Three days later, the dog fighting competition attracted a lot of people to participate, including Gaozong, of course, the Empress Wu did not come to watch the game with Gaozong, because she had to deal with government affairs, although Gaozong's physical condition has improved, but he still handed over government affairs to the Empress Wu, with Li Hong's containment of the Empress Wu, he only needs to support the Empress Wu when necessary, there is no need to deal with complicated government affairs to make himself tired, so he has time to watch the dog fighting competition. *Apex* Dot* Novel www,23wx,com

In addition to Gojong, there are more people who come to watch the dog fighting contest today than last time.

Because last time there was only one round, today is the final of the dog fighting competition.

Besides, many officials heard that His Majesty the Emperor had come to watch the dog fighting competition, did they dare to stay at home and not come to the dog fighting ring? This is not to give His Majesty the Emperor face! Although because of his body and the strength of Empress Wu, Gaozong's current power is no longer as good as it was at the beginning, but he is still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he can still easily remove high-ranking officials below the third grade. Of course, it is not difficult for him to remove a prime minister, but he will not do it for personal reasons, because as the king of a country, he can still distinguish the priorities of right and wrong, and besides, Gaozong is not a faint king...

Today, Li Hong didn't want to come to watch the dog fighting contest because he gave Li Zhe both the quota and the dog. However, when he heard that Gao Zong had come to watch the game, he couldn't help but come, so he hurried to the dog ring.

When Li Hong came to the bean dog fighting ring, the dog fighting competition had been carried out three times, he hurriedly walked to Gaozong to give a salute, and saw Gaozong smiled faintly, "No need to be polite, come and sit, don't say it, this dog fighting competition you held is very interesting, I like it." ”

Because Gaozong lived in the palace all the year round, he was tired of watching singing and dancing, and he was tired of listening to the sound of the piano, and suddenly saw this kind of exciting competition, and he also felt fresh and fun.

"As long as my father likes it, my son is willing to hold it once a year to make my father happy." Li Hong said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, it's still the prince's filial piety!" Helan Minyue, who was beside Gaozong, took the opportunity to say, and then secretly threw a wink at Li Hong, and Li Hong almost crawled on the ground in fright. In front of everyone's eyes, dare to flatter yourself in front of Gaozong, Helan Minyue, you are going to play my rhythm to death!

However, Helan Minyue's words are also suspected of hating Li Hong, because Gaozong not only has Li Hong sitting next to him, but also Li Xian and Li Zhe, and Helan Minyue only said that Li Hong is filial, and does not mention Li Xian and Li Zhe, so what Li Xian and Li Zhe think in their hearts, they will definitely have a grudge against Li Hong.

Sure enough, just as she said this, Gaozong nodded with relief on the side, Li Xian and Li Zhe looked at Li Hong's eyes a little cold, Li Zhe was okay, because Li Hong gave him the quota and the dog, he was just jealous that Li Hong was favored by Gaozong, and Li Xian was naked.

"The competition can be held every year, but this prize, I only give out this year, and you have to come up with your own prizes in the future." Gaozong said lightly. But his eyes were full of love, and there was no dissatisfaction.

"This-" Li Hong didn't know how to answer, when did Gaozong become so picky, can it still be like this? In order to please Gaozong, Helan Minyue on the side smiled coquettishly, "Your Majesty, in this case, I'm afraid that the prince's annual salary will all be smashed in this dog fighting competition, and the prince will be hungry in the future." ”

Gaozong glanced at Li Hong and said with a smile, "He won't be hungry, the two Egret bookstores opened in Chang'an City are his, and the monthly profit is no less than 100,000 yuan, and Gu also knows that he is not only a source of money as a bookstore, he also has several places to make money, and he has money now." ”

Hearing Gaozong say this, Li Hong's frightened heart and liver were about to come out.

About iron ore mining, Gaozong knows nothing, about Cheng Dazhi's dog fighting ring and gladiatorial arena, Gaozong knows nothing, but if the three trade routes to the Northeast and the Western Regions, as well as Fusang, let Gaozong know, he will be planted, because of these three trade routes, the caravan leading to the northeast is a national disaster, through the caravan in the Western Regions, selling contraband, although the caravan through Fusang does not have these two factors, but the number of goods is huge, not ordinary people dare to do...

"What did Your Majesty say?" Seeing that Li Hong's face was a little pale, Helan Minyue asked deliberately. She just wanted to scare Li Hong, who told Li Hong to bully her, and who told Li Hong not to accompany her.

