nangong Xue come to her so quickly, they were taken aback at first, and then thought about hiding, trying to pretend to be a passerby A passerby B so that Nangong Xue would not find herself, but Nangong Xue saw that they were trying their best to hide themselves, so she intercepted straight to the point: " You two must be tired from being with me like this, aren't you? Today's sun is so poisonous, do you also want to take a little saliva and rest? ”

Having said that, the two of them still wanted to continue to cover it up, and they didn't directly deal with Nangong Xue, the two of them immediately turned their heads to look at the small goods in the small stall next to them, pretending to be passers-by, casually asking the price of the small goods, but they had no intention of buying them. Nangong Xue saw that the two of them were still covering up like this, so she directly came to a radical method, turned around and raised her feet to leave, these two people saw that Nangong Xue was leaving, so they hurriedly put down the small goods in their hands and turned around to continue to follow, Nangong Xue suddenly turned around at this moment, and arrested these two people at once, she smiled slightly, and said lightly: "I caught you right, see how you still hide it?" Who are the two of you? What is the purpose of tracking me? ”

As soon as Mo Yanyan saw that she had been caught, she no longer forcibly covered it up, and she couldn't do this kind of work well, so she straightened her clothes and replied to herself: "Since you found out, then I have nothing to hide, I am from the vast desert, I am the princess of the Fanmeng Empire located in the desert, my name is Mo Yanyan." I'm curious to follow you all the time, because as far as I know, your country hardly allows any women to sit in the stands to watch the tournament at the tournament, but this year it ....... So I'm curious. You won't be too...... Princess, right? Are you begging to come to see the tournament? ”

After hearing Mo Yanyan's straightforward and frank questioning, Nangong Xue smiled faintly, and then replied respectfully: "It turned out to be the princess of the desert, disrespectful and disrespectful, please forgive the lower official for being presumptuous just now." There are many offenses, please forgive them. Returning to the princess, Xia Guan is not a princess, just an ordinary official, because there are many matters in this martial arts competition, so Xia Guan has been ordered to take charge of some things. That's why it's on the stand. ”

Female officer? This made Yue Yingying, who was standing on the side, shocked for a while. Because in her understanding, the Xuanwu Empire will hardly let women be officials, although there will be female students in the academy, it is also because she doesn't want everyone to be illiterate, and now the living female officials of the Xuanwu Empire are standing in front of her, which makes her really uncomfortable. So she couldn't help but think: "Could it be that the emperor of the Xuanwu Empire has finally discovered that women can also be powerful." ”

Mo Yanyan didn't think too much when she heard Nangong Xue's explanation, and she didn't want to be as suspicious as Yue Yingying, but as soon as she heard that it was a female official, her eyes lit up, and her expression became extremely adoring in an instant. She took Nangong Xue's hand and said excitedly: "Female official! Isn't that remarkable? You're so young, you look like you're about my age and you're an official. You're so enviable. You know? The youngest of us are in their twenties, and of course there are very few female officers, and even fewer are young like you. ”

After hearing Mo Yanyan's praise, Nangong Xue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, she gently brushed the bun of her sideburns, smiled faintly, and said humbly: "I have won awards." In fact, Xiaguan is not as good as the princess said, but Xiaguan has done something within his ability. ”

After replying to Mo Yanyan's words, Nangong Xue turned around and asked Yue Yingying respectfully: "After chatting for a long time, the official hasn't asked for this person's name?" I don't know why you followed the lower officials? ”

Yue Yingying tidied up her clothes a little and said lightly: "I am Yue Yingying, the holy daughter of the Western Regions Earth Temple. The purpose of following you all the time is the same as that of the desert princess, because of curiosity. ”

"...... the Western Regions Earth Temple?" Mo Yanyan seemed to be a little familiar when she heard it, and repeated it lightly. Yue Yingying said: "What? What questions do you have? ”

Being asked by Yue Yingying like this, Mo Yanyan was suddenly as surprised as if she had figured out something: "I remember, the Earth Temple of the Western Regions should be the Earth Temple that rules the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions, right?" ”

Yue Yingying nodded calmly and said, "Exactly." ”

"Oh my God!" Mo Yanyan couldn't help but exclaim, "I heard my father talk about it a long time ago, and when I was timid, I admired it very much when I didn't see it at all. The Holy Maiden is on the same level as our Khan. It's really a blessing to see you today. This year's martial arts tournament is really fruitful. Not only did I watch the martial arts feast, but I also got to know two special friends. ”

"Friends?" Yue Yingying was obviously a little dazed when she heard it, because the word friend seemed very unfamiliar to her in the past ten years.

