After the two groups of people in the court each sent their younger brothers to argue, the bigwigs finally began to appear.

Yin Shi, who was dressed in a brocade robe, came out of class first and arched his hand: "The minister thinks that what I said before is inappropriate." ”

used to be petty officials, and King Qin had no interest in taking care of it, but now this Yin Shi is the Shaofu of the Qin State, ranking in the Jiuqing, so naturally he can't pretend to be a wooden man anymore.

"Oh, what do you think of Shaofu? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. After Yin Shi finished speaking, he turned to Lang Zhongling Xiao Tiande on the opposite side, because this was not mainly for King Qin, but for Xiao Tiande. "The official thinks that Xiao Bihe has indeed made a lot of contributions this time, and the palace should be rewarded. However, the reward cannot be excessive, and the reward cannot be excessive. In previous years, there were fixed numbers of rewards and punishments for the tasks of the national movement, and it was unwise to rashly overturn the real numbers. Therefore, the minister thought that when the rules of the previous year were to issue a fixed amount of rewards, and then the king himself came forward to give some honors. ”

The so-called reward is actually the same as issuing a certificate, and it can be displayed when it is taken out, but what is the substantive use of it...... It cannot be said that it is completely useless, but the role of form is far greater than that of substance.

Xiao Tiande, who was on the other side, became angry when he heard it. This Xiao Bihe is his own nephew, Yin Shi, an old thing, actually wants to use a reward to reveal such a big credit, this is really unbearable.

"Your Majesty. Xiao Bihe is my nephew, I should have avoided suspicion, but the opinion of Lord Shaofu is too biased, and the minister really can't bear it. In previous years, the total income of my country's gold bricks was only thirty or fifty yuan, but now my nephew has brought back nearly three times as many as one time.

King Qin didn't speak, but used his eyes to give a look to the Zhongchang attendant who was standing aside.

Seeing this, the waiter immediately stood up. "What Lord Xiao said is reasonable, and additional rewards must be given, and they cannot be brushed aside. It's just that how to reward it, does Lord Xiao have any ideas?"

"The minister thinks that the reward should be based on what is needed. This merit is not the work of my nephew alone, but the result of the joint efforts of a group of young monks, and it should be rewarded to all. However, it is not suitable for monks to reward official positions and money, this is what we need, not what the monks want. This time, they should be rewarded with treasures, spiritual objects, and demon pets. If the merit is greater, it can also be supplemented by a knighthood. ”

"Bold Xiao Tiande. Taiwei Guande angrily reprimanded: "My dynasty title must be rewarded for military achievements, this is the ancestral system, you dare to trick the king into rewarding with the title, what is your intention?"

"Lord Taiwei, what you said is wrong,......

“......”

This time it was like a cannon battle, and a group of bigwigs in Sangong Jiuqing no longer cared about their image, and they all ripped off their arms and went down hard.

"Above the main hall, what kind of noisy shouting is it?" There was a lot of noise below, and one person suddenly stood up and scolded. Although the voice was not loud, the Manchu officials who were almost about to open the full martial arts did immediately quiet.

Qin Minren is fierce and extremely martial, don't look at the appearance of these officials in the court, all of them are standard officials, in fact, all of them are fierce people who take off their court clothes. The King of Qin was knighted for his military exploits, so he could lead troops to fight even if he was a civil official, and most of them had some kung fu foundation. The kind of waste officials who can't lift their hands and shoulders and can't resist are really rare in the Qin State.

However, it is precisely because this group of civil and military officials is strong enough that the bearing of the speaker is even more majestic. actually quieted everyone down with a word.

Li Si stood at the foot of the jade steps, with his back to the King of Qin, and angrily reprimanded: "You are all my officials of Great Qin, what kind of system is it to be noisy and shouting above the court?"

The officials below bowed down one after another, and no one dared to contradict it. Not only because of Li Si's prestige, but more importantly, because of their losses, and King Qin was sitting on it. Li Si is actually reprimanding them for the king now, so naturally he can't talk back.

"Irrigation, sir. ”

Guan De hurriedly clenched his fists and looked like he was humbly taught.

"Lord Xiao doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it's also an opinion, this is the time for everyone to discuss, how can you accuse and attack Lord Xiao because of this?"

