Chapter 409: Digging a Pit
The gold bricks in Yingying's hands are actually more than 300, because the total number of gold bricks brought out by Hu Niu is 144, plus the 160 that have been concentrated, the total number should be 304. However, because Tianyou has not returned to the royal city for the time being, no one knows the exact number.
However, it doesn't matter if there is no specific number, as long as you know that Ying Ying controls about 300 gold bricks in her hands.
Bai Bingyu and the monks who snatched the gold bricks for Ying Ying were not good at scheming, but there were people in the crowd gathered in this small courtyard at this moment who were good at this.
Lu Tianzheng and Yin Lu quickly thought of one place, glanced at each other with a heart, and then invited Bai Qi to go to the study for an interview together, leaving Yingying and Bai Bingyu as a group of young people to celebrate in the small courtyard. However, before leaving, they told Bai Bingyu and Ying Ying that everyone should not leave Baifu tonight, just stay in Baifu, even if they set up a tent in the martial arts arena, they could not be disbanded in advance.
Bai Bingyu was still a little ignorant at first, but Ying Ying instantly understood the meaning of several elders, and immediately nodded and agreed.
After some cheers, the young monks quickly moved to the big martial arts arena in Baifu under the leadership of Bai Bingyu and Ying Ying, anyway, Baifu didn't dare to say anything else, the martial arts arena was definitely the largest in Wangcheng, except for the school field of the Yulin Army, there was really no second martial arts arena that could match it.
After the young man left, several old people in the study also sat down. Although it was a little late at this time, no one in the room was sleepy, but everyone was full of energy and excitement.
Taiwei Guande was the first to say: "The reason why Xiao Tiande and his gang are aggressive in the court today is because they think that the eldest prince and his family will get more gold bricks than the nine princesses, but now that the situation is reversed, I think it is a good opportunity." ”
These people are all old slippery heads, in fact, they don't need to discuss, they have already thought of going together. As soon as Guan De mentioned it, Yin Lu immediately followed: "Yes." Why don't you just plan for us tomorrow morning?"
"It's just that the one named Tianyou hasn't come back after all, what if something goes wrong in the middle......" Mu Yan said a little uneasy.
These words made everyone hesitate a little, but Bai Qi said firmly: "Tianyou was sent to Zixiao Palace by me, and I know his ability very well." If I doubt that he will be able to take out so many gold bricks from the Taimiao of Song and Zhao, I am not sure, but since they have all been sent back to my Great Qin country, with the prudence and steadiness of Tianyou, there will be no problem. ”
Bai Qi paused here when he said this, and then said, "Besides, we are different from them. The Ninth Princess can afford to lose. ”
As soon as these words came out, the whole room laughed.
Oh, yes. Compared with the eldest prince Yinghai, the chance of winning the ninth princess Yingying they supported is too obvious. It is because even Ying Hai himself knows that the gap between him and Ying Ying has reached the point where it is hopeless to catch up, so this year he will change the practice of previous years and send Xiao Bihe and Wei Dahu and others to rob the Song Guotai Temple. Because only by taking risks and winning with ingenuity can he have a chance to compete with Yingying.
So just now when Bai Qi said that Ying Ying can afford to lose, everyone can't help laughing, because now the battle for the storage position between Ying Ying and Ying Hai is like a football game that has been played at half time, and Ying Ying has exceeded by a score of 5 to 0, even if she accidentally loses one or two goals, she is still very sure to win. So Lu Tianzheng and Guan De are not worried about one or two failures at all, because Ying Ying's advantages give them enough fault tolerance.
A group of cunning fellows returned to their mansions after discussing what to do tomorrow, while the others celebrated until the early hours of the morning before they were arranged to sleep in a suitable place.
Early the next morning, when the young monks were still asleep, Bai Qi appeared outside the palace in full clothes and waited for the door to open.
Soon, Lu Tianzheng and others arrived one after another, and at this time, the palace gate had not yet opened, and everyone was blocked from the palace city. The officials belonging to the Yinghai family and the officials of the Yingying family gathered together, but there was no internal communication. Everything that should be discussed has already been discussed, and there is no need to reveal one's intentions in front of others.
It was easy to wait until the city gate was opened, and the officials rushed into the class room outside the main hall to rest for a while, and some of them took out the folds they had brought with them and looked at them again, until one of the confessors informed them that they could go to the court.
After a group of officials entered the main hall and stood still, King Qin finally appeared in the main hall.
"Have you all thought about how to evaluate the merits of the Xiao family's kid today?" King Qin was the first to speak. As for the kid mentioned by King Qin here, it is actually not the same thing as the modern term, this "kid" is a kind of affectionate name, dedicated to the younger generations who are more loved.
