"It's enough for us to have your aunt and a female general, you are still honest by my side, and you are not allowed to go anywhere." The mother on the side spoke warmly, but a touch of sadness flashed between her eyebrows, and it dissipated instantly, as if it was deliberately erased, for fear of disturbing everyone's interest.

I saw my mother's thoughts, and I didn't dare to say more.

During the banquet, my father and elder brother have been talking to Yuan Hao about many wars in recent years, analyzing many livelihood issues and the management of the imperial court.

In the evening, everyone was already full of wine and food, and the banquet was withdrawn, and one by one the little slaves lightly served a cup of tea. The fragrance of tea passes through the seams and fills the entire main hall. At this time, the hall no longer has the splendid intersection just now, but exudes a natural and tranquil atmosphere.

"Twilight, Your Majesty has designated you to fight, do you have a way to deal with it?" Yuan Hao asked lightly while tasting the fragrance of tea.

How could he ask me? Did he come to ask me in particular? I was stunned for a moment, and a lot of thoughts came to my mind, and I thought about it for a while, and it took me a while to come back to my senses, and I said lightly, "What to deal with?" Just go all out. ”

Without waiting for Yuan Hao to answer, his brother asked: "Brother Yuan Hao, this Sima An is an important minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and his martial arts are excellent. ”

Yuan Hao suddenly paused when he was obedient, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but he soon calmed down again. "This Liu Mu first recommended his nephew, and then recommended Du Xue, who knows what medicine he sells in his gourd? I have already sent someone to the Northern Wei Dynasty to inquire about the news, to see what is the origin of this Sima An, and how is the martial arts routine? ”

Yuan Hao lowered his eyes slightly, looked out the window for a moment, and said slowly: "In recent years, their Northern Wei Dynasty has not only faced the fierce eye of the Northern Yan, but also their own situation is also turbulent. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late to find out the news." The mother on the side finally couldn't help but mourn. "The competition will be held in three days, even if the twilight snow is the last, there are still five days, and the fast horse will come and go to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it will not be possible to come without a whole month."

I looked at my mother's worried appearance, and I was really distressed, "Mother, it's okay, do you know, my daughter is a serious descendant of Wuyuan Mountain, and I don't want to show my skills on weekdays, this is my chance to make a name for myself!" I comforted her.

Later, my brother and my father, Yuan Hao discussed for a long time, I didn't have any thoughts, my eyes inadvertently swept over Yuan Hao, his heroic face, against the backdrop of the candle flame, looked more three-dimensional and handsome, after several battlefield battles, he did not have the arrogance of the royal family at all, and all that was shown was the extraordinary heroism of the instrument.

Three days later, the competition with the Northern Wei Dynasty officially kicked off. The princes and nobles in Beijing, the rich and noble, and even the ordinary people are all looking forward to it.

The emperor ordered the Ministry of Work to send personnel to build a martial arts platform about two meters high and angular on the huge square in front of the palace gate, and built a small rest room around the periphery of the platform for the nobles to sit up, ordinary officials and other people with status can sit in the viewing pavilion outside the stage, and the ordinary people, of course, were blocked from the customs and defense, and could only listen to the news in the distance.

Although there are only a small number of people who can personally witness the grand occasion, the importance of this competition is self-evident, and it can even be said that the eyes of the whole world have now been cast on the competition platform outside the palace wall, waiting for the most thrilling competition that is about to begin.

Prince Yuanbin, Eighth Prince Yuan Hao, Commander Shang Jinming, and Liu Chun are the most powerful young people in Beijing, they are naturally arranged in a small rest room, although each family has its own one, but they are not far from each other, Yuan Hao came to watch the battle early, and as soon as he heard that the people from the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion had arrived, he immediately looked for him.

"Today is the first competition, why did you come so late?" As the warm curtain was lifted, a sonorous sound followed.

I looked up and saw that it was Yuan Hao.

"Such an important competition, there must have been a warm-up performance arranged, you came so early, didn't you only see a few of their Northern Wei warriors' battle drills?" The elder brother stretched out his hand to pull over the bench, gave a look, and motioned for Yuan Hao to sit down and said.

"By the way, the order of the competition has been decided?"

"Not yet, I heard Gonggong Chen, who was next to my father, say that it is necessary to draw lots to determine the order of the competition." Yuan Hao said disapprovingly while pulling the bench on the side.

"Lottery? Why was the lottery drawn? I grabbed the words, "Originally, the Wei State was an unreasonable request, thinking about what to designate the princess candidate, why should we give them such a number of gifts, just arrange it according to the order of complete victory!" ”

"I said sister, how can you be so sure that you will definitely be able to win against that Sima An?" A faint smile appeared on my brother's lips, and he asked me a little mockingly. "Besides, even if you can win, Liu Hui may not be!"

When I heard this, I was stunned and couldn't answer for a long time. Actually, I didn't know Sima An's martial arts moves, I only heard rumors that he was the vanguard general of the Wei Dynasty, but when he went out in the morning, Ling Qiao hurriedly handed over a note, which was passed in by Shang Jinming, which not only had Sima An's martial arts provenance, but also his best moves, and even he was the confidant of the prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, so I will be so sure of winning.

But Shang Jinming secretly passed on the news, but I couldn't tell my eldest brother and Yuan Hao, so I had to pout, pretending to be poked in the short, and bowed my head and said nothing.

But Yuan Hao, as one of the most relied on princes of the emperor, and he held the military power, it was impossible to find out the news of the Northern Wei Empire within three days, how did Jin Ming get the news? I couldn't help but wonder.

"The slave gave His Royal Highness the King of the North to say goodbye, I have seen General Weiyuan, I have seen Miss Duxue, and the inner court has issued a decree, please Miss Duxue to go to the lottery competition." A little eunuch Gong Jin saluted us one by one, reported his intentions, and then Gong Jin saluted again, bowed and retreated lightly.

I stood up and straightened my clothes, "Okay, then I'll go first." ”

I paced to the front of the competition platform, Liu Hui was already waiting at this time, and the prince Wei Rui followed closely behind me.

A eunuch dressed in a red brocade robe strolled up to the stage with a copper plate, on which three bamboo sticks of the same size were neatly arranged, the bottom of the bamboo sticks was tied with red embroidery thread, and the manuscript with the order of the competition was wrapped inside.

Without waiting for me to carefully observe the subtle differences in the bamboo skewers, Wei Rui took out a bamboo skewer, and without saying a word, he tore off the embroidery thread on it, only to see that on the snow-white paper manuscript inside, there was a clear "two", that is, Wei Rui was the second to compete with Sima An.

I frowned slightly, a little nervous, only to see Liu Hui on the side bowed slightly, very politely stretched out his right hand to me, signaling me to smoke first, although half bowed his head, a strand of black hair hung in front of his temples, blocking his gaze, but there was a trace of fleeting cunning in his eyes, and I happened to catch it, I was stunned for a moment, and my body couldn't help but shudder.

I took one and opened it to see that there was one written on it—"one".