Guan De's waist bent even lower, "The minister knows that he is wrong." As he spoke, he immediately turned around and saluted Xiao Tiande: "I was impulsive just now, please forgive Lord Xiao." "As one of the three princes, how can you do it if you don't have the ability to bend and stretch?

Xiao Tiande was also not good at continuing to attack at this time, and said that he accepted the other party's apology, and the matter would be revealed. Under the auspices of Li Si, the small court will restart the negotiation process, but the final reward is still difficult to determine, because the nine princesses represented by Guan De in the court and the eldest prince family represented by Xiao Tiande are too obviously opposed, and they have never been able to unify.

The king of Qin usually chooses one of the many choices provided by the ministers to make a decision, but this time the two sides have completely opposite opinions, there is no room for maneuver, and the king of Qin is not easy to force. In the end, it is really not too early to see the time, so I can only signal that this issue will be put aside for the time being today and discussed later. Anyway, the specific reward will have to wait until five days later, and there is no problem in postponing it for two or three days if necessary.

The two groups of people did not get their wish, and when they left the court, they glared at each other and did not speak, until they separated outside the palace gate.

He stopped Shaofu Yin Shi, Zhi Su Nei Shi Yinlu and Wei Wei Mu Yan, who were about to leave, and then called Lu Tianzheng, the imperial historian, together. "Guys, what's going to happen this time?"

Lu Tianzheng pulled his beard and said, "Today's time is not coincidental, so I didn't have time to tell you." In fact, before the court meeting began, I received an urgent report from home, and there should be a turnaround on the side of the ninth princess. ”

"Oh?" the others became excited. Mu Yan asked anxiously: "What is the specific situation? Could it be that the princess has made some gains in the Tang Kingdom?"

"There are gains, but not many. This time, the change data is said to have been brought by a certain team recruited by the princess. I don't know the details, I came in a hurry, and I just received a message. ”

"Why don't we go to your house together and listen to it?" Yin Lu suggested.

Lu Tianzheng shook his head and said, "No, let's go to Baifu together." ”

"General Bai's Mansion?" Guan De immediately thought of something, "Could it be the ...... of those female dolls of the Bai family?"

"I don't know the specifics, so I'll go and ask. ”

Although Bai Qi is a Yingying family, he is different from Guan De. Because Bai Qi is a pure military general, and his prestige is too high. In order not to arouse the jealousy of the King of Qin, he did not participate in court politics and military affairs unless there was a war. At present, he is in charge of supervising the training of the various armies around Wangcheng, plus a centralized training for young people with good cultivation qualifications who are regularly selected and sent to the whole country every year, and there is nothing else to do.

It is precisely because of Bai Qi's identity that there is no Bai Qi in the court just now, unless there is something or a special order from King Qin, he will not go to the court.

Because of the selection method of the prince of the Qin State, the King of Qin did not prohibit the officials from standing in line openly, so they did not shy away from it, so they went to Baifu together in such an open and honest manner, which was not easy to attract criticism.

Xiao Bi and they arrived outside the royal city early in the morning, but there was a set of procedures for the gifts, and they could only go to see the king of Qin and offer gold bricks after the royal frame was laid out. By the time the etiquette was over, it was already noon when King Qin returned to the palace with everyone. In the afternoon, a group of people were busy arguing, trying to gain some advantages for their side, and it would be almost dark in Baifu again.

Bai Qi received the housekeeper's notice that Guan De and they were coming, so he hurried to the living room, and as soon as he came in, he said with a smile: "You guys are here at this time, have you made up your mind to eat here with me?"

"We thought, but you have to have something to eat in this white mansion. Yin Lu laughed and joked with Bai Qi.

Originally, when Bai Qi was teased like this, most of them were going to be dumb, because Baifu really didn't have anything to eat. He is a general, his home is simply a small military village, and even the cooks are the fireheads brought out of the army, and the taste of the dishes he makes is naturally incomparable with those professional chefs. Therefore, the food in Baifu has always been a joke among the upper echelons of the Qin State.

