The emperor sat in the water pavilion, and the relatives and nobles lined up on both sides, and there were young itchy hands in the middle, asking the emperor to fight, and wanted to go into the water to fight, and the emperor agreed, and each gave a glass of imperial wine to strengthen the shape.

In order to show that he had fun with the people, Li Han specially allowed the eunuchs of the inner court to form eight dragon boat teams, personally gave the team names, and competed on the same stage with the children of the nobles. Sigui (lieutenants of the two armies of Shence, and privy envoys on the left and right) received the order and hurriedly recruited good players, pieced together eight dragon boat teams, and privately offered huge rewards, so as to fight for tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court.

So a dramatic scene appeared, the dragon boat team composed of eunuchs in the inner court won one after another, and defeated six dragon boat teams composed of relatives and nobles in a row, especially a dragon boat team named "Xuanfeng" was invincible, invincible, and the scenery on the Taiye Pool was infinite.

The Empress Dowager Guo smiled and said to everyone: "Today's Ji Si Chen, the dragons are invincible to Xuanfeng, what do you mean, where is my Li family's son, is he so angry?" Saying this, more than a dozen young kings and grandsons shouted for battle, and one by one they asked to go into the water and fight.

Shu Yuanhua, the privy envoy, glanced at Li Jie, the king of Song, and said sideways to the empress dowager and emperor Li Han: "In the past, I heard that the king of Song was a first-class rowing expert. Such unborn masters sit still, and even if the good players of the inner court win another hundred games, how dare they be arrogant. ”

Shu Yuanhua's words immediately caused the dissatisfaction of several princes, Li Chen, the king of light, and Li Hanqi, the king of Ying, persuaded Li Jie to take command of the battle, and the Empress Dowager Guo glanced at Li Jie, held the cup in her hand, and said with a smile: "The honor and disgrace of the royal family is tied to the King of Song." ”

Li Han also said: "If your uncle is interested, you might as well go down and move your muscles and bones, so that these people who don't know the height of the sky know your prestige." ”

Shu Yuanhua immediately got up and said to the members of the Xuanfeng team: "You have to be proud, the big master is out." ”

Up to now, Li Jie could only get up to receive the order, and for a while he picked up the crew and came to the stage to lead the battle flag, Li Han thought a little and inscribed the word "Qinglong", and everyone praised it: "Qinglong fights Xuanfeng, a good battle between dragons and phoenixes." ”

Wang Shoucheng and the other four nobles also went to the water pavilion, gathered the Xuanfeng team, arranged the situation in person, and added one percent of the reward, and then waved his hand to let him go.

The two dragon boat teams were ready to stop, and the wine from the emperor and the queen mother also came down, Wang Shoucheng grabbed the imperial wine, served it with Li Jie with his own hands, and said with a smile: "The dragon is the dragon, the phoenix is the phoenix, the dragon and the phoenix are a family, I wish the green dragon to go to sea, and the horse will succeed." ”

The two are secretly tense and are about to fight to the death, but they still have to talk and laugh in this kind of public, pretending to be like a family.

Li Jie drank the wine given by the emperor and the queen mother, lit up the bottom of the cup, and boarded the dragon boat.

The Xuanfeng team over there was also ready to stop, just waiting for the emperor to beat the war drum in person, Li Han worshiped the queen mother, took the splendid drumstick, walked to the war drum, and was about to beat it, when suddenly a eunuch reported that Li Jie, the king of Song, was not feeling well.

Li Han was taken aback, and went down to the water pavilion with a drumstick, seeing that Li was frowning, and hurriedly asked the reason, Li Jiedao: "I don't know why, I suddenly had unbearable colic pain in my abdomen." Li Han said: "Since my uncle is not happy, it is okay not to race." ”

Before the words fell, he heard Wang Shoucheng sneer: "The old minister knows where King Song's illness is?" ”

Li Han said: "The internal minister is not a doctor, and he still knows how to look at the appearance to cure diseases?" ”

Wang Shoucheng said with a smile: "The sick old minister on the body can't see it, but this heart disease, hehe, King Song wants to win and is afraid of losing, so he wants to use to escape, am I talking about it?" ”

Wang Shoucheng said this with a smile, you said that he was joking, but Li Han didn't have a good position. Li Jie frowned and did not answer, Li Chen, the king of light, and Li Han, the king of Ying, were two young people, and they were open-mouthed, and they scolded Wang Shoucheng for farting.

Wang Shoucheng's face turned red, and he changed his words: "The old minister lost his words, King Song is really unhappy, this time I won't compare, it's a long time to come." After speaking, he waved his hand at the Xuanfeng team composed of eunuchs in the inner court, signaling everyone to disband.

"Wait!" Li Jie suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at Wang Shoucheng, and asked Li Han for instructions: "My Li family's sons and daughters only died in battle before the battle, how can anyone escape from the battle?!" The minister's health is no longer in serious trouble, please rest assured. ”

Li Han nodded and said, "Don't be careful." It's just a joke, the prime minister is right, the future is long. ”

Seeing that Li Jie had made up his mind, he turned around and beat the drum, and in the cheers of everyone, two dragon boats shot out like arrows, and the end of the race was a lighthouse in the water, and the first to arrive won.

