Chapter 12 Tian Ji Horse Racing
In the next few days, Xie Yaoguang originally planned to shirk it, but he couldn't resist Su Wan's repeated invitations, and because he was ashamed of Su Wan, he didn't want to dismiss Su Wan's interest, so he accompanied a few people to watch the game for several days. For a few days, the Su family's brocade shed was particularly lively, and others said that the sound of the Su family's brocade shed could be heard across several sheds.
Because Su Jue and Su Yu signed up, they naturally went to the competition every day. It was when Xie Yaoguang was a little clean, and he accompanied Su Wan and a few people to mess around all day long. However, during this period, the crown prince and King Shou both came to look for Xie Yaoguang several times in the name of visiting, but because Xie Yaoguang's attitude was really difficult to figure out and a little bit of grace and power, he didn't bother Xie Yaoguang after he couldn't think of a new way to win over.
There is no urgency to win over talents. In ancient times, there was a move to look at the thatched house three times, and the inability to win over it probably shows that the sincerity is not enough.
The days are leisurely, and Xie Yaoguang is also happy to be clean. Anyway, Xu Tianyue alone is noisy and headache-inducing, every time she comes, she has to talk about what she saw and heard in the audience today, and others don't know and think that the Su family has invited a storyteller. There were a few times when Su Wan couldn't help but tease Xu Tianyue to remember to bring a surprise wood next time she went out, and tell everyone a few times.
In the past few days, when I talked about Su Wan's two brothers, my eyebrows were dancing, the words were gorgeous, and my mouth was foaming. Although Xie Yaoguang listened attentively to her speech, he was inevitably sleepy, leaning on the chair, putting his hand on his forehead, closing his eyes, and pretending to sleep. Xu Tianyue was talking about it, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xie Yaoguang falling asleep, so she stopped abruptly and tugged at Xie Yaoguang's sleeve pitifully.
Xie Yaoguang woke up, looked at Xu Tianyue with sleepy eyes, raised his lips and said, "Why don't you talk about it?" Is there something going on? ”
"Yaoyao, it's not that I didn't speak well, you fell asleep!"
"I'm sorry for being a little tired suddenly" Xie Yaoguang took the tea handed over by Su Wan, changed his posture and continued to lean on the table, smiling slightly: "You spoke very well"
Hearing Xie Yaoguang's words, Xu Tianyue couldn't help but laugh. Continuing to talk about what she had seen and heard in the past few days, Xie Yaoguang echoed her from time to time because of what she had just said, or asked about the details.
The atmosphere is also harmonious.
"Tianyue, since you are so happy, let your uncle set up a platform for you, let you also compete in martial arts," Su Wan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"I think Wan'er's attention is really good," Xie Yao glanced at Xu Tianyue, and couldn't help but tease: "At that time, I will take a good check for you, and promise to choose a wishful husband for you to go back."
Xu Tianyue saw that Xie Yaoguang was also teasing herself, and stomped her feet. Ran back to his seat to hide his face and fake a cry. Xie Yaoguang looked at Xu Tianyue's appearance, shook his head helplessly, handed over the handkerchief, and comforted Xu Tianyue softly.
At this time, Xie Yaoguang was comforting Xu Tianyue, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Su Yu's depressed face, suppressed the doubts in his eyes, and slightly hooked his lips. It seems that Su Yu is not making good progress.
"Brother, are you back? How about the game" Su Wan handed Su Yu a cup of tea and wanted him to moisten his throat, but Su Yu didn't take it, but his face was solemn.
Xie Yaoguang couldn't help but be suspicious. Isn't there a strong opponent on the field like Su Yu? But according to the information she has...... Although the masters of several other countries have done their best, they are by no means all top-level masters, and Su Yu's martial arts will never be too embarrassed to lose. Unless there are some variables in between. Looking at Su Yu carefully, he wanted to get some clues from his face, so as to solve the confusion in his heart but found nothing.