This time, however, the situation was different. As soon as Yin Lu finished joking, he heard Bai Qi say: "I really prepared a lot of good things today, come with me." ”

A group of officials were surprised that Bai Qi was wrong, and followed him to the backyard suspiciously, but the place he went to was not the warm pavilion where he came to eat here in the past, but went directly to the small courtyard next to Bai Qi's usual study. This is the place where the boring office comes out of the office. There is no water pavilion garden, it is just a small martial arts arena. Bai Qi often practices boxing and kicking here.

Today, however, it is quite lively. There were more than 30 people gathered in the small martial arts arena, which was not very big, and it could almost be said to be full. But what surprised them even more was that they actually found Yingying's figure in it.

"Nine princesses. Seeing Ying Ying, a group of officials hurriedly saluted.

Ying Ying dragged it out and didn't let them really worship. "You don't have to be polite, this is a small gathering, don't care about vulgarity. ”

"Princess Xie. Everyone also relaxed after singing the promise, and Lu Zhengyi didn't have the opportunity to ask until this time: "I received a summons from my family before, saying that the princess brought back good news, but I don't know what the specific situation is?"

"There is good news, but the real good news is yet to come. Ying Ying said as soon as she suddenly stretched out her hand to the small martial arts arena, and the monks who had originally gathered here immediately divided a gap so that the adults on the outer corridor could see the situation in the center of the venue.

As soon as they saw the situation in the center of the venue, they immediately felt a burst of cold air, and many people rubbed their eyes unbelievingly, and finally couldn't help but run down the corridor, stumbling into the field, reaching out and touching the pile of black squares.

"This ...... Are these all gold bricks?" Yin Shi asked Bai Shi in disbelief while holding a gold brick.

Bai Qi was also simply, and he easily drew a knife from the weapon next to him and slashed it with the gold brick. As a result, only a dinging sound was heard, and the blade of the knife fell directly to the ground. Look at the gold bricks again, but they are so good that they have not even left a mark.

"Except for gold bricks, what else in the world can be hard like this?" threw away the broken blade, and asked with a smile.

Needless to say, the pile in front of me is definitely a genuine gold brick.

In fact, it's not that they don't believe it, but they are too excited and happy, and they can't believe it for a while. But holding it in your hand, you can determine that this is really a gold brick by weight alone. After all, the hardness or anything else, such a big thing can be so heavy, and there are really few similar items in the world except for gold bricks.

"How much is this?" is worthy of being one of the three princes, Lu Tianzheng was the first to react and asked Ying Ying.

Xiao Bihe brought back 143 gold bricks, and as long as Yingying's side can't exceed this number, she will still be crushed.

"It's 73 pieces in total. Ying Ying said proudly.

"That's it?" Lu Tianzheng realized that the words were wrong as soon as he finished speaking, and hurriedly added: "No, princess, I didn't mean that you brought back too little. According to the number of previous years, this is already a bumper harvest. But do you know that the king went out of the city at noon to receive the offering?"

Ying Ying nodded suspiciously. "Of course I know this, but we have been busy transporting the gold bricks secretly, and we have not paid attention to the gifts. Why? Could it be that the gift I heard my father accept at noon was a gold brick?"

Lu Tianzheng nodded. "That's right, the gift the king received was a gold brick. ”

Ying Ying suddenly had a bad premonition. "Could it be that the other party brought back a lot of gold bricks?"

"143 blocks. Yin Shi couldn't help but report the numbers directly, and the scene was in an uproar. These people present were busy transporting the gold bricks to the city all day today, planning to let Ying Ying quietly tell King Qin to surprise him at night. After all, compared with the eldest prince Yinghai, in this Qin country, which does not discriminate against women, Yingying still has some advantages as a daughter. At least Ying Ying can be coquettish with King Qin, but Ying Hai can't. Therefore, if Ying Ying informed King Qin as a daughter, the bonus points obtained in King Qin's heart would obviously be higher than the effect of directly reporting in public.

It's a pity that all the plans have come to naught, because the number of 143 gold bricks is really overwhelming.

A monk who followed Ying Ying to the Tang Kingdom said indignantly: "No wonder Yinghai's people left us and ran away first halfway through the implementation of the plan, it turned out to be for this batch of gold bricks!"

"Yes. If they hadn't suddenly abandoned us and disrupted our plans, we wouldn't have been so successful. ”

The whining began to cease and intensify. But Ying Ying suddenly raised a hand and grabbed it in the void, and the sound at the scene disappeared immediately. This shows how high Yingying's prestige among her supporters is.