King Qin is speaking in this tone here, obviously because something has happened after the dispersal of the dynasty yesterday. Obviously, the officials of the Yingying family were busy discussing countermeasures, and the officials of the Yinghai family were not idle. And people actually did the work directly to the King of Qin.
Lu Tianzheng and Guan De glanced at each other, and then looked at Bai Qi, obviously they both heard the extraneous voice in the king's words. However, Bai Qi nodded his head and returned a reassuring look.
The two of them thought for a moment and understood Bai Qi's thoughts. In the current situation, Bai Qi probably means that the king should not obviously fall to which side, and it is estimated that this kind of language is only because the other party has made a temporary attack, so that King Qin has a good impression of Xiao Bihe. If it was said that King Qin suddenly gave up on Ying Ying because of what the other party had done, and turned directly to Ying Hai, they didn't believe this kind of thing.
After relieving themselves, the two of them didn't think much about it, and some of the officials of the Yinghai family on the opposite side really stood up. "King Qiqi, Wei Chenjue's Xiao Bi and this miracle feat should be rewarded. ”
There was no difference between this and yesterday's discussion, and as a matter of course, King Qin should have asked Guan De for their opinion at this time. However, the strange thing is that this time King Qin asked Prime Minister Li Si.
"What do you think, Lis?"
"Back to the king. Li Si stood up and arched his hand: "Merit must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished, this is the basic principle that our dynasty has always pursued, so I think ...... It deserves to be rewarded, and it should be rewarded. ”
Obviously, this is actually what King Qin asked Li Si to say. In the past, Li Si has always chosen to stay out of the dispute, so he is neither a Yinghai or a Yingying. If you have to say it, then he is from the line of King Qin. Therefore, what Li Si said in his mouth was actually equivalent to the meaning of the king. Obviously, Yinghai did a lot of homework last night.
Although the king made it clear that he would be rewarded, Guan De and Lu Tianzheng did not have any panic, because they were originally going to support this proposal.
Originally, the officials of the Yingying family have always opposed the premise of the heavy reward, and the premise is that the total number of gold bricks obtained by Yingying is not as much as that obtained by the Yinghai family, so in line with the principle of not boosting the strength of the other party, it is natural to suppress it. Although they also know that it is probably impossible not to reward, at least they must suppress the arrogance of the other party and not let them get too many direct benefits.
But now the situation is different.
Now the number of gold bricks in Yingying's hands is much more than the number of gold bricks in Yinghai's hands, and the most advantageous condition is that the other party does not know this. Therefore, as long as they find a way to follow each other's words and increase the reward, then the best benefit is themselves, and Yinghai will eventually find that their efforts are just helping Yingying.
With the support of this idea, Guan De decisively went out of the class and said: "King." After the dispersal of the court yesterday, I consulted with a few of my colleagues, and I felt that although the young monks should not be overly arrogant, they should still have the necessary encouragement. That's why we recommend re-rewarding as well. ”
As soon as these words came out, it can be said that everyone was stunned. King Qin was puzzled, but the Yinghai family was completely confused. Why did you desperately oppose it yesterday, and when you sleep up, your thoughts are reversed?
King Qin didn't know why the officials of Ying Ying's family suddenly changed their attitude, but he didn't care about this, anyway, as long as he did what he wanted.
"Oh, since everyone agrees, let's decide to reward it again. But what exactly is this reward, do you have any opinions?"
"Wei Chenjue, the specific rewards and punishments should be decided by the king, but the rewards and punishments should not be child's play, when there is a degree of evidence, it can play a role in promoting the advancement of my Qin country's young talents. And this method is also more convincing. ”
"Then what do you think, why don't you say it directly?" The officials of Yingying's family directly came to a 180-degree reversal today, and King Qin always felt that this was because he made a statement. Therefore, the king of Qin saw that Guan De and them were so good, so he decided to sell them face. Since they agree with their own ideas, they should be asked for their opinions and support for the specific implementation.
Because of this thought, King Qin gave the officials of the Yinghai family a chance to speak, and asked directly.
Guan De was not polite, and said directly: "Weichen Jue, when the king selects things that can be rewarded, whether it is in kind or official, it needs to be listed as a value." For example, how many gold bricks are needed to seal the baronial title, and how many gold bricks are needed to obtain a certain treasure, a rule is set to announce it to the world, so that later people can have a reference, and it is justified to say it. ”
"Well, that's true. Then you can wait and draw up a plan and present it to me. ”
"Wechen obeyed. ”
Because King Qin had never given Xiao Tiande a chance to speak, and it seemed that everything was developing according to their thoughts, the officials of the Yinghai family did not forcibly interject. Finally, after a few more general discussions, the early dynasty came to an end.
