Knock –

Knock –

The sound of the bell resounded through the majestic imperial city and the neighborhood market, the thick dark clouds suspended in the sky above Chang'an City with the momentum of pressing the city, and occasionally a thunder crossed the sea of clouds, adding a bit of depression and solemnity to Chang'an on February 18.

Black clouds cover the sky, and the wind and rain are coming.

The dreary weather did not affect the living beings under the firmament, and the civil and military officials, princes and princesses, dressed in court clothes, walked neatly through the royal road under the palace gate.

The people in the market were even more excited, and before dawn they gathered in the market near the imperial city, gossiping about the grand meeting that would be held today.

Da Yue's martial arts atmosphere is integrated into the blood and bones, and nothing can attract attention more than the competition between martial artists, and once this matter is placed between the two countries, it is not just as simple as watching the excitement.

From ancient times to the present, nothing can be more inspiring than the strength of the country, and before the transformation of foreign barbarians, it is naturally the most powerful thing to show the strength of the country in peacetime. It seems to be just an ordinary competition of friends with martial arts, but the result is concerned about the hearts of the whole country.

A few days ago, the envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty pleaded with the Son of Heaven to send a few peers out to learn in front of the palace, which was equivalent to a bloodless war. Although ordinary people can't sit on the sidelines, they can also participate in it if they can listen to the news from well-known characters in the wine shop and teahouse.

The major gambling houses have also opened one after another, and hundreds of people have participated in betting on it, but this bet is obviously not who wins or loses, but who is likely to play and who will eventually win the game.

As for losing?

In the capital of Dayue Kingdom, before the Son of Heaven drove, the central government of Chang'an million martial arts, if he was beaten down by a foreign barbarian, he would not need to practice martial arts in the future, he would go home and herd cattle, it is estimated that the Son of Heaven would have to issue a 'guilty edict' to review why he broke the backbone of the martial artist ten years ago.

The people in the market are enthusiastic, and the princes and children of Kuishou Street are the same.

Guozijian's Wenqu Yuan rarely had a day off, because today's princes and nobles of Wenqu Yuan were all absent from class, and there was no student.

Song Yufu came to read early, and after finding that there was no one, she also skipped class with a little excitement, trotted back to the alley of Zhuji Street, and slapped on the courtyard gate with the gate closed:

"Uncle Xu, Uncle Xu......"

Knock Knock Knock –

There was a knock on the door and a drum, and after a while, the courtyard door opened, and Xu Danqing looked at her niece outside the door with a little helplessness:

"What's wrong?"

Song Yufu said with some excitement: "Last time, Uncle Xu promised to help me paint a portrait, and today Xu Shizi also went to the palace to watch the martial artists fight, let's go over and have a look together, you can stand next to you and paint secretly......"

Xu Danqing's eyebrows were a little sad: "Painting and writing poetry are the same, they all pay attention to a flash of inspiration, the last time the Queen Mother came to kill her uncle and almost beat her uncle to death, I haven't been in the mood to ...... these days"

Song Yufu sneered: "A gentleman should be tolerant, it's not the first time that Uncle Xu has been bullied by the Queen Mother, just get used to it...... Let's just take a look, the martial artists are fighting, and Uncle Xu is also from the rivers and lakes......"

Xu Danqing sighed: "What's so good about the younger generation's tricks, it's just that, go with you, don't blame the uncle if you can't draw it......"

As he spoke, he took out the oil-paper umbrella from the house and closed the door.

The two walked through the neighborhood together, and after arriving at the imperial city, they found Song Baiqing who had entered the palace, and under the leadership of Song Baiqing, they came to the verandah on the side of the Taiji Palace.

It's still early, the majestic Taiji Hall is still arranging the seat and umbrella, the white jade square in front of the hall is spotless, there are swords, guns, swords and halberds around it, and then there are stands, several dragon flags are inserted on the fence of the stands, at this time there have been a lot of people, civil and military officials, princes and princesses, but more are the wealthy ladies who came to join in the fun with their parents, most of them have no seats and can only stand.

Xu Danqing is very famous, belongs to the likes of celebrities and scholars, and at this time in the imperial city, there are also many people who like Wenmo Danqing to come and be polite. Song Yufu followed his father and uncle to the vicinity of the stands full of famous scholars, leaned out of the fence and glanced at a few times, the seven princes of the feudal kingdom arrived at six, and the direction of the Northern Qi envoy team sitting, there was a young man with a sword in the imperial city, which should be Zuo Yezi sent by the Northern Qi to call the battle.

Far away, Song Yufu squinted and looked carefully, the young man was about less than twenty years old, wearing a black robe with a feminine face, but he looked talented, that is, his hair was not the common bundle of hair on Da Yue's side, but tied up, and he was only tied up with a cloth rope.

As the saying goes, etiquette begins with the crown of dress, this 'crown' refers to the crown, and the Northern Qi Dynasty is strictly speaking a Central Plains person, and the customs are exactly the same as Dayue. However, after Jiazi lost the Central Plains and was driven to Mobei, all the men of the Northern Qi Dynasty wore their heads and distributed their heads, showing that they would not forget the shame, and swore that they would not erect crowns until they took back the Central Plains, and it has become a habit for Jiazi to come down.

Song Yufu was not interested in martial artists, so she looked at it and moved her gaze to the left and right of the Taiji Palace, but unfortunately she didn't find any trace of Xu Buling, and she also knew that she sat down stupidly, looking around and waiting a little bored......