Compared with Yinghai's mercenary-like subordinates, Yingying's men and horses are more like an army willing to die on the battlefield for the king. However, who can inherit the unification ultimately depends on the thoughts of King Qin, and in this national fortune mission, Ying Ying knows that she is obviously defeated. 143 against 73, almost double the number. How can this gap be filled?

"Princess, we have more than 73 gold bricks here. Just after everyone quieted down, Bai Bingyu's voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.

Ying Ying was originally irritable for everyone to be silenced, and wanted to think about what to do next, but she suddenly heard such an answer.

"What did you say?"

"I said we have more than 73 gold bricks. ”

"Ice rain, you can't talk nonsense at this time. Bai Qi reminded very seriously.

Bai Bingyu nodded to Bai Qi, then walked up to Ying Ying and said, "Ninth Princess, have you forgotten our strange army?"

"Strange soldiers?" Lu Tianzheng hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the Ninth Princess, you have divided your team into two groups, and there is another group of people who have not returned?"

Ying Ying didn't answer Lu Tianzheng immediately, but asked Bai Bingyu first: "What are your results? God blessed him with the gold bricks?"

Bai Bingyu waved back, and the remaining four sisters immediately walked over with two trays. "These are 18 gold bricks brought out of the Zhao Guotai Temple. ”

Lu Tianzheng frowned and said, "It's not enough to add these 18 yuan!"

"No, I'm already satisfied with these 91 gold bricks. Everyone has done a great job this year. This time we just lost to luck. Next time, next year, we will be ashamed of the national sports mission again. ”

"Good ......"

The originally quiet small martial arts arena suddenly erupted with an earth-shattering roar, and all the monks rekindled their fighting spirit, shouting excitedly one by one, as if they no longer cared about this little regret.

Lu Tianzheng, who was still frowning, looked at the group of monks who shouted with Ying Ying at this time, and also said with satisfaction: "Yes, if you can have such an appeal, what is the gain or loss of one or two times?

Several other officials also nodded and smiled at this time. From the moment they chose to support Ying Ying, their interests have been tied to Ying Ying. And now that you see that your investment object is such a high-quality stock, where will you care about this short-term decline?

However, just when everyone's cheering stopped, Bai Bingyu continued: "Actually, we are just the first group of people to come back first. ”

"Come back first?" Ying Ying was busy with the gold bricks all day today, and didn't have time to communicate with Bai Bingyu and them, seeing Bai Bingyu appear, she instinctively thought that Tianyou was also back, so she didn't take the time to find Tianyou when she was busy with something, so that she didn't know until now that Bai Bingyu came back first, and she also brought 18 gold bricks back. But that's not the point now. Thinking that Tianyou hadn't come back, Ying Ying immediately grabbed Bai Bingyu's hands and asked nervously, "What about the others?"

"Princess. Here's the thing. ......”

Bai Bingyu's introduction finally let everyone know what they had done after the start of the national sports mission, and then the surrounding monks began to talk about it, so that the scene was noisy.

"It turns out that you cleared the Dharma holders of the Tang Kingdom in advance?" Ying Ying said in surprise: "No wonder when we stormed the Taimiao of the Tang Kingdom this time, we found that their number of Dharma holders was insufficient, and they were completely suppressed by us, so the problem is here." ”

Guan De also smiled and said: "It's better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers, it's high, it's really high." The next steps are also good. gave up the Tang and Song dynasties, which everyone focused on, and directly took the Zhao State, which no one cared about, which was a strange soldier. Unexpectedly, this descendant named Tianyou is a general. It's rare, it's rare. ”

"What about later?" asked Ying Ying.

"Then we separated. I don't know if Tianyou has a chance to start. ”

"It's coming, it's coming. While he was talking, he suddenly heard the butler's voice coming.

"What's coming, what are you doing in a panic?" Bai Qi knew that something was wrong when he saw the housekeeper hurrying over, but he still put on a stand in front of so many people.

The butler didn't pay attention to this. To be honest, Bai Fu doesn't look like a big family, this housekeeper used to follow Bai Qi's relatives in the southern and northern wars, although it is slightly mellower than the other relatives, but after all, it is a military background, and some things are really not so easy to change.

