105 Pre-War Appetizers
In a daze, I woke up to the third pole of the day.
Li Liang was stunned, Tengyi came in and said, "The prince sent someone to summon you into the palace, I don't know what's going on?" ”
Li Liang stretched his waist, only to feel that his spirit and physical fitness were at the peak, and he hurriedly bathed and changed his clothes, and entered the palace to see the driver.
Ying Zheng met in the study as usual, and there were also Changping Jun and Li Si.
Ying Zheng said: "Five days later, for the beginning of spring, the widow decided to go to the Weihe Spring Festival on the same day, and there is no problem with the black dragon of Taifu!" ”
Li Liang said: "Everything is ready, as long as you know the location of the river sacrifice, you can make arrangements in advance." ”
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and he sighed again and said: "There is still the Queen Mother's pass that is the most difficult to pass, and it seems that it will not be possible to make some deals with her." ”
Li Si said: "The most important thing is to grasp the military power, and let him take one and a half steps for the rest, it should be fine." ”
Ying Zheng said bitterly: "As long as I think of giving the false eunuch the title of marquis, the widow will be unconvinced first, and now that the queen mother has arrived in Ganquan Palace, the widow knows nothing about the affairs between her and Miao Poison." ”
Chang Pingjun comforted: "If there is any change in Miao Poison, Mao Jiao will secretly communicate the news, please rest assured." ”
Ying Zheng said angrily: "How can the widow let go of his heart, now the court traitors are everywhere, everyone has different intentions, if it weren't for this black dragon, he would simply summon them all into the palace, kill them all in one go, and then find a way to clean up the mess." ”
Changping Jun saw that he was angry on his head, and he dared to speak.
Li Liang said with a smile: "Chu Jun is angry, don't forget that we still have a ring competition, as long as we find a name to challenge and kill Zhou Ziheng and others." You can rearrange the commander of the Metropolitan Guard. ”
Ying Zheng was discouraged, and after discussing the details of the black dragon, everyone resigned one after another.
When Li Liang and Chang Pingjun left. They all feel that the majesty of this growing little prince is increasing day by day, and he has the momentum of not being angry, and when he is angry, of course, it makes people shudder. Even Li Liang, the person who "watched him grow up", feels this way, and the feelings of others can be imagined.
When he returned to the National Teacher's Palace, he heard Jing Jun hurriedly come to report: "It turns out that Cao Qiudao has already arrived, and he is sandwiched in the envoy group sent by the Qi people to congratulate Lü Buwei on his birthday. It is said that Lu Thief has entered the palace to meet the prince and the queen mother, and is ready to lobby them to take over and preside over the final of the ring challenge. Tomorrow, there may be a large number of martial artists on the field to consume the strength of the national teacher......"
Li Liang smiled: "It doesn't matter, don't you know the efficacy of the Taoist health preservation method I taught you." No matter how many people come, it's just a warm-up for me, so whatever they can do. They will know, in absolute strength. Any conspiracy means will pale in comparison. ”
Jing Jun bowed his head in admiration and excitedly left.
There is no one who knows Li Liang's "true" strength better than the people in the National Teacher's Palace. can only be described as "bottomless", Jing Jun, Tengyi, Twenty-four Iron Guards and others will be completely defeated by Li Liang in a moment.
And Li Liang's long-range attack archery skills are unparalleled in the world, coupled with the strong strength of hand-to-hand combat, I am afraid that only the sword saint Cao Qiudao, who is rumored to be the number one swordsman in the world, may be able to compete with him.
Jing Jun and the others were concerned about the tricks of Lu Buwei and others, but under the infection of Li Liang's strong self-confidence, his worries immediately disappeared without a trace.
On the second day, Li Liang's ring match was free for half a day. Everyone was in full swing to watch, and only a few warriors who had just arrived in Xianyang took the stage one after another. However, the strength is not very strong, and there is no strongman who has won ten games in a row.
And the men and horses of the two factions of Lü Buwei and Chang Yu have already fought almost to the end, leaving Zhou Ziheng, Xu Shang, Han Scorpion and a few of the strongest people who have not appeared, I am afraid that they will come forward to test Li Liang's true strength and try to consume his physical strength before Li Liang and Cao Qiudao start a war.