"That's right!" Mo Yanyan said confirmedly, "As the saying goes, once you are born and twice you are ripe, and now you have reported your home, even if you know each other, won't you be like a friend next time you are expected to meet?" Why don't you want to be friends with us? ”

When Mo Yanyan said this, Yue Yingying was even more at a loss. I don't know how to answer. Nangong Xue, who was standing between them, was a little uncomfortable with Mo Yanyan's boldness, and she looked at Mo Yanyan in a daze, and she didn't know what to say.

When Mo Yanyan saw these two blank faces, she suddenly felt a little cute in her heart, so she smiled and quipped, "Can you two not look at me like this?" Feelings, don't you two want to get to know each other at all and make friends? Isn't it good to make more friends? ”

"That's not bad." Nangong Xue replied, "It's just that it came a little suddenly, and I haven't fully reacted yet." One minute ago, Xia Guan thought it was ......, so what kind of tracking, and the next minute he turned into friends, and the two identities were so noble, Xia Guan was a little unattainable for a while. During this period, if the two of you need to go to the lower office, the lower official will definitely help. ……。 ”

"Uh-huh." Mo Yanyan listened to Nangong Xue's official tone, and was a little impatient to listen for a while, so she interrupted repeatedly, "Don't play the official tone, and don't say polite words, I don't like to listen to it." If you want to be friends, you can be happy, and if you don't want to, you can part ways. ”

Looking at Mo Yanyan's displeasure, Nangong Xue hurriedly made amends and said, "Princess Mo Qi, the lower official is just saying that it is smooth." If you don't like to listen to the lower officials, just don't say it. Of course, it's good to be friends, this can be had, and Xia Guan is very willing to make friends with the two of you. As long as you two don't dislike it. Speaking of which, I forgot to introduce myself to the lower officials, my name is Nangong Xue, and I am still studying in the academy. ”

"Still reading?" Mo Yanyan couldn't help but be curious, "Then how old are you now?" ”

"Returning to the princess." Nangong Xue replied respectfully, "Xia Guan has just turned fourteen years old. ”

After hearing Nangong Xue's answer, Mo Yanyan and Yue Yingying couldn't help but look at Nangong Xue in surprise, and after a while, Mo Yanyan said slowly: "I can't see that you are still so young, so to put it mildly, if you put aside the shackles of official rank, you should call me sister." After speaking, she paused and turned her head to Yue Yingying and asked, "Yingying, what about you?" Can you tell us more about your age? ”

Yue Yingying replied lightly: "Nineteen years old in another month." ”

As soon as Yue Yingying's words fell, Mo Yanyan was surprised again: "It's really a coincidence, I am the same age and the same month as you. I'm also 19 years old in a month, I don't know what day you are? ”

Yue Yingying looked at Mo Yanyan, who was surprised, and said calmly: "I can't see that the princess of the dignified desert is still a person who checks her household registration." The question was really detailed. ”

"What a joke for you." Mo Yanyan was asked by Yue Yingying, and hurriedly defended, "I just asked here in a hurry, if you don't want to say, I won't ask, you just don't hear anything." With all due respect. ”

Yue Yingying saw that Mo Yanyan apologized to her, so she silently stopped saying anything. only replied lightly: "Forget it." ”

Nangong Xue looked at this awkward atmosphere, so she hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Okay, since everyone has already known each other, why don't we go to have a meal together." Let's talk about it again. ”

"Okay!" Mo Yanyan hurriedly replied, "Then where to eat?" I'm not familiar with this place. ”

"Since I came to the capital of the Xuanwu Empire, then I will do my landlord's friendship." Nangong Xue said, "If you don't dislike it, please go to a place with me to have a good meal." ”

"Okay, you lead the way." Mo Yanyan said.

Yue Yingying, who was on the side, also said lightly when she saw it: "I'm casual." Anything. ”

"Then I'll go and prepare the carriage, and if you don't mind, you can deign to go with me in my carriage?" Nangong Xue said.

Mo Yanyan and Yue Yingying said in unison: "Yes." ”

"Okay!" After getting the permission of the two, Nangong Xue went to prepare the carriage. After a while, the three men got into the carriage and galloped away.