After two days of calm, Xia Qianwei was suddenly sent into the palace by an urgent edict, and at this time, the dark clouds were thick, and the first spring rain of Chen Kingdom fell in the blink of an eye.

The girl with the oil umbrella hurried to the East Palace Water Pavilion under the leadership of the palace people, Xia Qianwei glanced at the suddenly more guards around her, and then raised her eyes to see Mu Yuan standing in the rain like an elegant willow tree, waiting for her.

"Your Highness, but what happened, why are you in such a hurry to send your courtiers into the palace?"

Xia Qianwei had just put away the umbrella, and the next second she saw a man standing behind Mu Yuan who had not seen him for a long time.

The man was wearing a luxurious jade crown, a silver armor glowing with cold light, his high-spirited eyebrows and eyes with a faint smile, and there seemed to be a trace of blood on his cheeks that had not yet dried up, as if it had been cut by some sharp branch, but it did not affect his domineering temperament in the slightest.

"Yongle County Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

Wei Honglin, the third young master of the Dingxing Hou Mansion, when the sixth prince Mu Zhao was assassinated in the racecourse last time, he didn't see his figure, Xia Qianwei clearly felt the extraordinary confidence in the other party, and suddenly felt a little calculating in her heart.

Mu Yuan seemed to see her scruples, and immediately explained softly, "Honglin received a secret mission before, and this time he brought back a piece of news. ”

It turned out that the last time Wei Honglin was absent for some reason, it was because he left Beijing on the order of the Marquis Xing to investigate the matter of Jinguo Racecourse, and Mu Yuan obviously believed his words.

Xia Qianwei calmly met Wei Honglin's smiling gaze, only to feel that this man seemed to be a little different.

He had a little more calm confidence in his gestures, and there was an indescribable fearlessness in his slightly raised chin, and his eyes were full of brilliance at this time.

"This time, there was a strange plague in the horse farm of the Golden Country, and most of the elite horses that were originally carefully selected to participate in the Four Nations Horse Race were killed or injured. ”

Horse plague?

Xia Qianwei's eyes flashed with a streamer, and she immediately remembered what happened before, "So Jin Guo plans to give up?"

"No, they have rescued a few horses in time and protected them strictly, and Honglin has mastered their horse racing decisions through spies!"

I saw Mu Yuan take out a secret letter and hand it over, according to the content of the letter, this time Jin Guo suffered from horse plague, and planned to ask Chen Guo to change the rules of horse racing again, and turn it into a best-of-three individual capture the flag race and a two-person cooperative relay race.

The corners of Xia Qianwei's mouth couldn't help but hook, thinking that this Jin country was changing the rules again and again, she was a little curious, how competitive this newly appointed monarch was.

Each time, the rules were the most favorable to them, as if to tell the world that they were not only interested in participating, but also that they must win!

"The county lord doesn't know that in the past, the four-country grand events held in other countries also had a lot of requirements from the Jin country. ”

Mu Yuan's tone revealed a little coldness, thinking about it carefully, all countries have been preparing for this grand event for a long time, just because they have no bottom line, causing many contestants' efforts for many days to be in vain, in a certain sense, it must have consumed a lot of energy and fighting spirit, which must have been done on purpose.

"There are only five horses left?" It seems that this horse plague is really powerful, it seems that Chen Guo has been able to be safe and sound so far, and it is indispensable to the credit of Mu Longyuan, the king of You.

Thinking of this, Xia Qianwei's brows suddenly frowned, and she quickly erased that person's face from her mind.

"Don't underestimate these five horses, except for two that are slightly worse, they are far better than our racehorses. Wei Honglin's tone seemed to be a little contemptuous, he only felt that the woman was short-sighted, didn't she know what it meant to have few things and be lacking?

Mu Yuan's expression fell into a solemnity, "The water and grass in the Jin Kingdom are abundant, and all the people are the elite of the horse, and their war horses are extremely strong. ”

So this time, they picked out two of their best horses for the two-man relay and the other three for the individual capture of the flag.

"Third Prince Wei thinks that the difference in strength between those three horses and our racing horses is huge?" Xia Qianwei suddenly spoke.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's gallop should be comparable to that of their medium-sized horses. "You must know that Mu Yuan's horse is one in a million and the strongest.

What Wei Honglin meant by this was to let Xia Qianwei stop trying to challenge their superior horses.

So, the odds are not good?

Xia Qianwei already understood that Mu Yuan had rumored that he had entered the palace this time to discuss countermeasures.

There was a moment of silence in the water pavilion, and I only heard the sound of rain all around.

At this time, Xia Qianwei glanced at the scars on Wei Honglin's face without a trace, and then put the secret letter on the stone table in the center, "Your Highness, is it feasible for the courtiers to have a way?"

"County Lord, please speak!"

Wei Honglin clearly found that the prince's face was happy, and his heart suddenly felt a little strange, could it be that His Royal Highness really planned to waste time listening to this girl playing tricks?

What a clever plan she could come up with!

To know that he was going to show his military skills today, how did he know that the prince suddenly let Xia Qianwei enter the palace, could it be that from the beginning, he wanted to listen to her thoughts?

"Since it is two wins in three games, then let Leng Qianhu use His Highness's wind gallop to deal with their medium-class horses, and Third Young Master Wei to deal with their inferior horses. ”

As for Mu Zhao, the sixth prince who was slightly inferior among them, he directly let him lose the competition with the top horses of the Jin Kingdom.

As soon as Xia Qianwei's words fell, the two men in front of her couldn't help but be stunned, obviously never thought of such a method.

As long as you win the other two, the result will be the same!

When Mu Yuan looked at Xia Qianwei again, his eyes were already full of unconcealable appreciation, "This is the so-called taking a step back and opening the sky." ”

In the past, they only wanted to fight hard, and never had the idea of raising their hands to surrender, but sometimes this style of refusing to admit defeat will be a failure!

At this time, even Wei Honglin's eyes changed uncontrollably, Mu Yuan seemed to ignore his existence for a moment, and began to discuss the details with Xia Qianwei in detail, he could only wait on the sidelines.

Just as the discussion in the water pavilion was in full swing, a palace man respectfully came to Mu Yuan's side.

"Your Royal Highness, the Marquis of Dingxing and the Grand Prince of Wei ask to meet. ”

"They will return to Beijing so soon?!" Who knew that Wei Honglin couldn't wait to take a step forward, and then looked in Xia Qianwei's direction with a deep meaning.

At this glance, she immediately understood something.

As far as Xia Qianwei knows, several concubines in the Dingxing Hou Mansion are not simple, the second young master Wei Hongfei has a wide range of contacts in his hands, black and white, the third young master Wei Honglin needless to say, is a rare young general, and this eldest young master, over the years guarding the border pass, has developed a vigorous and resolute temperament, and his prestige in the army even the Dingxing Marquis has to fear him for three points.

Xia Qianwei finally understood why Wei Honglin seemed to have forgotten the lesson of the last time, and it turned out that he was backering back!