"I heard that in this dog fight, he bullied the children of foreign nobles a lot, and he didn't make less money from them." Gaozong said lightly.

Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Gaozong say this. This shows that Gaozong has not yet discovered his three trade routes, which makes Li Hong feel a lot more relieved. said with a guilty face, "This, it is the sons who are reckless, it's just a dog fighting competition, and if you don't bet on it, it will be deserted, so the sons will bet with them, but please rest assured that the sons are definitely not bullying them." ”

"I know, otherwise you can watch the game here with peace of mind, I have already punished you for thinking about it in the East Palace." Gaozong said in a calm tone. Li Hong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gaozong's eyes moved to the dog fighting ring, and he didn't talk to him again, only Helan Minyue looked at him from time to time, making Li Hong uncomfortable when he sat next to Gaozong.

However, in the process, Li Hong looked around the dog fighting arena and found that all the children of the foreign nobles who participated in gambling last time were present today, and they were sitting in the aristocratic area not far away, but the number of noble children present today was twice as many as last time, and there was also Fusang's Nayan's son, Dog, Sheep and Tiger. As soon as the dog raised his head, he saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was watching him, he immediately understood, so he got up and walked in front of Gaozong and Li Hong, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, last time the minister lost the silver money in a bet with Your Majesty, I want to gamble again today to win back the capital, and I ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

No way? Li Hong was dumbfounded, dog, sheep and tiger, you are not sick, right? Do you want to bet with yourself at this time?

Gaozong didn't expect the dog and the tiger to make such a request, he glanced at Li Hong, and saw that Li Hong was thinking about something, so he agreed for Li Hong, "Okay, I'm right." ”

In fact, the reason why Gaozong agreed to the dog sheep and tiger was that he felt that Li Hong won these people's money last time, and this time let Li Hong lose once, and then lose the money to them, Li Hong asked for money, he could give it, there was no need to get it in this way.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Dog Yang Hu said happily.

If the dog and the tiger have made such a move, can the rest of the children of foreign nobles not follow him? Otherwise, it will not give His Majesty the Tang Emperor face. Therefore, all of a sudden, more than thirty noble children were willing to gamble with Li Hong once, and their reason was very simple, that is, to win back the money they lost to Li Hong last time.

Li Hong was about to vomit blood when he saw this group of people, he didn't win so many people's money last time, and at least half of them didn't come to the dog ring at all last time.

However, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he still has to show his bearing at this time, so in the face of the provocation of so many noble children, he smiled, "Since everyone wants to bet with Lone, let's bet on the finals." This time, the bet is still the same as last time, 100,000 copper coins, do you have any objections? ”

"Nope." The crowd spoke.

As soon as Li Hong's words fell, the list of finalists for the dog fighting competition had come out, and the two dogs in the finals were Li Xian and Li Zhe's dogs. Because the dog, sheep and tiger took the lead, he chose Li Xian's dog on behalf of the nobles, because last time Li Hong won their money because of Li Xian's dog, Li Hong naturally could only choose Li Zhe's dog. The two sides chose the dogs they supported and began to write evidence, even if Gaozong was present, this was a procedure that had to be followed, and there could be no ambiguity. The person who made the note in place of Li Hong was Yan Zhuang.

After doing all this, Li Hong felt a lot more comfortable, because he was going to have a sum of money in his account again, this time it was no longer 1.8 million guan, but 3.9 million guan. Because the dog in Li Zhe's hand is his, only he knows how his dog's combat power is, it is definitely a strong existence, and it is not difficult to win Li Xian.

3,800,000 –

When Gaozong knew that this number was also frightened, a simple dog fighting competition could fight so many copper coins, which was beyond his comprehension.

"Father, now you know why your sons want Honglu Temple to charge them accommodation and food fees, because they are rich, too rich, and they don't need our Datang to provide them with food, clothing, housing and transportation." Li Hong took the opportunity to say.

Gaozong nodded slightly, he finally understood Li Hong's decision in Honglu Temple after personally seeing the gambles of this group of foreign nobles.

Li Hong and Gao Zong were chatting, but Li Zhe and Li Xian were no longer in their place, because their dogs were going to participate in a duel, and they had already gone down to check their injuries.