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Next door to Taiji Palace, Changle Palace still looks like a depressed figure, dark clouds cover the sky, making the palace city where there are few people even more deserted, only a few maids occasionally move around.

Xu Buling stood in the verandah of the Queen Mother's bedroom, standing quietly with his hands in his hands, because he was participating in the palace assembly today, he was dressed more formally, with a white gold-rimmed robe of the prince, with a rui beast outlined on it, a jade pendant hanging from his waist, and a golden hairpin inserted between his hair crowns.

Mrs. Lu was not interested in martial arts, so she didn't come with her today, and she was still chatting with Ning Yu at home.

Thinking of this, Xu Buling was a little funny. Mrs. Lu asked Ning Yuhe to be his master on a whim, but after returning home, she seemed to regret it a little, maybe she felt too hasty, and she called Ning Yuhe to Xiao's house to live for a few days, which probably meant to investigate.

Xu Buling was still worried about how to contact Ning Yuhe, but the result was good, and he couldn't even see Ning Yuhe's face after returning home, and it was estimated that in less than ten days and half a month, Mrs. Lu would not be able to finish the investigation.

Xu Buling didn't have any opinion on this, and he didn't have to contact Ning Yuhe to be happy, of course, he didn't mean to take the initiative to find it.

Today's imperial city is set up, the Queen Mother will also go over to watch later, invited him a few days ago, he naturally came over early, I thought I could be alone with the Queen Mother for a while, but I didn't expect that there was a light bulb next to it.

In the verandah outside the palace, Xiao Ting Xiao, the eldest son, dressed in a yellow prince robe, holding a white jade folding fan, chattered endlessly:

"Lao Xu, your martial arts are okay, who do you think has a better chance of winning today? I bet Tang Jiu'er 1,000 taels of silver to buy him to lose, this silver is my aunt's private money, and now I am in my heart, you comfort my uncle......"

Xu Buling came back to his senses and glanced at Xiao Ting, because of the relationship between the Queen Mother, he was now much more polite to Xiao Ting:

"Zuo Yezi studied under Zuo Qingqiu, the national teacher of Northern Qi, and Zuo Qingqiu's swordsmanship attainments ranked among the top three in Northern Qi, and the apprentices he taught were not bad. Tang Jiu'er is the face of the Tang family, but the name of the Tang family's sword is not right, and the actual background is far inferior to that of other families. The last time I saw Tang Jiu'er, he was more conceited, and it was more difficult to win, but Situ Huyu was much more secure. ”

Xiao Ting suddenly felt comfortable and patted his chest: "That's good, I'm relieved to have your words......"

Xu Buling was a little helpless: "Da Yue and Northern Qi competed, if you bet on Da Yue's people to lose, wouldn't it be more ambitious?" ”

"Eh~" Xiao Ting waved his hand, with a posture of a person who came over:

"You don't understand this, I bet on Dayue's people to lose, if Tang Jiu'er wins, he will lose the silver and feel happy, if Tang Jiu'er loses, he will not be happy but he will make money, it can be said that he will sell and buy without losing money......

"Then you should bet on the finale of Situ Huyu to ......"

"If you bet on Situ Huyu, there will be no suspense and you will lose the silver, what's the point of playing...... This thousand taels is for my aunt to buy rouge, if you lose......"

"Xiao Ting!"

As he spoke, a trilling rebuke sounded from behind.

Xiao Ting jumped three feet high, hugged his head and said incoherently: "Auntie, I'm joking, the silver didn't spend, don't stew me ......"

Xu Buling turned around and saw the Queen Mother standing under the eaves of the palace with her eyes glaring, looking like she hated iron but not steel.

For the sake of participating in formal occasions, the Queen Mother was dressed very solemnly, wearing a phoenix crown on her red skirt and a belt around her waist, showing her gourd-like figure to the fullest, but not too frivolous and profligate, inside and out, she was gorgeous and extravagant.

The Queen Mother was a little angry, and she really wanted the palace maid to pull her down to Xiao Ting to stew, but after seeing Xu Buling turn around, her expression slowly softened, and she just snorted lightly:

"It's not easy to save some belongings in this palace, and you won't ask your father for money when you get money from me all day long?"

Xiao Ting's face was full of horror, and he whispered: "Auntie, you live in the palace, it's useless to ask for silver......

Smack-

Xu Buling raised his hand and slapped it on Xiao Ting's head.

Xiao Ting sighed, and was a little innocent: "Xu Buling, what are you doing to beat me?" My aunt can stand here, can you not even pay attention to the Queen Mother......"

The Queen Mother's face was flushed, if it wasn't for the fact that she had finally cleaned up her outfits, she would have to go up and give Xiao Ting two blows in person.

Xu Buling couldn't stand these two goods, and stepped forward with a smile and said, "Queen Mother, it's almost time, I'll send you over." ”

As the saying goes, 'I'm afraid of comparing goods', the Queen Mother's comparison, I only feel that God doesn't have long eyes, and glared at Xiao Ting at the moment: "How far and how far can you roll, otherwise you will go to the garden and hang it." ”

Xiao Tingru was amnesty, and he turned around and ran away without saying a word.

Xu Buling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and called Bu Yuan with a smile to ask the Queen Mother to go up, and then walked next to Bu Yuan and went to the Taiji Hall together......

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Two chapters are 6,000 words, which is equivalent to three chapters.

The plot behind is bigger.,It's 17,000 words today.,I can't hold it anymore.,Sort it out during the day and make it up.,If you don't sort it out, it's tomorrow.。

Acknowledgments will be sent tomorrow.