Just when Xie Yaoguang was in thought. Su Yu had already walked up to her and sat down.
"Miss Xie, you are well-read" Su Yu looked around and said in a deep voice: "I heard that the Xie family has a relationship with all the major sects in the rivers and lakes, I don't know if you have heard of any unique methods that can make people improve their strength in a short time."
"This. Tsk, there is a method, but it is not advisable, even if it is used, it is strong and middle-class, and it won't last long" Xie Yaoguang's eyes were half-narrowed, and his tone was gentle.
"Is there no other way?" Su Yu was obviously not satisfied with this answer.
"I don't know what I know. However, there are no surprises in the world's martial arts, maybe it is some extraterritorial secret medicine that I don't know" Xie Yaoguang seemed to think of something and said: "What trouble did you encounter with Young Master Yu?" ”
Listen to Xie Yaoguang ask him. Su Yu thought of King Shou's explanation and told Xie Yaoguang everything about it, wanting to get a solution from Xie Yaoguang. Xie Yaoguang listened to Su Yu and began to ponder the details of the participants.
"Just now you said that you were defeated. Murong Jin replaced you and fought against Situ Moxuan?"
"Yes, Murong Jin can be regarded as the top master of the younger generation in the rivers and lakes, but it is rare to lose in ten moves," Su Yu reprimanded angrily: "Isn't this Situ Mo Xuan using some demon method?"
Xie Yaoguang raised his eyebrows. Of course, Situ Moxuan didn't use the demon method, and he naturally had his reasons for winning. This third prince of Beiyan is really a cunning guy...... Situ Moxuan is the number one master under him, but he is his retainer, even if he is a brother-in-law, he is still a subordinate. It is indeed a bit interesting to let such a person participate in the competition to recruit relatives for the lord of Jingning, not to mention whether he can be selected or not, compared with Xidi's identity, he has already fallen behind. It's a pity that according to Emperor Li's thoughts, neither Xidi nor Beiyan can marry the lord of Jingning.
The identity of the county lord of Jingning is really tempting. Both the crown prince and the king of Shou probably want to recruit the county lord of Jingning, after all, once the county lord of Jingning joins either camp, it will bring a lot of blows to the other party. According to the current situation, the people of the crown prince and King Shou are on equal footing in the competition, and the most difficult thing to figure out is the attitude of Emperor Li. Emperor Li only stayed in Chaofeng Tower for a day on the first day, and sent his attendants to inquire about the situation in the next few days, and everyone knew in their hearts that he could come today to give enough face. As for whether he can be selected, the most important thing is to leave a good impression in front of the nobles, and he can also have a good reason to be recommended by the day.
According to Emperor Li's thoughts, I am afraid that he just wants to choose a simple and controllable person for Jingning, so that the lord of Jingning can return all the military power of Dunhuang to the imperial court, and he can get a good reputation for being a good general who pities meritorious heroes.
Killing two birds with one stone, it's really wonderful.
"How did Situ Moxuan start to fight with you?"
"At the beginning, he didn't perform too well, and his record has been stable, and he can't see anything out of the ordinary," Su Yu narrowed his eyes and began to recall the situation when Situ Moxuan fought with others a few days ago.
"Yu Gongzi, have you ever thought that from the beginning, he was deliberately acting to preserve his strength?" Xie Yaoguang looked at him sideways, and smiled lightly: "The reason why he won well in front of him was because about the masters who played on the field were some unpopular masters, so he naturally wouldn't go all out to deal with it, and maybe someone in front of him deliberately released water."
All things are mutually reinforcing. Situ Moxuan's martial arts routines come from outside the territory and are very different from the Central Plains martial arts, while Murong Jin was born in the Murong clan and has always walked in an elegant and flexible body style, specializing in internal force swordsmanship. In addition, listening to Xu Tianyue's description, Situ Moxuan should practice foreign kung fu, and those elegant and flexible swordsmanship martial arts will suffer some losses in Xie Yaoguang's opinion.