The officials of the Yinghai family left Miyagi with some confusion, and they only felt that they had won this court meeting today a little inexplicably. However, Guan De and the others quickly received a list of items that could be rewarded by King Qin himself, and then Guan De and the others began to evaluate the content of the reward according to this content.
Xiao Tiande's group always felt a little uneasy after leaving the court, and someone asked Xiao Tiande, "Lord Xiao." Why do I always feel weird about this today?"
Xiao Tiande was also a little incomprehensible. "Yes, the old man is also a little confused. ”
"Do you think they are making a fuss about the content of the reward, for example, setting the reward requirements very high, and only a hundred gold bricks can be exchanged for a reward that is not on the table?" someone asked.
Xiao Tiande thought for a while and shook his head, "It shouldn't be." After the king said that, he should personally pass the goal, if it is too much, first of all, they will not be able to pass the king's level. It's just that this matter has to be guarded against. I think so. Xiao Tiande suddenly looked left and right, and then shouted: "Lord Chen, speaking of which, your position and Guan De also intersect, why don't you take advantage of your position to go and see how the situation is?"
The one who was called was also a cool man, nodded and turned to chase after Guan De.
In fact, they were all worried in vain. At this time, how could they deliberately set a very high standard and deduct their own rewards? Of course, they can set as high as they can. If it weren't for the fear that it would be too outrageous and would cause the king to be unhappy, they really wanted to hollow out all the benefits given by King Qin.
The Master Chen, who had been sent, soon arrived at Guan De, and met Guan De under the pretext of handing over the work, and then let him see the list that was being drawn up. As a result, it's okay not to look at it, but when he looks at this list, he is even more confused. "Lord Taiwei, is this the reward charter that the king wants?"
"Yes?" Guan De knew why the other party was confused, but he deliberately didn't break it, and asked him very generously: "What? Master Chen thinks there is anything inappropriate? Propose it and let's study it together?"
Lord Chen hurriedly shook his hand, "No, no, how dare the officials speak of such an important thing." The lower official still has official business, so he will leave. ”
Xiao Tiande was even more confused after receiving the information sent back by the official who sent him. Not only did the other party not deduct the reward, but was a little too generous. This made Xiao Tiande feel a little puzzled, but he always felt as if something was not quite right with the other party. In the end, after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of the crux of the problem, so he could only choose to take one step at a time to see one step at a time.
It is said that when King Qin saw this charter, it was almost evening, and like Xiao Tiande, he was also puzzled for a while, but he also did not delve into it, and after studying it for a while, he felt that there was no major problem, and then handed it over to the Zhongchang servant to copy it into an official edict list, and the name of the text was issued after it was publicized in the court on the second day.
At this time, there is only one day left before the end of the national sports mission, and the monks from all countries have basically completed their respective tasks and are returning, and those who have not completed have also arrived at the white-hot dressing table. But the Qin State collected its troops and returned to the dynasty early this year anyway, but the Song State was a scene of soldiers and trees, but there was nothing to do for the rest of the day, so although the Song State was chaotic, it could not interfere with the Qin State.
It is said that Tianyou and his entourage, who met the tiger girl, finally left Qingyuan Mountain, rested in Taoyuan City for a night, and went out to find a few carriages with large loads on the second day, and then put all the gold bricks on it. After leaving the no-man's land, it is inconvenient for the tiger girl to maintain her ontological form, otherwise it is easy to scare others. However, the more than 100 gold bricks after turning into a human form are indeed difficult to carry, so they can only borrow a carriage. This is also the reason why Tianyou did not rush to Wangcheng overnight.
The horses and carts loaded with the gold bricks quickly set off again, but the convoy could not get up fast because of the pulling of things, and it was not until the evening that the sky turned yellow and the towering walls of the royal city were finally seen.
The procession soon came to the entrance of the royal city, and the soldiers defending the city immediately stopped the convoy. Although it was the last day of the National Games mission, no one dared to relax when the time was not enough, and the soldiers still carefully checked the convoy behind Tianyou.
"Monk?"
Tianyou handed over the identification. After seeing it, the soldier guarding the gate immediately said respectfully: "It turns out that it is a monk who participated in the national sports mission, please come in quickly." ”
According to the rules, the monks of their country do not need to be inspected when they enter the royal city during the national sports mission, and only need to be checked when they leave, so the soldier was not embarrassed by God, and immediately let him go after confirming his identity.
