When the game ended, Li Xiaojiu smiled faintly and said: "Tubo is really superior to others, and Tubo won the championship again this year." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Hehe, come on, bring the golden cup." ”

The Tibetan envoy A Shilin stood up from his seat, slapped his clothes, glanced at the Tang magnates present triumphantly, strode in front of Li Xiaojiu, arched his hand arrogantly, and said with a smile: "Foreign minister, thank Your Majesty for your reward!" Hehe, it's not that the minister boasts, this bow technique is originally in our state, and there is no one in the world who can compete with my state! ”

A Shilin's words were full of arrogance, and the Tang Dynasty civil and military clubs present were all angry, and A Shilin was proud and disapproving. At this time, Gong E came up with a golden cup, Li Xiaojiu waved his hand slightly, and said lightly: "Reward!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ashlin said a word, flicked his sleeves, held the gold cup, smiled happily, and raised the gold cup high above his head, and the Tubo people present immediately let out a burst of enthusiastic cheers.

The Tibetan envoy turned around three times on the spot, showed his spoils to the audience, and was just about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly glanced at a few cases in front of Li Xiaojiu, and then paused, and said: "Your Majesty, next year's Shangyuan, I must still bow down, and I Tubo must also participate in the competition. ”

Saying this, it was a very rude move, Li Xiaojiu was a little surprised, frowned slightly, and asked curiously:

"I wonder what the Ashlin envoy wants to use as a prize?"

Aslin Road:

"I have won three times in a row, and each time the head is a treasure cup. The foreign minister saw that this cup on His Majesty's case was very beautiful, and he liked it very much, this cup was used by His Majesty, it must be extremely precious, if the foreign minister could win this cup back in the coming year, I believe that Zampu would be very happy. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the civil and military people present changed in unison, Princess Gaoyang was about to scold, Li Xiaojiu raised his hand slightly, made their movements, gently stroked the cup containing the wine on the case, and said with a smile:

"Ashlin envoy, but you have taken a fancy to this 'Golden Ou Yonggu' cup of mine?"

When Li Xiaojiu said 'Golden Ou Yonggu', he deliberately accentuated his tone, but Ah Shilin responded:

"Exactly!"

Although Li Xiaojiu still had a smile on his face, the corners of his eyes jumped slightly, and Queen Wang, who was familiar with him, knew that he was really angry.

When Ah Shilin said this, he was already humiliating Datang in public, and it was even more rude for him to designate the lottery for the next year's competition to His Majesty. In particular, Li Xiaojiu has already pointed out the name of the treasure cup: "Golden Ou Yonggu", since such a name has been taken, this golden cup has very great political significance.

Although Ah Shilin is not from the Central Plains, he is an envoy of Tibet and is proficient in the culture of the Central Plains, so it is impossible not to understand the meaning of this sentence, but he did not hesitate and still wanted to use this cup as a color, which was not just that he had no one in his eyes, but a deliberate provocation.

Li Xiaojiu gently stroked the golden cup. The cup was made of pure gold, with a three-legged tripod and a round, straight mouth. The mouth is engraved along the back pattern, the middle part of the chisel seal book "Jin Ou Yonggu", the outer wall is full of chisel treasure phase flowers, and the stamen is made of pearl and red, sapphire as raw materials. There is a deformed dragon ear on each side, and there is a jewel on the dragon's head.

Li Xiaojiu rubbed lightly for a moment, slowly raised his head, his eyes were dark, and said softly:

"Envoy Ashilin, do you think that Tubo will definitely win?"

With a very humble smile on his face, Ashlin bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Bow is feared, and the art of riding and archery is also. How can the Tang people's riding and archery be as good as my steppe nomadism? It is the confidence of the foreign ministers, next year's bow, Tubo can still win, as long as this bow competition continues, I Tubo can always win! ”

When Ah Shilin said this, his eyes raised slightly, and there was a faint cold glow like an arrow in his eyes.

In the audience, the guards and generals listened to his arrogant words, and they couldn't help but explode their lungs. Many dignitaries and nobles present gradually tasted the overtones of these words between the Tibetan envoy and the emperor.

They're not actually talking about bowing. Aslin said that the reason for striking the bow lies in mounted archery, and mounted archery is an important component of force, but in fact, Aslin is alluding to the armed forces of the two countries

A Shilin is using a bow as a metaphor for military strength, expressing his disdain for the Tang Dynasty's armed forces.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and Li Xiaojiu's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and he was no longer calm and calm.

On the side, Wu Mei suddenly said:

"The envoy of Aslin is not right. In this competition, you won the first place, not because my Datang bow is weaker than your country, but because the bow of my Datang guards is weaker than your country. ”

Ah Shilin raised his chin slightly, and a straight beard proudly faced Wu Mei, and said: "The strongest in your country is the guards, they are defeated, doesn't this mean that the Tang Dynasty is defeated?" ”

Wu Meiwan said: "Of course...... Not counts! ”

She opened her fingers, flicked gracefully into the void, and said slowly:

"The guards are the guards, which neither represent the Tang Dynasty nor all the armies of the Tang Dynasty. The bowers you go to my Datang every year are first-class masters selected by the whole country, and my Datang guard players are some of the good bowers selected from the 16 guards and horses in the north and south, understand? ”

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu and Princess Gaoyang didn't expect that at this time, Wu Mei, a maid beside the queen, would come out and say such righteous and awe-inspiring words, and they all secretly applauded her.

Princess Gaoyang responded: "Yes, the bow, it should be celebrated, it is not a great thing, the emperor will naturally not make a big deal about it, and select first-class masters from all states and provinces across the country to compete with your country to bow down." ”

Princess Gaoyang's words are directly aimed at A Shilin's pun alluding to the military strength of the Tang Dynasty, A Shilin said that they are a nation on horseback, and their riding and archery skills are superior to those of the Tang people, and it is because the Tang people are fighting with them in the Western Regions, and there is no reason to win.

Ah Shilin naturally understood her hints, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh? Since the princess said so, then she will take out the treasure she just got to make a lottery, and ask the emperor to gather your country's first-class bow masters and compete with us again, how about it? ”