The Great Song Dynasty was restrained by the Liao people, and in order to protect the Western Xia people, they had to help the Tubo people to contain the Western Xia, but the Tibetan tribes were restrained by the Ni Bo Luo, according to reason, this was a dead end, and in order to win over the Ni Bo Luo, the Great Song Dynasty must promise enough benefits.

This was expected, and the arrival of Prince Surya was just to discuss the number of benefits, in order to get the greatest benefit, Prince Surya thought that he had caught the seven inches of the Great Song Dynasty, and he repeatedly resorted to means to provoke Zhao Ji, and put on the strongest posture to force the Great Song Dynasty to comply.

The interior of the imperial court has already listed the bottom line, although this bottom line is not as unacceptable as Zun Xixia, but there are a lot of gold, silver, and silk cloths given every year. The so-called sky-high asking price, paying back the money on the ground, and the two sides fighting openly and secretly, all hoping to gain the upper hand before the official exchange of credentials.

But the poem that Prince Surya read out, but he only thought of mockery, and he didn't know that this poem was the most vicious curse for the emperor.

If Zhao Ji didn't still have some sense, and replaced him with a short-tempered person, it was very likely that he would be dragged down and beheaded now.

However, Shen Ao suddenly mentioned Tubo and the Sultan, which puzzled everyone, but Prince Surya changed his face.

The country of Nibora is located in South Asia, and it is Tianzhu that can have a greater influence on it, for Tianzhu, the Ministry of Rites is not completely ignorant, but for the Sultan, they do not know about it; However, Shen Ao mentioned the Sultan, which made Prince Surya's heart feel terrified, the Sultan is precisely the weakness of the Sultan, and the Sultan's army is pressing the border, and the Sultan is still a problem to protect himself.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the Nibhara people were bluffing, and when the word broke, the capital of the Nibhara was gone.

Shen Ao smiled harmlessly, with a pair of eyes, but he looked at Prince Surya in a daze, as if he had insight into his weaknesses at a glance, as if he was smiling rather than smiling, but there was a hidden luster of wisdom.

Prince Surya snorted coldly, and countless thoughts turned in his heart, although he was calm on the surface, but in his heart, he was shocked.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly walked to the hall, saluted Zhao Ji, and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the Nibra Kingdom is willing to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty......."

When this half of the words were spoken, the ministers immediately discussed!

What's going on? The letter of state has not yet been finalized, so he is impatient to call the minister Nagong?

Prince Surya continued: "However, the credentials submitted by the little king still have to ask Your Majesty to consider one or two, it is better to do this, the little king is willing to have a gambling contract with Your Majesty, if the little king wins, then the Great Song Dynasty needs to make an oath according to the conditions of the letter of the Nibora Kingdom." But if the little king is defeated, the letter of state can be deleted by His Majesty. ”

This sentence is even more puzzling, but this gamble is also fair, and it is worth a try, that is, Zhao Ji, who couldn't help but be moved at the moment, and said: "What does Aiqing want to bet on?" ”

Shen Ao understood what Surya meant in his heart, the hole cards of the Ni Bo Luo country were turned over by himself, if it was delayed again, the more unfavorable it would be to the Ni Bo Luo, rather than this, it was better to gamble on the situation.

Speaking of this gambling word, Shen Ao deserves to be regarded as a leading figure in this era, so he doesn't say anything, and waits with a smile to hear what Surya has to say.

I only heard Surya say: "Bet on horseback riding." ”

"Horseback riding?" The ministers are a burst of discussion, if it is compared to poetry and painting, the Great Song Dynasty is a sure win, as for horseback riding, but it is not lost, although the Great Song Dynasty has established a Confucian country, but there are many martial artists, and there are countless good horses and treasures in the palace, and this prince is making something mysterious.

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, hesitating, and the prince of Nibora had already proposed that if he vetoed, he would be regarded as afraid and did not dare to accept this bet. However, if this nod is made, and this bet is proposed by the Devharats, they will be sure to win.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ji finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make a bet with you." ”

Xu is Fang was too depressed, Zhao Ji slammed the case, but there was an inviolable look on his face behind the crown bead.

……………………………………………… In the forbidden garden of the palace, there is a place for running horses, but it belongs to the harem, and the ministers must not enter, therefore, this horse race was changed to the front hall, along a secluded garden river, there happens to be a wide walkway, this horse race, the stakes are too big, and it is related to the face of the Song Dynasty, so Zhao Ji is extremely cautious.

The rules of the game have been agreed, two wins in three games, and whoever can run a lap along the Yuan River will be the first to arrive.

For the sake of insurance, the horse race person sent by Zhao Ji is the commander of the palace Hu Yan, the commander of the palace to command the forbidden army cavalry, who has been accustomed to horse warfare for a long time, and knows the surname of the war horse Xi, and it is the safest to send him out of the horse.

As for Prince Surya, it was a person behind him who was dispatched, the one who was the one who was grunting to Shen Ao, this person's eyes flashed with a hint of eagerness, and he whispered to the prince in the mud Borak language, the prince raised his eyes to look at Hu Yan with a smile from time to time, sneering again and again, Hu Cong seemed to listen to his instructions, and kept nodding his head to say yes.