However, just after Tianyou led the convoy through the city gate, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed on the road ahead. The leader actually rode a tiger-shaped monster, which frightened the passers-by on both sides to panic and avoid. However, the man riding the tiger laughed loudly, and did not care about the passers-by who fell on both sides.
"It's this guy again!"
Tianyou recognized that it was Wei Dahu who Song Guo wanted to trample on Tianyou outside the city. Later, God blessed them with Xiao Bihe when they clashed, this person was also present, and it seemed to be one of the main combat forces in Xiao Bihe's team.
Wei Dahu, who was galloping all the way on a fierce tiger, saw the carriage parked in the city gate cave from a distance. The horses pulling the cart felt the breath of the tiger demon and neighed in horror and struggled, so that the hired coachmen had to desperately pull the reins to prevent the carriage from overturning.
Seeing the panicked appearance of the horses here, Wei Dahu not only did not mean to stop, but laughed even more happily. Although he also saw the convoy blocking the way, he had no intention of slowing down. Seeing like this, he actually wanted to crash into the convoy and just pass. However, the next moment, he suddenly saw a familiar figure blocking the middle of the road, and then he recognized Tianyou.
Although he saw Tianyou, Wei Dahu had no intention of stopping. With an evil smile on his lips, he pinched the tiger demon's abdomen hard and forced the tiger demon to speed up.
Tianyou stood in the middle of the road like this, motionless and watched Wei Dahu rush head-on, until the two sides were close enough that Tianyou could already see the flesh hanging on each other's teeth, and then he suddenly took a step sideways.
Tianyou's step is nothing, but the tiger girl who has been blocked by him is taking a step forward, and at the same time no longer suppresses her own demon power, but suddenly lets go of the control of her own demon power. At that moment, the tumbling demonic power surged out, instantly bringing up a circle of invisible qi walls and spreading.
The fierce tiger carrying Wei Dahu was suddenly swept by the qi wall, the hair on his whole body instantly exploded, and the two rushing front paws instantly pressed down and desperately buckled the ground, but because the speed was too fast, he couldn't brake, but he directly fell to the ground and rolled forward.
Wei Dahu, who was originally riding on the back of the tiger demon, was really caught off guard, he was still high-spirited one second, and was thrown out the next second. Fortunately, he is not an idle person, he jumped up from the saddle of the tiger in the air, and landed after a few heels in the air, and after a few consecutive rolls, he saw the opportunity to slap the ground with both hands and finally supported himself and did not continue to roll, but when he half-knelt there and raised his head, he was surprised to find that there were two pairs of feet in front of him.
"Oh, everyone is a Qin State monk, it's good to meet and have a look, why bother with this big gift?" Tianyou said as he stretched out his hand and made a vain motion, but Wei Dahu was completely confused. Judging from his movements, isn't he just kowtowing to others now? Although he is kneeling on one knee, he is also kneeling after all!
"Fuck you, dare to take advantage of Lao Tzu. Wei Dahu, who reacted, immediately jumped up and reached out to push Tianyou, but Hu Niu took a step forward and pinched his palm.
As soon as Wei Dahu was caught by the tiger girl, he immediately increased his strength, but his face changed again and again. Although the tall woman in front of her did not look as delicate as an ordinary woman, she was not stout. However, at this moment, the power emanating from the well-proportioned arms was like a golden stone, and it was twisting his elbows backwards little by little. He couldn't stop the other party even if he used his strength to eat, how could this not surprise Wei Dahu.
Here, Wei Dahu was looking at the tiger girl in horror, but the tiger girl was not looking at him at all. She gradually strengthened her hand, pinched Wei Dahu's wrist, and forced him to kneel down again, and then looked past Wei Dahu to look at the tiger demon who was crawling in the distance and grinning at this side.
"Hmph, after the baby teeth are replaced, don't you learn to come out and travel the world? Beware of the day when people will be stripped of tiger skins to make mattresses. ”
......The tiger demon on the other side obviously reacted to the tiger girl's words, but the cry was probably understood by the tiger girl, anyway, God bless them, it was just a tiger roar.
"So you didn't do it voluntarily?" said Hu Niu and pointed to the side with one hand: "Now that no one is stopping you, why don't you hurry up?"
