The palace was heavily guarded, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and groups of patrol soldiers could be seen everywhere.

The only thing that makes people feel awkward is that there are so many guards, but the military uniforms are very messy, that is, there are small new red soldiers with exquisite armor and excellent weapons, and there are also brave and good fighting Jin troops.

Now the guards of King You's palace are a hodgepodge, You people, Jin people, and Xinchi people, all of them are not lacking.

When Lin Haotian and Song Hao walked outside the main hall of the palace, before they went up the steps, Nie Dan had already led a group of You Guowen ministers and military generals to meet them quickly, and everyone bowed to the two of them and said, "The ministers (lower officials) and others have seen His Royal Highness King Song and General Lin!"

Among the two, Song Hao was the older, and he was the first to speak, saying, "You don't have to be polite, let's be even!" As he spoke, he took two steps forward and came to Nie Dan, pretending to be close to him and asked, "Is the prince still used to living in the palace?"

Nie Dan hurriedly replied: "Since I was named the crown prince, I moved out of the palace, do the math, I haven't lived in the palace for more than ten years, and I just moved in, and there are still many places that I don't fit in." ”

"Ha Luha-" Song Hao smiled on his back, patted Nie Dan's shoulder, and said: "The virtuous nephew will be King You in the future, and the palace will be his home, so it's better to get used to it as soon as possible!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Nie Dan nodded again and again in flattery, looking very teachable.

The ministers of You Guo looked at each other, and their faces all showed joy, this is the new Red King Song Hao personally said that he wanted the prince to ascend the throne, it seems that the many disasters and hardships of You Country are finally over.

"This is not a place to speak, Your Highness invites the palace to take a seat!"

Nie Dan turned sideways and led the way in front, and Lin Haotian and Song Haoer slowly walked up the steps. Behind them were the ministers and generals of the two kingdoms of Jin and Xinchi, who were on the black side.

Entering the main hall, everyone sat down, because there is no monarch in You Guo for the time being, the main seat in the center of the hall is empty, and Lin Haotian and Song Hao sit on both sides. After that, there was Nie Dan and the ministers and generals of the nations.

The area of the main hall of the palace is not small, but there are too many people participating in the banquet, there are no less than 100 generals of the two kingdoms of Jin and Xinchi, for a time, the main hall is crowded, lively and extraordinary, laughter and laughter are continuous, and the atmosphere is harmonious. It's like a celebration.

Not for a long time, a large number of palace maids entered the hall and brought up the wine and food one by one, at this time, the atmosphere in the hall was more enthusiastic, and on the side of the coalition army, some of the generals of their own countries toasted each other, and some of them toasted to the generals of other countries. Waves of deafening laughter followed.

On the contrary, the ministers and generals of You Guo were unusually quiet, and the coalition forces could take this banquet as their celebration banquet. But you can't do it here, and the dignified palace of a country, the highest palace of the country, actually makes the generals of other countries talk and laugh unscrupulously, anyone who is you, how can they not feel blush in the face of this situation?

Watch the bewildered coalition generals turn the main hall of the palace into a tavern. Without any rules, Nie Dan's face was also extremely ugly. Finally, he couldn't hold his breath anymore, coughed heavily, and then picked up his glass. said to Lin Haotian and others: "The general is kind-hearted, although he led the army to invade my country, but did not hurt the innocent people, you people are grateful, I salute the general for all the people!"

He toasted Lin Haotian and Song Hao, and if the soldiers of the coalition army talked and laughed on the sidelines, it would be disrespectful to the monarch of their own country.

Nie Dan's trick really worked, and for a while, the generals of the coalition army stopped talking one after another, returned to their respective foreshadows, and sat upright, not daring to show the slightest casualness and neglect.

Seeing this, Lin Haotian nodded secretly, Nie Dan is still a little clever, but that's all, it can't be atmospheric.

The two picked up the cups one after another, and Song Hao smiled and said: "The virtuous nephew is polite, the reason why this battle can end so quickly is that the virtuous nephew is also indispensable, so I will wait for the prince to decide to help you ascend to the throne!"

Nie Dan's body was shocked, he hurriedly put down his wine glass, stood up, bowed respectfully to Song Hao and Lin Haotian, and said, "Nie Dan thank you for your love. ”

Song Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I hope that in the future, the virtuous nephew can lead You Guo to the right path, and he can't follow in the footsteps of his father!"

"Yes! Nie Dan will take this as a warning!" he said, and he sat back down on the mat and toasted with each of them.

Nie Dan seemed to suddenly remember something again, and said, "There is one more thing, I hope that General Lin and His Royal Highness King Song can agree." ”

"Virtuous nephew, please speak!"

"At present, there are no less than 20,000 garrisons in the palace of the Jin and New Red armies, and there are many female dependents and concubines in the palace...... The armies of other countries are really inconvenient!"

Nie Dan now hopes that the coalition forces can evacuate the palace immediately, otherwise, he will not have the slightest sense of security even if he lives in the palace, not to mention that his own palace is stationed with troops from other countries, which is a great shame in itself.

Hey! This Nie Dan has a lot of requirements, doesn't he know who is the master of You Guo? Song Hao didn't answer immediately, and turned his head to look at Lin Haotian and the others.

Lin Haotian nodded slightly, hinting that Song Hao could agree to Nie Dan's request, anyway, tonight would kill Nie Dan and his party, no matter what he promised, it didn't matter.

Song Hao is also a cunning old fox, how could he not understand what Lin Haotian meant. He smiled at Nie Dan and said, "If the virtuous nephew doesn't mention it, this king will soon forget about it." The virtuous nephew is right, the coalition troops are stationed in the palace, it is indeed very inconvenient, and it is easy to cause trouble, so let's tell the truth, so tomorrow, all the coalition soldiers stationed in the palace will be evacuated, what does the virtuous nephew think?"

Nie Dan thought that he would have to make a lot of trouble in this matter, but he didn't expect Song Hao to agree so happily, which surprised him. After being stunned for a while, he came back to his senses and arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Song!" After a pause, he immediately added: "Thank you, General Lin!"

After talking about the palace garrison, Nie Dan took the initiative to lead the topic to Nie Xing, he toasted to the two again, and after a drink, he asked, "I don't know...... What is the situation of my father in the camp of the coalition forces now? My father is very old, and he has been in poor health recently, can I put my father under house arrest in the palace, and I can take care of him nearby. ”

"No!" Without waiting for Lin Haotian to speak, Song Hao preemptively said, "No." Our army will escort Nie Xing to the capitals of various countries and meet the kings of all countries. ”

Nie Dan gasped, frowned and said, "Now that my father is no longer King You, and I will inherit the throne, I am willing to go and ask the kings of various countries on behalf of my father." ”

Song Hao sneered and said coldly: "Embrace the army and respect yourself." Blatantly rebelling and establishing oneself as the emperor, such a great crime of rebellion, which can be replaced if you want to replace it? Needless to say, the matter of escorting Nie Xing to meet the kings of various countries will never be changed. ”

Hearing his tough tone, Nie Dan subconsciously looked at Lin Haotian, hoping that he could help him speak, but the latter was bowing his head and chewing slowly. Didn't look at him at all.

Nie Dan was helpless and wanted to speak, but at this time, Song Hao opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Today's banquet, just to be happy, not to talk about government affairs! And General Shao Lin of the Jin Kingdom is also good at archery, and it is rare for everyone to gather together today. Why don't you let the two of them try it out and see who has the best archery skills?"

Nie Dan was stunned and didn't answer immediately, