Chapter 233: Dragon King Banquet Competition
The long-awaited Dragon King Banquet is finally about to begin. According to the rules of the past years, each country will send eight people to compete, the competition is divided into eight items, a total of 32 people from the four countries, two by two groups of competitions, and the two people who win the finals.
In the end, a winner is decided, eight groups of events, and which country has the most people left in the end, and which country wins.
The grouping of the competition is determined by drawing.
This year, the Dragon King Banquet Daqi sent Zhang Jilin, Xue Wuyi, Nie Changfeng, Xiao Ru, Xiao Jingyi, Xiao Jingxuan, Liu Jiangcheng and Liu Meiniang respectively.
Originally, there was no Liu Meiniang in the selection, but Liu Meiniang was too popular for a while, and Emperor Changping also believed that Liu Meiniang was so clever that she would be able to resolve all difficulties. Coupled with Xiao Ru's strong recommendation, Liu Meiniang became the last of the eight.
According to the draw, Liu Meiniang took the chess, and she played against a person named Bingzhijiang in Xiling.
"Lord Minghua." Bing Zhijiang nodded. It is said that this Bingzhijiang is an important minister in Xiling, and the best thing is chess, Liu Meiniang was still a little bottomless at first, her Go was learned from her grandfather since she was a child, and it was originally cultivated as a hobby. Although I have studied for many years, I have never played against anyone, and playing chess is a very mental thing.
"Lord Bing." Liu Meiniang nodded and walked to the opposite side of Bingzhijiang, and made a gesture of please, and Bingzhijiang also sat opposite Liu Meiniang generously.
"Game on!" As soon as the gong struck, the competitions in the eight venues began, Zhang Jilin and Nie Changfeng Xiao Jingxuan chose martial arts, so several people were divided into martial arts arenas, Xue Wuyi horsemanship, Nie Changfeng swordsmanship, Xiao Jingxuan archery, and the remaining few people all went to the Wen Fighting Arena.
Xiao Ru's poems, Xiao Jingyi's paintings, Zhang Jilin's art of war, and Liujiang Chengyin's rhythm.
Except for Liu Jiangcheng, who suffered a little, everyone else basically got what they were good at, Liu Meiniang didn't expect that Xiao Jingxuan, the eldest prince who seemed to be weak in Wenwen, would choose archery.
This is still in addition to the palace, Liu Meiniang saw the eldest prince for the first time, Xiao Jingxuan gave people the feeling that he was as calm as water, and the whole person stood there and didn't talk much, quiet and quiet, which was completely different from the long-sleeved dancing disgusting Xiao Jingyi. In fact, Liu Meiniang doesn't quite understand, Xiao Jingxuan is supposed to be a proud son of the sky, his mother is the queen, from the main palace, and he is the eldest son, why can't he see the slightest pride. When she saw Emperor Changping's attitude towards Zhang Xiao Jingxuan and Xiao Jingyi, Liu Meiniang understood.
is also a son, and it can still be seen between the words that Emperor Changping likes Xiao Jingyi more, and his attitude towards Xiao Jingyi is very enthusiastic, and he is a little lukewarm towards Xiao Jingxuan.
The reason for Emperor Changping's attitude, Liu Meiniang can also guess a few points, in the final analysis, Xiao Jingyi is born in Yu Linlang, and there is really a bit of similarity between his face and Yu Linglong, Emperor Changping prefers Xiao Jingyi and also said the past, plus Xiao Jingyi's personality is very pleasing, it is not surprising to win the holy favor, the holy favor is a good thing, and some ministers in the court have gradually begun to stand in line. Xiao Jingyi's side has already taken refuge with several ministers. However, Liu Meiniang didn't believe that Emperor Changping would not notice their behavior like this, and he didn't know what Emperor Changping meant now, and the holy will was unpredictable.