The tiger demon hesitated for a moment, and then really walked over. When passing by the tiger girl, he lowered his head and touched the ground with his chin, as if saluting, and then roared, so frightened that the horses in the convoy fell to the ground with feces and urine, and then accelerated out of the city gate hole and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests on the side of the road. The soldiers who were originally guarding outside the city gate were hiding outside, but they looked into the city gate hole in fear. They are just ordinary soldiers, and they don't dare to provoke monsters without absolute numerical superiority. What's more, it's still a tiger demon. This thing can still eat people without Taoism, let alone Taoism?
"You...... You let go of Lao Tzu's mount, Lao Tzu, ......" Wei Dahu watched his mount run away, and was about to go crazy, but the tiger girl suddenly increased her strength, and it hurt so much that the thing was only sobbing in an instant.
"I don't have a lot of ability, but I don't have a small temper. Tianyou squatted beside Wei Dahu and deliberately joked: "Are you very unconvinced? Do you want to turn around and call me good-looking? Tell you, it's useless." No one is going to stand up for you. No one will say a word more about me beating you. Do you know why?" Tianyou said and turned his head and shouted, "Little sister." ”
Qi Xiaomei suddenly removed the cover on the carriage at the front, and a cart of black iron immediately appeared in the eyes of all the onlookers, and the biggest reaction was the cavalry brought by Wei Dahu. Originally, this group of people also fell on their backs because of the sudden brakes, but their quality was not bad, and after they got up, they immediately formed a semi-encirclement and blocked the road outside the city gate. It was only because Wei Dahu was pinched in his hands by the tiger girl that they didn't dare to act rashly for a while, so they didn't rush over.
But that's no longer the case. When the gold bricks appeared in front of everyone, these cavalrymen immediately retreated to the side of the road in an uproar and stood in two columns, and also took the initiative to pull up a human wall to block the people watching the excitement.
Although they were brought out by Wei Dahu, they were not Wei Dahu's subordinates, but soldiers who were specifically responsible for the task of national transportation. As soldiers in the exclusive national sports mission support sequence, what could be more important than escorting the gold bricks? Therefore, when they saw the cart full of gold bricks, these people immediately understood what they should do.
"Block the BRICS from entering the city. If you don't want to get better, just go and sue. Tianyou patted Wei Dahu's cheek with the back of his hand as he spoke, and his angry face began to turn purple, but he didn't dare to move at all. One is that his hand hurts, and the other is that he knows that he has hit an iron plate.
It doesn't matter if you bully Tianyou and bump into passers-by, no one will punish him for this kind of thing. On the contrary, the regulations and honor guards when the BRICS entered the city theoretically only two kinds of teams can be equal. One is the king's royal return to the city, and the other is the triumph of the army. Only in these two cases the regulations and etiquette are the same as the BRICS entering the city. Therefore, it doesn't matter if the monks who return with the gold bricks don't want to publicize it, but outsiders must not stop, collide, or influence the gold bricks escort team.
Wei Dahu didn't say that he was at a loss this time, even if he was really well-behaved, if Tianyou wanted to bully him now, he could only endure it. If you go to sue at this time, it is basically tantamount to making yourself unhappy.
In fact, Tianyou is not the kind of aggressive person, on the contrary, in most cases, he believes in being kind to others. However, this Wei Dahu offended him again and again. The first time he was in the Song King City, it can be understood that he didn't know that Tianyou was also a Qin person, so he couldn't count it. But later, the competition for gold bricks in the dense forest, as well as the arrogant behavior just now, really offended Tianyou. Therefore, Tianyou didn't plan to be polite to him again this time. Anyway, this person is the eldest prince Yinghai, and for Tianyou, it is a hostile force, so naturally there is no need to get used to him.
"Alright, let's go. The Nine Princesses are still waiting for our gold bricks. Tianyou said and took the lead in the city.
After hearing Tianyou's words, Hu Niu lifted Wei Dahu and threw it out like garbage, and then picked up the horses that fell to the ground, and I don't know what she did, but she let the carriage move again. You must know that these horses were paralyzed by fright, and it is really a miracle that they can still get up and pull the cart.
In this way, the convoy drove into the royal city, and the people on both sides were at first a little confused, but soon someone who understood explained the joints. Immediately, there was warm applause and cheers on both sides of the road.
Although this person's gold bricks can only be stored in the temple in the end, this is a real benefit that is effective for the people of the whole country, so every time there is a gold brick into the city, the people do not guide it, once they know, they will inevitably welcome it. Thinking about the sad appearance of Zhao Guo, which lacks BRICS, and then thinking about the rich Tang Kingdom, it is not difficult to understand the love of the people of all countries for BRICS.
"God forbid. Tianyou, who was leading the team, suddenly saw the team of people and horses galloping in front of him, and the leader waved his arms and shouted from a distance.