"Master, the companions of the Heavenly Son are back. ”

"Oh, please. ”

The person who was brought in by the housekeeper and Ying Ying were a little strangers after they met, because they didn't know each other, and they could only figure out the situation after a little communication.

This group of people is none other than the group of senior brothers who took refuge in Tianyou halfway, and then were arranged by Tianyou to leave early. These people are all disciples of Zixiao Palace, so they will betray Xiao Bihe but will never break the contract with Tianyou. After all, Tianyou is covered by Zhenyuan Shangxian, as long as he still wants to mix in Zixiao Palace, no one dares to offend Tianyou for outsiders.

Tianyou was forced to arrange for these senior brothers to go first at that time, first, he was not good at commanding large troops to fight, and he was not familiar with these people, so he couldn't cooperate at all, and forcibly mixing them together would become a burden. It is really inconvenient for the three to fight with the gold bricks, so they are arranged to leave early.

However, Tianyou also made a special explanation before they left. Because I was worried that something would happen to Wangcheng's side, I specially told them to try to send the gold bricks directly to Baifu as much as possible, and not to report it in a hurry. These people also conscientiously implemented the arrangement of Tianyou, so they happened to appear here.

Speaking of which, this group of people actually walked cautiously along the way. They don't have the tactical sense of Tianyou, they only know how to avoid all kinds of dangers as much as possible. Fortunately, although it was delayed for a long time because I was too careful along the way, I finally brought the gold bricks back.

With the addition of these 40 gold bricks, the total number of gold bricks on Yingying's side has instantly increased to 131, although it is still not enough for more than 143, but it is already about the same. At least now these people in Yingying's family don't take this gap seriously.

However, after bringing the gold bricks together, these people told Ying Ying about Xiao Bihe.

"What? What do you mean...... Xiao Bi and the gold bricks that were brought back were actually snatched from Tianyou?" Yin Lu was so angry that he even raised his beard, and the other people around him also reacted similarly. Thinking that this great achievement was actually mixed up by Xiao Bihe, these people all felt like their hearts were dripping blood.

Although the battle for the throne of Qin has not yet been decided, Ying Ying's advantage is obviously very obvious. Whether it is from the prestige of the people, the relationship between the army or the support of officials, Ying Ying is indisputably beyond the eldest prince Yinghai. And judging from King Qin's performance on weekdays, he also prefers Ying Ying.

In previous years, the Song State would always join forces with the Zhao State to grab the gold bricks of the Qin State, although the number of successes was not much, but after all, they also grabbed some. King Qin was of course quite unhappy about this. And this time, Tianyou actually moved out so many gold bricks from the Song Kingdom in one go, if this is shipped back, you can imagine what King Qin will be happy to become. If you add the results that Ying Ying herself led people to win from the Tang Kingdom, it can be said that Ying Ying is completely likely to win or lose in this national sports mission, and thus sit in the position of the future heir to the throne of the Qin State.

Thinking about Ying Ying's current status in the hearts of the King of Qin and the people of the entire Qin State, it is entirely possible for her to take advantage of this anti-heaven record to reach the top in one fell swoop.

However, now everything is ruined.

These people at the scene thought that Tianyou had only shipped out a total of more than 200 gold bricks, after all, when Hu Niu left, these senior brothers had not met Tianbless them, so they didn't know that Tianyou had sent more than 100 gold bricks away first, and they thought that Tianyou had only made more than 200 gold bricks in total. After all, this number is already very scary, and no one would have thought that the actual number of gold bricks made by Tianyou is more than 400.

On the basis of this cognition, when I think of the number of gold bricks left, and then remove Xiao Bi and Du to get back 143 pieces, then the possibility that Tianyou can bring back enough gold bricks is very small.

Because of this misunderstanding, the atmosphere at the scene was somewhat depressed. However, at present, everyone's mood is mainly anger. However, just after everyone's emotions went up and down, the butler ran back again. "Master, master, there is another group of friends from the son of God outside. ”

"What?"

Bai Qi was surprised, but Ying Ying noticed the other information in the housekeeper's words.

"How many people have returned?