Based on this, Zhu Ji is likely to have been persuaded by Lü Buwei and Chang Yu to let them deal with her.
Hearing Tie Wei Wuguang's report, Li Liang couldn't help but think of this, and felt faintly uncomfortable in his heart, and then shook off these distractions. Now after he sent Ji Yanran back to the ranch to prepare for the Black Dragon, he was rushing to Wang Hao's general's mansion with Jing Jun to meet Wang Hao.
Wang Jaw was very interesting, and when he had been waiting in the mansion with Wang Ling for a long time, Li Liang handed over Jing Jun to them, and the two of them went to the Lugong Mansion and took Jing Jun to propose to Lu Dan'er.
Jing Jun happily followed, while Li Liang returned to the ring to continue the challenge.
Looking at the lively competition scene in these hundred and ten small rings, many martial artists with similar strength couldn't hold each other, and a lot of time was consumed here.
Not far away, the onlookers saw Li Liang appear, and they all excitedly shouted, "The national teacher is here."
The thousands of guards of the National Normal Palace hurriedly stepped forward to protect the guardrail blocking the crowd and blocked them from the arena.
Li Liang laughed loudly, and the laughter suddenly overshadowed the noisy crowd and the fierce competition, "Li Liang heard that the sword saint Cao under Qi Guoji was about to visit, and his heart was infinitely happy, and he decided to change the rules of the challenge today. Please feel free to come up and challenge Li from all the martial arts friends who think they are still strong. The number of people per session is not less than 10, and the maximum number of people is not limited to ......"
Everyone was shocked and silent.
After a long time, it erupted in earth-shattering applause.
The noon and afternoon events were very fast, Li Liang fought against ten people, more than nearly 100 people, the number of games kept taking turns to fight, at sunset, no one dared to come to the stage to challenge, Li Liang in the case of three times asked the supervision officials on duty and still no one came to the stage to challenge, and felt that he was not happy enough to return to the inner hall of the apse of the National Teachers Palace.
In this battle, Li Liang slightly untied some of the seals, and the strength that erupted from his body was far stronger than the strength he had shown before, only the accuracy of the control force did not reach the ideal state.
But with this half-day non-stop mechanized battle, he has successively defeated tens of thousands of masters of this era, and the force control has already restored the accuracy of the previous micro-control, and later, the number of people seriously injured by his men is getting smaller and smaller, and dozens of people are only gently "pushed" off the ring by him with soft force without harm.
Of course, hostile and murderous opponents, Li Liang will not be polite. In severe cases, he was seriously injured and unconscious, and at least his hands and feet were abolished, so that he could no longer do evil.
Li Liang was not very happy. It's a pity that I can't have the opportunity to test my precise control anymore, but fortunately, there is a major battle against Cao Qiudao in the evening, and I can look forward to it.
After bathing, I came to the front hall, and there were already a group of monarchs and ministers such as Yingzheng, Tengyi, Jing Jun, Li Si, Wang Hao, Wang Ling, Changping Jun, and Chang Wenjun waiting, obviously they all came here to watch Li Liang's powerful exhibition match.
Everyone looked at this powerful man with admiration and adoration, and their expressions of joy and excitement were overflowing. They all came forward to surround Li Liang and shouted and cheered, even Lao Cheng, who was as steady as Wang Zhan, excitedly held Li Liang's hand and praised loudly.
In the evening, it was the dueling banquet hosted by Lü Buwei. Originally, Lü Buwei planned to change the ring to his middle father's mansion, but unfortunately, down to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and up to the Empress Dowager Chujun, they did not agree to this toss, and Lü Buwei had to give up the excellent address and timing of his layout. is still fighting in the existing ring of the National Teacher Palace.
After Wang Jaw and others praised Li Liang. said: "Then Cao Qiudao has already arrived with his middle father at this time, and he is resting in the side hall of the academy. Do you want the national teacher to take a break and postpone the battle for some time......"
