"Jin Jue, you are wounded, don't be angry. ”

Xie Shi pretended to be extremely distressed, and said: "But the queen mother promises today that with your uncle and eldest brother on her side, she will definitely take Yang Wuzheng's head, give you anger, and avenge Sanyuan and Zilan under Jiuquan." ”

"Yang Wuzheng, yesterday in the Guogong Mansion, you were very proud. ”

Yang Wudi's eyes flashed coldly: "Although Brother Wei doesn't know why you were able to ride the high branch of Master Bian Que, it is certain that you will die today, and no one in the sky or on the earth can save you." ”

"Who can't say nonsense, if you have the ability, you can see the truth under your hands. ”

Yang Wuzheng's indifferent counterattack.

The atmosphere tensed, and the air was almost filled with a strong sense of urgency.

"Your Majesty has arrived. ”

At the same time, Chen De's familiar voice sounded.

Everyone turned around to look, only to see Yang Xiao coming in a dragon chariot, accompanied by Chen De, there were roughly hundreds of civil and military ministers.

"Meet Your Majesty. ”

Everyone on both sides saluted.

"Old man, is your leg sick well?"

Yang Xiao's eyes were stunned.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the old minister's leg disease has indeed healed, which is the credit of His Royal Highness. ”

The eldest grandson Zhiren was full of emotion, and his eyes were full of gratitude in his eyes towards Yang Wuzheng.

"Let's go to the school first. ”

His eyes swept over Yang Wuzheng, and Yang Xiao was noncommittal.

The school grounds of the Praetorian Guard Barracks are large, with roughly two football fields.

In the center of the school grounds, there is a stone platform on which a pergola is built.

At this time, Yang Xiao and all the ministers of civil and military affairs, including Xie Xiong, Nangong Wenyuan, and the eldest grandson Zhiren, were all sitting on the chairs that had been prepared by Shitai a long time ago.

Because the place where this competition was held was in the camp of the Praetorian Guard, at this time, except for the guards patrolling outside, most of the Praetorian Guards gathered to watch the excitement, and the number was no less than tens of thousands.

"Your Majesty, do you want the last general to disperse the people?"

Glancing at the crowd around him, Deputy Commander Tu Fu said inquiringly.

"It's okay, just let everyone watch. ”

Yang Xiao waved his hand, looked at his two sons again, and said: "Listen, in today's competition, except for the life-and-death covenant between the two of you, the Wuzhan side won, Zhao Yun has to serve as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and on the contrary, let the military department be the secretary, do you have any objections to this?"

"The son has no objection. ”

They looked at each other, and both agreed.

"Your Majesty, before the start of this competition, the old minister has something to say. ”

At this moment, Nangong Wenyuan got up and said: "Colleagues, now for this competition, the people of Li people in my Great Xia City are betting a lot, I don't know if you are interested in adding a dot before the written test?"

"Nangong Wenyuan, today's competition is very important, in front of Your Majesty, how can you treat it as a child's play and open a gambling game?

The eldest grandson Zhiren's face sank and said angrily.

"Grandpa Guo's words are wrong, it is precisely because today's competition is very important that we, the old ministers, should bet on cheering up the two princes. ”

National Teacher Xie Xiong said: "Besides, our Great Xia Kingdom has always had the custom of betting, the so-called small gambling pleasure, adding some color, isn't it the icing on the cake?"

"Father, today's sons are also full of confidence in their own wins, so they will allow the prime minister to open a gambling game, and the sons will also bet some silver, maybe they can bring good luck to themselves?"

Yang Wuzheng's eyes rolled and said approvingly.

The five million taels of silver in his hand are still worried about how to make a move, Nangong Wenyuan and Xie Xiong's move is undoubtedly to take the initiative to send warmth.

"Your Majesty, according to the old slave's wishes, it's still accurate. ”

Chen De lowered his voice and said: "In this case, you can also take a look at how many people are yearning for the eldest prince and the second prince among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

"What the national teacher and the prime minister said is right, this bet is accurate. ”

Yang Xiao's eyes showed a glimmer of essence.

Nowadays, above the court, more than half of the ministers are all there, and pressing anyone represents trust in the other party, and it is also a kind of support for the other party.

Therefore, he also wanted to see how many courtiers had defected to Yang Wuzheng's side as the eldest grandson Zhiren's leg disease improved.

"Ahem, since Your Majesty has allowed it, then I will talk about the odds first. ”

Nangong Wenyuan said: "Everyone should also receive the news, the two princes have each selected a hundred people from the Praetorian Guard to fight, and according to the statistics of the bets in the past few days, the vast majority of them have pressed the eldest prince to win, so now the odds of the eldest prince are very low, ten to one, and if Yang Wuzheng is not contentious, one to ......eight."

"Prime Minister Nangong, according to your meaning, if we press the eldest prince ten taels, and the eldest prince wins, we will only get one or two pairs, right?

"Hey, Lord Gu, now all the nobles of our Great Xia City who have a little brain know about this competition, the eldest prince is nine out of ten, even if the odds are low, it is better than pressing the third prince to lose all his money!"

"Yes, yes, in that case, then the old minister will press 10,000 two princes to win!"

"The old minister also presses the prince!"

With the opening of the gambling game, the vast majority of Wenchen suppressed Yang Invincible.

Comprehensive silver, roughly starting at one million.

And many generals led by the eldest grandson Zhiren bet on Yang Wuzheng, but they were all symbolic expressions.

Because they all know that in today's competition, Yang Wuzheng will lose nine times out of ten.

As for Yang Xiao's words, as the Son of Heaven, he will definitely not bet, because no matter which side he bets, it will give people a sense of favoritism.

"Third brother, before you kept saying that you also want to bet for yourself, add a little color, I don't know how much?"

After all the other Wenchen generals finished betting, Yang Wushu said with a smile.

"Hehe, eldest brother, Yang Wuzheng has no king, no fief, all the previous expenses are stripped out of the harem by the father every month, how can there be any extra spare money, at most hundreds of taels have reached the sky. ”

Yang Jinjue, who was lying on the stretcher, did not forget to tease and ridicule until this time.

"If it's just a few hundred taels, this amount is too low, and when the national division goes shopping on weekdays, he encounters beggars on the side of the road, and he gives more than this amount at will. ”

Xie Xiongpi said with a smile.

These words suddenly made Yang Xiao raise his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't say much.

Generally speaking, the civil and military ministers of the court, in addition to receiving the imperial court's salary every month, most of them have private livelihoods, such as opening restaurants and selling various materials.

Therefore, it is acceptable that individual ministers are very wealthy.

What's more, Xie Xiong is a second-grade life magician, and there are many protégés, and during the New Year's holidays, the filial piety of the protégés alone is a lot of money.

"Third brother, if you only bet on yourself today for hundreds of taels or even thousands of taels of silver, then you don't need to make a move. ”

Yang Wushu said with a smile: "For my brother, I advise you to keep this silver and make a good Nanmu coffin for yourself, so as not to have no one to collect the body after death." ”