Zhang Jirin faced Rong Zhang, Xiao Jingyi faced Ouyang Zhi of Xiling, and Xiao Jingxuan faced Zhang Xiao, another envoy of Beirong. Yu Mingyue faced Xiao Ru.
After several rounds of competition, the winners were Daqi four, Zhang Jilin, Xue Wuyi, Xiao Ru, Liu Meiniang and Xiao Jingyi.
Two people from Southern Xinjiang, Yu Mingyue and another envoy, two from Xiling, and four from Beirong. In this way, Nanjiang has lost the opportunity, even if both Nanjiang wins the second round, the chances of Nanjiang winning the top spot are very small.
"The county lord of Minghua is highly skilled, and the lower officials admire it."
On the chessboard, Bingzhijiang's Baizi was almost killed by Liu Meiniang's sunspot.
"Lord Bing agreed." Liu Meiniang hooked the corners of her mouth and said lightly, in fact, she didn't win easily, but she still won Bingzhijiang.
"Hahaha, come here, reward," Emperor Changping sat on the main seat, and when he heard the people below tell him about the battle situation, he couldn't stop laughing, the victory of the other people was within Emperor Changping's expectations, but Zhang Jirin, Xue Wuyi and Liu Meiniang did surprise Emperor Changping.
Emperor Changping has always been worried about Xue Wuyi, but he didn't expect Xue Wuyi's riding skills to be so good, and Zhang Jilin and Liu Meiniang are both newcomers, and they both won, which increased the chances of winning for Daqi, how could Emperor Changping not be happy.
Yu Mingyue didn't win the game, and sat in her seat with a blue face. She didn't come to the last Dragon King Banquet, and she didn't know that Xiao Ru won the last Dragon King Banquet, and she was too confident to lose to Xiao Ru.
Originally, Daqi was famous for its scholarly fragrance, and poetry and singing were compulsory courses for aristocratic children from an early age, but in contrast, Southern Xinjiang had very low requirements for this aspect.
Yu Mingyue's loss to Xiao Ru is also understandable.
The second round begins, and the rest advance to the finals. This year's format has changed, and in the second round, you have to draw lots again to decide your own competition.
Liu Meiniang Xue Wuyi was lucky, Liu Meiniang drew calligraphy in the second round, and Xue Wuyi was still riding. Others have a slight change in content. Xue Wuyi looked at the note he drew and couldn't laugh a little, both wheels are riding, other countries won't think he cheats.
Xue Ziqian's face on the viewing platform has long been dark, after the decline of the Liang family, Xue Ziqian's sense of existence is much lower, Xue Zhongjing is still very concerned about this son, but they also gradually found that Xue Wuyi is becoming more and more brilliant, it seems that since the palace banquet, maybe earlier, Xue Wuyi often appeared in such major scenes, at first they thought it was a coincidence, Xue Wuyi and Nie Changfeng were good friends, and they were stained with Nie Changfeng's light, so they were able to participate every time.
Later, they slowly discovered that Emperor Changping seemed to take more care of Xue Wuyi, and this time Xue Ziqian also signed up for the Dragon King Banquet, but in the end he was defeated, but he didn't expect Xue Wuyi to become a contestant in the Dragon King Banquet.
Xue Ziqian was not convinced, and went to Xue Wuyi's mansion to make trouble once, and after being driven out by the people in Xue Wuyi's mansion, Xue Ziqian really saw clearly that Xue Wuyi was not a down-and-out child without a background.
And Xue Zhongjing, the old fox, discovered Emperor Changping's difference to Xue Wuyi earlier than Xue Ziqian, and secretly warned Xue Ziqian not to oppose Xue Wuyi again.
How could Xue Ziqian endure all this.
This time at the Dragon King Banquet, although Xue Ziqian was not able to be elected as a contestant, he finally entered the Dragon King Banquet to help arrange the venue and judge the winners, which gave Xue Ziqian a chance. It is not a coincidence that Zhang Jilin is riding twice in a row, but Xue Ziqian's secret operation,
Xue Wuyi won the first round of the Dragon King Banquet, and Emperor Changping rewarded Xue Wuyi with a wave of his hand, and Xue Ziqian was so jealous that he went crazy.