According to the information provided by those senior brothers in front of him, there should be few people left around Tianyou. Now that someone is back, and Tianyou is not among them, doesn't this mean that Tianyou has become the commander of the light pole? Isn't there something wrong? Thinking of this, Yingying couldn't be calm anymore, and ran out without waiting for Bai Qi to speak, but as soon as she took a step, she was surprised to find that someone next to her actually ran with her.

Ying Ying and Bai Bingyu glanced at each other in a little surprise, and then they fell silent again, slowing down slightly, but quickly picked up again and strode out together. However, they had barely run a few steps away from the outer cloister when someone walked in outside.

The housekeeper spoke at this time: "Master, the few people who came this time are all young monks who left with the young lady before, and I know them all, so I took it upon myself to bring them in directly." ”

Bai Qi waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and Ying Ying over there was already standing in front of the huge sea. She shook her body and kept looking behind them, but there were only these few people at the gate of the courtyard.

"Huge sea, God bless? Why did you just come back? Is he hurt? Or ......?"

"Don't worry, that guy is smart. If we're all dead, he'll probably be fine. As soon as he entered the door, he was caught by Ying Ying and asked a series of fatal questions, but Zhao Lingyun opened his mouth to explain. After all, she is a foreign aid, not a native of Qin, and her cultivation is much higher than Ying Ying, according to the algorithm of Zixiao Palace, her status is obviously higher than Ying Ying, so Ying Ying's momentum is completely ineffective against her.

Ying Ying, who received the reply, breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized that she had misbehaved. "I'm sorry Senior Sister Zhao, Senior Sister apologized to you here. It's just that you all returned safely, but you didn't see the figure of God's blessing, so you were a little anxious. Why did you come back first? God forbid?"

"That's a long story. Zhao Lingyun obviously saw Ying Ying's thoughts, and suddenly felt a little unhappy in her heart, she deliberately sold the things that could be said in a few words, first greeted each other with the senior brothers who left first, and then met with Bai Qi and several officials with obviously different identities, which was like saying a book and began to introduce the things after they were separated from the previous senior brothers, and it was not until she said that everyone successfully crossed the Yangtze River and separated from Tianyou, Ying Ying's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally let go.

Lu Tianzheng didn't care about Tianyou's life or death, he asked very excitedly: "So not only have you brought back more than 50 gold bricks, but there is also a tiger demon carrying more than 100 gold bricks on his back in Qingyuan Mountain?"

Just now, everyone patronized to listen to the story, but this will be reminded, and all of a sudden they all turned their eyes.

What Zhao Lingyun said just now was too high, it would be a little dry-mouthed, and he simply pushed the huge sea out. Seeing that there were so many people, Dang Hai was also a little stage frightened, so he simply pushed Wang Wu out again.

Bai Qi was at the scene, and Wang Wu didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only report the situation at 1510.

"We intercepted that team of more than 50 gold bricks, but we were too small in number at that time, and we had to evade pursuit, so we couldn't take that many with us, so we could only carry 50 of them. ”

"50 is not a lot. Lu Tianzheng said excitedly.

Wang Wu whispered a little worriedly: "Actually, I didn't bring that much back. Originally, we had a smooth journey, but unfortunately we were intercepted by the pursuing Zhao soldiers in Huaiyang Village, and we waited to break through and then ran out. It's just that one person unfortunately fell into the river under the Huaiyang Ancient Road, and there were no bones left, and the gold bricks he was responsible for carrying also fell. If the gold bricks are heavy enough, they should not be swept away by the river, and they can be salvaged afterwards. It's just that there was really no way around it at the time. In addition, I was stabbed in many places during the battle, and the belt that tied the gold bricks was cut off and fell a lot, and I thought that they were all picked up by Zhao Bing. ”

"And how many did you bring back?"

They hurriedly took out the gold bricks they brought back, and in the last count, there were 29 more, plus the 131 that had been piled together, it was exactly 160 gold bricks.

"Haha, it's right, it's right, it's all right. Yin Lu laughed happily, a little arrogant, but at this time, no one at the scene cared about this, because everyone was very happy, only the huge sea was a little confused, and they didn't know what these people were happy about.

"Blah blah. Lu Tianzheng grabbed the excited crowd: "The gold bricks of the ninth princess are not 160 pieces, didn't Tianyou go to find the tiger demon? If we wait for him to come back, wouldn't we have nearly 300 gold bricks in our hands?"