Li Liang waved his hand casually and interrupted, "It's okay. This sword saint Cao Qiudao has been rumored to be famous in the world for decades, I hope he doesn't pass his peak, otherwise, Li Liang's half-day warm-up just now will be wasted. ”
Ying Zheng praised adoringly: "There is only Taifu in the world who has such a bold mind and does not take this sword saint in his eyes. ”
Li Liang shook his head and said, "It's just the opposite. I have great expectations for that Cao Qiudao, and I hope he won't let me down. ”
As he spoke. At this time, someone came to inform the party that the dinner had begun, and everyone went there easily.
The Queen Mother Zhu Ji had already arrived, and Chang Yu and others naturally came.
Li Liang was happy that his two wifes, Qin Qing and Ji Yanran, also came, and the others were not good at doing it, so they should have stayed in the ranch to raise their babies with peace of mind. Thinking of the lively and active Wu Tingfang, Li Liang felt that she could stay in the ranch peacefully this time, and it was estimated that Wu Yingyuan and his wife had spent a lot of thought.
After the provocative large-scale song and dance performance arranged by the middle father's mansion, the banquet set up on the playground outside the National Teacher's Palace began to be served.
Because Ying Zheng and Zhu Ji are still there, although thousands of people gathered in the training ground of the National Teachers Palace, they still don't feel noisy, but they are talking to each other, and the topics are mainly about the upcoming competition between Li Cao's two top masters.
Miao Poison on the opposite side raised a glass to Li Liang, wishing him victory, Li Liang smiled and raised a glass in response, of course, it was a shallow taste, and he made a scene.
Suddenly, Qin Qing gestured to summon him over, and Li Liang felt strange in his heart. Moved to the side of his wife, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
Ji Yanran leaned over a little and said in a deep voice: "Lu Buwei is really despicable, when Xiao Tian passed by us just now, he hurriedly said, 'There are Qi people ambushing soldiers in front of the Qinfu', but it can be seen that Lu Buwei will get rid of his husband at any cost and by any means tonight." If Cao Qiudao can't kill you, someone else will do it, but I can't figure out why it's Qi people. ”
Today, the National Teacher's Palace is overcrowded, and it is estimated that several side halls will be lively until all night, Li Liang has already arranged to live in Qinfu, and with Lü Buwei's means, it is not difficult to learn that it is not unusual, and it is not unusual for ambushes to snipe at him, which is Lü Buwei's usual adventurous and bold means.
But Li Liang was also confused as to why it was an ambush for the Qi people, Cao Qiudao and Tian Dan would not be so stupid, after the much-anticipated duel, killing themselves was not a reason to send troops to the Qi State of Great Qin.
If the Great Qin National Master was assassinated after winning the battle, Zhao, Han, Wei, Sanjin, and even the Chu State, which were between Qin and Qi, would not dare to stop the revenge division of Great Qin.
Unless, a few countries can forget the obvious intention of Qi and Qin to carve up the five kingdoms of Zhao, Han, Wei, Chuyan, and help them to resist the Great Qin Iron Cavalry.
Obviously, it is impossible.
Great Qin used troops against the Qi State, but I am afraid that Zhao Hanwei will most likely stand by and watch, and the Yan State, which has a feud with the Qi State, will definitely take the opportunity to send troops to kill it as well, and the Chu State will probably also take the opportunity to seize a few pieces of land and cities in the Qi State.
To put it simply, the Qi people currently only have the power alliance of the Lu Buwei faction within Great Qin, and the others are quite hateful, and everywhere is that grandma doesn't love uncle and uncle.
Li Liang didn't bother to take matters into his own hands with those low-level assassins again, so he returned to the table and whispered to Teng Yi and Jing Jun.
Teng Yi snorted coldly, and went to Jing Shan and others in the back seat to speak. After a while, he left the banquet hall and arranged everything.
When the sound of drums rose again, the people of Lü Buwei did not arrive before the laughter of the bell. In the support of Zhou Ziheng and Xu Shang, the stars entered from the gate. Everyone stood up and saluted.
Lu Buwei was extremely proud, and after pouring the cup from the servant, he raised his glass to Zhu Ji and Yingzheng and said loudly: "First salute the Empress Dowager." ”
Li Liang watched Yingzheng Zhu Ji and Lu Buwei toast each other coldly, and there was no emotion in his heart.