The second round of the competition was still riding, and Xue Ziqian, as the invigilator of the second round of the competition, changed the venue and sat on the edge of the riding field.
At the sound of an order, the three horses ran out, and Xue Wuyi's horse bore the brunt, but the remaining two horses were not to be outdone, and the distance between the three horses was basically not too much different.
Xue Ziqian looked at Xue Wuyi, who was flying wantonly, and found that he was wrong, very wrong, since he was a child, he was the pride of Xue Zhongjing and Liang Min, for this younger brother who does not learn and has no skills, Xue Ziqian has always looked down on him, the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion ran to do business, not only Xue Zhongjing felt ashamed, he felt ashamed, although Xue Wuyi made a lot of money later, but Xue Ziqian still looked down on Xue Wuyi, but what he didn't expect was that Xue Wuyi became more and more dazzling, after the decline of the Liang family, Xue Ziqian could obviously feel it, Xue Zhongjing's attitude towards himself has changed, which is what Xue Ziqian is most afraid of, his father's abandonment.
But now, Xue Ziqian has to admit that Xue Wuyi is already better than him. In any way.
Xue Wuyi's horse ran past the paddock, and Xue Ziqian's eyes became deeper and deeper when he looked at Xue Wuyi.
With a finger, a silver needle appeared in Xue Ziqian's hand.
Xue Ziqian has also learned martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts are naturally not good, he may not be as good as Zhang Jirin, and he is also one of the best among the nobles in the capital.
Xue Ziqian calculated the speed of Xue Ziqian's horse, and when he ran past the judging table on the second lap, the silver needle in Xue Ziqian's hand was thrown.
Not many people noticed such subtle movements, and Xue Wuyi, who was riding on a horse, didn't pay attention to it.
The moment I saw it, Xue Wuyi's horse neighed, instantly uncontrollable, and rushed out of the paddock at once, there was an uproar all around, Liu Meiniang had just finished writing calligraphy, and Taitou saw Xue Wuyi's horse almost fly out, and his heart jumped.
"What's going on?"
Emperor Changping was also stunned and saw the clues.
"Xue Gongzi's horse, it seems to be ......"
Gonggong Zheng wanted to speak and stopped, Emperor Changping frowned, no, Xue Wuyi's riding skills are obvious to everyone, in the first round, Xue Wuyi almost won at the speed of crushing the momentum. Before Emperor Changping could think about it carefully, Xue Wuyi's horse stepped out of the fence directly.
Xue Wuyi, on horseback, leaned down and tried to get himself as close to the horse as possible.
But a needle was inserted into the horse's body, the horse was in pain, naturally uncontrollable, and when he turned out of the fence, a horse's hoof tripped directly, and when Xue Wuyi was about to fly off the horse, he found that the corners of his clothes were entangled with the saddle.
Xue Wuyi cursed in a low voice, and when he looked forward, he had already been thrown out by the horse.
Nie Changfeng had already stood up before Xue Wuyi's horse got out of control and saw that Xue Wuyi was about to throw it out, Nie Changfeng flew over with light skills, but he was still a step late, and only grabbed the corner of Xue Wuyi's clothes.
Xue Wuyi was thrown out of the way by the horse, fell heavily to the ground, and hit his head on a stone.
After Xue Wuyi landed, he fell into a coma.
"Come on, hurry, go and save people, save people!" Emperor Changping stood up directly from his seat and was about to go down, but was stopped by Gonggong Li and Gonggong Zheng at the same time.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, someone has already passed over there." Gonggong Zheng said.
Originally, there were many uncertainties in the Dragon King Banquet, and compared with Xue Wuyi, the safety of Emperor Changping was still more important, so it was better for Emperor Changping not to leave his seat.