Dragon boat racing and juju, polo are the same popular sports, up to the emperor's relatives and even the emperor himself, down to the people of Li and even ****, all have the opportunity to participate, so no matter how noble or low, there are a few brushes. Although the two teams are improvised amateur teams, the level of competition is excellent.

Especially on Li Jie's side, he shoulders the mission of turning things around, so his fighting spirit is high, and although the team members are all teenagers, they are all full of vitality. The royal children have been well nourished since childhood, and there are famous teachers to guide martial arts, and the teenagers are thicker and more powerful than the eunuchs of the inner court in their twenties.

In addition, Li Jie, the king of the Song Dynasty, personally supervised the formation, and he showed extraordinary as soon as he made a move.

As soon as the drums sounded, two dragon boats shot out like arrows, and at the beginning they opened up a full berth. But soon, the unique stoic personality of the eunuchs in the inner court was revealed, and they gritted their teeth and worked together to move the score back inch by inch.

The two ships got closer and closer, and soon they went hand in hand, and then there was a fierce tug-of-war, one moment you were in the lead, the other was in front, and they couldn't hold each other, and they bit very tightly. Seeing that the lighthouse was in sight, the standard ship in charge of the referee nearby held the dragon flag at one time and the phoenix flag at the same time, changing left and right.

Yingwang Li Han was anxious and shouted: "Brothers fight, you can't lose to the eunuch if you die!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he heard an angry roar, and Li Jie, the king of Song, who had been calm, suddenly behaved like crazy, but when he saw him clenching his teeth, his forehead was bursting with green tendons, and he was crazy and fought for his life.

He was the oldest, the longest, and the most prestigious, and he was the absolute core of this boat, and his outburst made everyone infected, and suddenly burst out with infinite courage, and the boat race that had just bitten on a par suddenly divided the winner and loser.

The Green Dragon took the lead in crossing the finish line with a full hull ahead, and the members of the Green Dragon Team who crossed the finish line roared and celebrated, raising their oars and jumping on the boat, and the dragon boat soon turned over to the sky.

At the beginning of May, the liquid pool, the water was bitterly cold, after everyone fell into the water, shouted for help, the lifeboats moored around hurriedly stepped forward to rescue, these eunuchs were all superb in water, and the princes and grandchildren were dragged on the boat one by one, took off their wet clothes, dried their bodies, poured soup, massaged, and rescued them with a complete set, and the vast majority of people were safe and sound.

There is only one exception, Song Wang Li Jie sank to the bottom because of physical exhaustion, and when he was rescued on the boat, his face turned dark, he had no breath, and he couldn't give first aid and was sent to the hospital. The nations were helpless and died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

Afterwards, there were rumors in Chang'an that Li Jie was poisoned to death, and the inner court issued an edict to strictly investigate the rumor-mongers. Li Fengji's protégé Zheng Xun took over as Jingzhao Shaoyin, was in charge of Jingzhao security, and was ordered to continue to investigate the matter, and arrested and exiled more than 300 people in one go, before the matter was settled.

Li Mao learned of Li Jie's death, and was depressed for several days, and heard that Gao Su, the commander of the North Road of the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Sea, was defeated and killed, and was depressed for a while.

Qin Fengmian returned from Chang'an and learned that Li Mao had gone to the seashore, so he asked Tian Qian if he should go over, and Tian Qian's eyes were like a cone: "Li Jie's death is related to you?" Qin Fengmian said with a smile: "King Song is the old man of Taibao, and the relationship has always been irreversible, how dare I make a mistake." Tian Qian said: "Since your heart is open, why do you want to ask me?" You still have a ghost in your heart. ”

Qin Fengmian said: "The envoy of Wufang is now a family with Longxiang Battalion, and Qiu Shiliang's cronies have been purged, but the group is still the group, and it is still under the control of our people." ”

Tian Qian said: "Unless Wang Shoucheng dies next year, otherwise, the group will not be able to escape, do you believe it or not?" Qin Fengmian said: "So the death of King Song is at the right time, at least for now, Wang Shoucheng can't take care of us." ”

Tian Qian said: "King Yan went to the seaside, I didn't go, and Mrs. Lan didn't go, you should understand what it means." ”

Qin Fengmian understood, and then set off to the seashore, it seemed that Li Mao was indeed unwell, and all the concubines who could toss were left, and he only brought a few virtuous and upright ones to take care of him. At present, the Bohai Sea battle situation is stalemate, and it is expected that he will turn a blind eye to the affairs of Chang'an, and this pass has finally come over without danger. Qin Fengmian was happy, but he didn't feel a faint chill in his heart. He thought of Tian Qi's awl-like gaze, and helplessly lamented his unlucky fate, this person is very scheming, he sees people and things through the bone marrow, with her watching from the side, he must be extremely careful in the future, similar things can not be done again, in case she holds the handle, it is definitely a day when life is worse than death.