This moment can be said to be Lu Buwei's most proud moment, but when he wants to kill Li Liang, he can't. Later, the black dragon was born, changed the dynasty and changed the system, and shattered his dream of seizing power. His power will be gradually weakened, and one of the factors will be the expansion of his poisonous power.
At this time, Lü Buwei and the others came to their table, raised his glass to Li Liang and said: "Regardless of victory or defeat tonight, I, Lü Buwei, still respect the national teacher from the bottom of my heart." I won't say anything else. ”
Li Liang looked at this actor. Smile back.
Both of them were just a taste.
When everyone returned to their seats and Lü Buwei stood up again, everyone knew that something good was coming, and they fell silent.
Nearly a thousand pairs of eyes in the lobby were all focused on this powerful adventurer.
Lü Buwei coughed dryly, and when he was about to speak, Miao Poison got up with a smile and saluted Lü Buwei from afar. Everyone was puzzled, and Miao Poison had already smiled and said, "If the lower official guessed correctly." Does the Middle Father want to announce the final duel between the National Master and the Sword Master? ”
Lu Buwei smiled and said: "Lord Miao really knows how to figure out other people's minds, this is exactly the case, I wonder if Lord Miao has other opinions?" ”
His tone was sarcastic, alluding to Miao Poison's ability to meet Zhu Ji, and he was quite shady and resistant.
Even if Miao Poison was unhappy, he wouldn't show it, and said lightly: "Good things come in pairs, and before the main dish is served, there should be some delicious snacks." Why don't you first have a decorating with the masters under the middle father's subordinates by the lower official family and take advantage of the excitement, what does the middle father want? ”
All the guests thought that they would kill a Miao poison and openly challenge Lu Buwei. The Qin people are good at martial arts, banquets are more common than martial arts, and those who do good things applaud one after another.
Ying Zheng didn't ask himself for instructions before seeing Miao Poison speak, knowing that he was holding on to Zhu Ji and not putting himself in his eyes, he was more arrogant and arrogant than Lu Buwei, and he was secretly angry in his heart.
Since the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, the princes have been hegemonic, and the magnates of various countries have prevailed in the style of raising scholars. This is not only to collect talents for one's own use, but also to symbolize one's status.
The competition between the powerful and the powerful represents a contest of strength.
Miao Poison has the support of the Empress Dowager Zhu Ji, and his power is increasing day by day, so he hopes to take this opportunity to show his prestige and show his majesty, if the master of the disciples he sent can defeat Lu Buwei's people, not only the winning subordinates are a hundred times more expensive, but also highlight his current powerful position, killing two birds with one stone.
To a certain extent, Miao Poison may still be optimistic about Cao Qiudao in Li Cao's battle, so if he can win the last game first, then even if Cao Qiudao, who represents Lü Buwei, really defeats Li Liang, the number one master of Western Qin, Lü Buwei will not be considered a complete victory, because Miao Poison still has a victor and does not let Lü Buwei specialize in beauty.
Li Liang's eyes swept over Miao Poison's subordinates, and when he saw that Ling Qi's face was colorful, he immediately knew that this plan must be from this king's head, so he paid attention to this person.
Lu Buwei laughed again, obviously seeing through Miao Poison's intentions, don't turn around, and said respectfully with Yingzheng: "The competition can not only add to the excitement, but also show my great Qin martial arts, please ask the prince for permission." ”
Miao Poison and Zhu Ji's faces changed slightly at the same time, knowing that Lu Buwei's posture of respecting Ying Zheng's opinions was ill-intentioned, and he wanted to deepen the differences between Zhu Ji and Ying Zheng on the other hand. It's as if only he respects Yingzheng.
The entire hall was silent, and thousands of eyes were focused on the future Qin Shi Huang.