The official family was embraced by a large group of people, and Shen Ao's status was low, so he was naturally standing on the periphery, but Yang Jian didn't know when he stood by his side, and said with a smile: "Shen Gongzi is very happy." ”

Shen Aozheng said: "Scolding is not a student's business, students still like to convince people with reason, but since they are loyal to the emperor, students can only grit their teeth and ignore their innocence." Grandpa Yang, look at the horse ...... of the mud Borneo."

Yang Jian looked at a horse led by the prince along Shen Ao's fingertips, this horse has a beautiful body, medium physique, and well-proportioned muscles everywhere, Yang Jian doesn't know anything about horses, but he couldn't help but say a good word, and then asked Shen Ao: "Shen Gongzi also understands horses?" ”

If Yang Jian knew that Shen Ao had used a horse worth tens of thousands of dollars to deceive a BMW worth three million dollars in his previous life, he was afraid that he would not have asked such a naïve question.

In later generations, riding gradually evolved into an aristocratic sport, and in contrast, a good horse was worth a lot; If it is a pure-blooded horse, just born, it can be sold for tens of millions of dollars. With profits, there is room for art thieves, and this premise is that the author must be extremely proficient in horses.

Shen Ao smiled slightly: "This is the Arabian horse, the Arabian horse is famous for its beauty, intelligence, bravery, perseverance and romance. Its most important feature is that it has a lot of energy, which is especially suitable for endurance racing. Prince Surya races a short horse with Arabian horses, hehe, if the students expect it to be true, they must have a future, otherwise they will definitely lose. ”

Yang Jian heard what Shen Ao said, and couldn't help but say, "What can they do?" Could it be fraud? ”

Shen Ao smiled bitterly: "Where do students know, let's just wait and see." ”

Yang Jian nodded thoughtfully, but he felt that Shen Ao was not simple, a literati, and he also studied horses? Can this be easy?

After a while, Prince Surya suddenly walked towards the crowd and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, since you have made a gambling contract, Xiao Wang still has a reluctant request. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Ji to react, Prince Surya continued: "If this battle is won, can Your Majesty marry the young lady of the Qiguo Mansion to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang once had a relationship with Miss Zhou, and he admired him very much, and he was willing to marry the Great Song Dynasty as a good friend of Qin and Jin." ”

His cleverness lies in the fact that he only proposed a bait at the beginning, first taught Zhao Ji to agree to the game, and then added chips layer by layer, since the game is a foregone conclusion, the problem of chips, as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, is not easy to refuse.

Zhao Ji was really silent for a while, and when he was hesitating, the prince said again: "If the Great Song Dynasty thinks that this gamble will be lost, Your Majesty will not say anything about Xiao Wang, my warriors of Ni Bo Luo can all ride horses, Xiao Wang's subordinate, in the Ni Bo country riding skills are the most inferior, this time to send him to the race, is afraid of causing His Majesty's unhappiness, saying that my Ni Bo country relies on the strong and bullying the weak." ”

This agitation plan is too obvious, the prince's face, as if there are two words of agitation, although everyone knows that on this occasion, Zhao Ji can never show weakness, Zhao Ji snorted coldly, and said without hesitation: "I am accurate, Aiqing must remember to keep his promise." ”

The prince smiled, and turned to speak in a low voice.

Shen Ao looked at Prince Surya, and a smile appeared on his lips that was difficult for people to see, but this smile was not as good as the bottom of his eyes, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes!

Bastard, you can think of anything cheap, arrogant people have seen a lot, but you have never seen such an arrogant one, and you want to ask your cousin to follow you to a place where the Nibharata bird doesn't shit? Don't!

Although he scolded the eighteenth generation of the prince's ancestors in his heart, his face was still calm, he was rarely angry, but when he was really angry, he would show unusual calmness, which was the basic quality of a thief, and it was precisely because of this that Shen Ao was an excellent art thief.

And no matter how big the enemy Shen Ao faced, he would look at that person with a smile, and the more he smiled, the more he hated that person.

That Hu Cong has begun to lead the horse into the entrance, the front command of the palace Hu Yan is also leading a snow-white horse, slowly entering, Hu Yan is a veteran, has participated in the conflict between the Western Xia and the Liao State many times, when he was young, he was in the martial arts, among which the riding and archery kung fu is extremely good. After that, he was appointed as the commander of the palace, in charge of the cavalry, and he was even more accompanied by horses, and he was good at riding. He was not tall, his face was plain, and even his face was slightly yellow, but he was up and down, but there was a heavy fierceness, a pair of eyes looked at his opponent, snorted coldly, and then pulled the reins, and the man jumped on the back of the horse as lightly as a harrier turning over.

When everyone saw him on the horse, there was a cheer, although he was unremarkable when he got on the horse, but there was no trace of stagnation in his body, it was natural, this moment was still under the horse, and the next moment it was logical to appear on the horse's back.

As for the prince's servant, he was also very calm, grabbed the horse's sideburns and made a strange noise, and jumped lightly on the horse's back.

The two men tugged at the reins, both calming the restless mount, just waiting for an order to leave.