"Then Miss Xie, do you have a solution? His Majesty and His Royal Highness are quite anxious about this matter," Su Yu suppressed his astonishment and showed a respectful face: "You don't want the Lord of Jingning to marry such a person, right?" ”
Xie Yaoguang picked up the tea, raised his eyes, and said, "Naturally." But I want to ask His Royal Highness King Shou for a favor. Can I let my guards go and meet this Situ Moxuan?"
Seeing that Xie Yaoguang's promise was extremely fast, Su Yu also hurriedly nodded and agreed to Xie Yaoguang's request. Originally, the purpose of Su Yu's trip was to follow King Shou's secret order to find Xie Yaoguang and ask for a solution, and King Shou had explained to him before leaving, but he could agree to any request made by Xie Yaoguang.
Xie Yaoguang penetrated Su Yu's mind at a glance as soon as he came in, after all, he had never traveled far into the world, his knowledge was still shallow and his mind was difficult to hide.
"Yu Gongzi can ask His Majesty to relax the competition period for three days, and then change the rules of the competition, and my people will cut off Situ Moxuan's way."
"Miss Xie, don't worry, I will ask Your Majesty about this" Su Yu paused and said, "I don't know what Miss Xie's method is"
"The story of Tian Ji's horse racing, Yu Gongzi should have heard it." Xie Yaoguang hooked his lips slightly: "Young Master Yu needs to rearrange the strength of the remaining people and change their order of appearance." I'll take care of the rest."
"Okay, I'll go and ask Your Majesty for your idea, Miss Xie."
Seeing Su Yu leave in a hurry, Xie Yaoguang snorted. Sure enough, from the beginning, Su Yu came for King Shou, but I was afraid that he would easily agree to his request, and he also got King Shou's permission, and now he couldn't wait to ask King Shou for credit. To say that this matter is indeed a great benefit, not only can make the Sacred Heart happy, but also can ask for favors from the Lord of Jingning. For those who lose, with her understanding of King Shou, I am afraid that she will also be rewarded with a lot of money. Jianghu people, where can they be so face-conscious? It's stupid to get along with gold and silver wealth, and it's not those pedantic scholars who value reputation more than life.
Not to mention anything else, Su Yu's work efficiency is really good, so when he left a stick of incense, he sent someone to send Xie Yaoguang a famous post, as well as a Dongzhu of equal size. glanced at the thank you gift from King Shou, and slowly raised his lips. This gift from King Shou is really meaningful.
The schedule of the next few days was all according to Xie Yaoguang's proposal, and I have to say that Xie Yaoguang's method did work, the reason was sufficient, it was a holy decree, and there was no harm to him, so naturally no one objected. Because of the change of the competition system, Natu Moxuan couldn't help but become more and more complacent even after killing several people along the way.
In order to facilitate Xie Yaoguang to watch the game, King Shou specially instructed people to prepare a good place with an excellent view and away from the hustle and bustle. For King Shou's kindness, Xie Yaoguang naturally did not refuse, and immediately brought Su Wan and others to watch the game together.
The off-stage game can be described as interesting, and the last time to play against Situ Moxuan are all some famous young masters in the Dali martial arts. But whether it is a sword, a gun, a halberd, an axe, a hook and a fork, or a pair of copper maces against the boss Tu Moxuan, they are all defeated without exception, and few people have more than twenty moves in his hands. At the moment, he was facing a young swordsman, making a long knife, and the long knife danced vigorously in his hand, striking each other, and it was difficult to distinguish between the top and the bottom for a while. Everyone in the audience applauded him. The two exchanged thirty moves, and the long knife of the swordsman came out of his hand, and the person flew a few feet away, covering his chest and panting.
Situ Moxuan's face gradually turned smug and bowed his hand towards everyone.