Ying Zheng was also very good, as if he didn't understand Lu Buwei's hint at all, and said to Miao Poison with a smile: "Will Miao Qing's family send that swordsman to open our eyes?" ”
Han Jian stood up from the side of Miao Poison, strode to the center of the hall, knelt down and said: "Han Quan, the guest secretary of the Inner History Mansion, please ask the Queen Mother and the Prince to give permission to perform skills." ”
These words were both conceited and arrogant, and he especially emphasized that he had to get Zhu Ji's permission, making it clear that Lu Buwei did not take Zhu Ji, the queen mother, to heart just now.
In recent months, Han Qian has become famous in Xian-Yang, and he has forced Li Liang, and everyone is excited when they see that the person from the Miao Poison Sect is actually him.
Lu Buwei smiled slightly and sat down.
Ying Zheng smiled at Zhu Ji and said: "Everything is decided by the Queen Mother." ”
Saying this, everyone was even more excited, and the dessert before this main course was already inevitable. Could it be that Zhu Ji will raise the bar with Miao Poison, who has won her favor?
Sure enough, Zhu Ji said softly: "Han Ji is the proud protégé of Mr. Cao Qiudao, who is known as the Sword Saint of Jixia, and his swordsmanship is outstanding, but the middle father is also capable of countless people, and he will definitely be able to send a candidate, so that Mr. Han will be forced to shake out his mastery, let me wait to see a thing or two." ”
Such victory or defeat is related to Lü Buwei's face and honor, and Lü Buwei does not dare to ignore it.
Lü Buwei sent the strongest Xu Shang.
The drums beat loudly.
Everyone knew that the show started immediately.
The two of them were separated by a zhang, and faced Yingzheng, Lü Buwei and Zhu Ji, who were on the chairman's seat, and saluted the samurai first, and then turned to face the opponent, and exchanged their eyes.
Although Han Jian usually gave people the impression of being arrogant and rude, but at this time, he was like a different person, very calm, and looked at the opponent with full attention, without the slightest contempt or negligence.
His right hand was held at the hilt of his sword, steady and relaxed, his feet slightly apart, immovable as a mountain, and although he did not put on a posture, he was more intimidating than any gesture.
His eyes became as sharp as a sword, but he did not reveal the slightest emotion in his heart, making people feel that he was unfathomable and difficult to guess.
The lobby was silent, and everyone was holding their breath. There is no feeling of impatience at all, this is not because everyone is particularly patient tonight, but Han Quan, who has not made any special big moves, is enough to give birth to a strong momentum and deter the audience.
The most breathless thing is that he clearly conveyed a message that unless he doesn't make a move, it will be an earth-shattering attack.
Only from the apprentices trained by Cao Qiudao, it can be known that Cao Qiudao has indeed reached the realm of the great grandmaster.
You must know that if you are an ordinary swordsmith, you only know how to teach your skills to your apprentices according to the bowl, and it is easy to cultivate another self.
Only the grandmaster-level figures of Botong swordsmanship can teach them according to their aptitude, so that the apprentices can give full play to their own advantages and specialties.
Han exhausted stability, and the sword sought strength and ruthlessness.
Judging only from the compatibility of his own martial arts from his own nature, Cao Qiudao's achievements can be inferred.
On the other side, Xu Shang is calm, chic and standing, and has his own style.
The two confronted each other for half a cup of hot tea, and Han suddenly leaned forward slightly, like a spotted leopard that had only found the weakness of its prey, his eyes were sharp, staring at his opponent.
In fact, the distance between the two did not change in the slightest, but everyone suddenly felt that Han Jian had taken the initiative to attack, and the situation was indeed indescribable.
However, Xu Shang was not intimidated by Han Quan's momentum, and stood as tall as a mountain, like a solid boulder in a huge wave.
When everyone first saw such an imposing confrontation between the two, they knew how exciting this competition would be. Everyone held their breath and watched in silence.
Xu Shang and Han Jian suddenly moved at the same time, moving like a dragon, and under the shining light of the sword, several exchanges instantly hit each other, but only a clear sound of sword strikes was released.
Han Quan's swordsmanship is calm and heavy, Xu Shang's swordsmanship is clever and smart, the strength of the two is equal, after dozens of rounds, they are still evenly matched, and gradually the battle between the two is becoming more and more intense, and the slightest carelessness is a dangerous ending for both sides. (To be continued......)