In the middle of the rest for half an hour, Gaozong got up to leave and went to the side hall to rest, Li Hong was about to get up and go out for a walk, but he was blocked at the door by Helan Minyue.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been so leisurely these days-" Helan Minyue said with a look of resentment, just like when she was by Gaozong's side just now. Li Hong was a little annoyed, this Helan Minyue is too indiscriminate, right? He asked in a slightly angry tone, "Mrs. Wei Guo, what do you want?" ”

"The concubine doesn't want to do anything, she just wants to invite His Royal Highness to the mansion for a cup of tea, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will agree?" Helan Minyue asked, looking forward to it.

Seeing that Helan Minyue dared to blackmail herself, Li Hong gritted her teeth with hatred for this woman, but he couldn't do anything to her in front of everyone's eyes, and he had to prevent others from seeing what was between them, after thinking about it, Li Hong agreed, "Okay." After a few days of leisure, Lone will go to your house. ”

"This is my Goro!" Helan Minyue said with a smile, and turned to leave.

When Helan Minyue left, Li Hong's tense nerves couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it was really Helan Minyue who put too much pressure on him just now, so everything he was doing now was inseparable from Gaozong's support, without Gaozong's support, he, the crown prince, would be embattled, what else could he do?

Li Hong walked a few steps in the garden and returned to the dog ring again, and the game was about to begin, and at this time, Gaozong also regained his first seat with the support of Helan Minyue, and Li Xian and Li Zhe also returned to their positions.

"Hong'er, who do you think can win?" Gaozong suddenly asked.

"Father, naturally the son won the sixth brother." Li Zhe said loudly, as if he was afraid that Gaozong would not hear it, "Because, this dog was given to Erchen by the prince's brother, and the prince's brother's dog can even win the Tibetan mastiff, but can't he win the sixth brother's dog?" ”

I don't know if in front of Gaozong or in front of everyone, Li Zhe suddenly called Li Hong the prince's brother.

When Gaozong heard Li Zhe say this, he showed a look of understanding.

It's just that the children of the nobles sitting below heard Li Zhe's words, their faces were ugly, if King Zhou's dog was the prince's dog, then what else would they bet on, and send the money directly to the prince, because the dog that can defeat the mastiff can't defeat King Pei's dog? The children of foreign nobles in the aristocratic district beat their chests and sighed. Only the dog and the tiger sighed like everyone else, but Li Hong could see at a glance that he was pretending, and the dog and the tiger were not distressed if they lost the money, there was something wrong with this person, right? However, after thinking about it carefully, Li Hong knew the intention of the dog and the sheep and the tiger, and began to be optimistic about the slave of the dog and the sheep tiger in his heart.

Because he knew that it was the dog and the tiger who would misunderstand him just now, and the dog and the tiger thought that Li Hong meant to let him come out and take the initiative to ask Gaozong for an order, to bet with Li Hong, and lose money to Li Hong again.

Li Hong really didn't expect that dogs, sheep and tigers would be so good at doing things, and his heart couldn't help but bloom with joy. Because there are no dogs, sheep and tigers today, the children of foreign nobles may not dare to bet with him, after all, no matter how rich they are, they can't afford to lose 200,000 yuan in three days. Moreover, it wasn't the dog and the tiger who chose Li Xian's dog, could Li Hong win this group of people?

"Seventh brother, this is over, the game has not started yet, and it is not certain who will lose and who will win." Li Xian also retorted. This is in front of Gaozong, he also has to show himself, otherwise how will he compete for Li Hongdong Palace for the seat in the future?

"Haha - the sixth brother has a good attitude, let the little brother admire." Li Zhe did not fall into the wind and said against each other. Because this is in front of Gaozong, he doesn't want to be robbed of the limelight by Li Xian, why, everyone is a prince, and you are not a prince, why do you look like you are wearing high clothes? Li Zhe was also not convinced by Li Xian's arrogant attitude, because in his eyes, the prince was not so arrogant, why are you a prince?

Gaozong didn't say anything about the quarrel between the two, because in his heart, Li Xian and Li Zhe are both children, isn't it normal for two children to quarrel? Besides, the two of them are for the game, and it is normal to quarrel a few words, if the two don't quarrel, he feels that it is not normal to be hot and cold.

At this moment, the bell of the game had already sounded, and Xu Jingzong, Li Ji, and Dou Dexuan walked to the iron cage and officially announced the start of the final game.

The dogs on both sides are led to the iron cage, and this time the ultimate game of the dog fighting competition is about to begin...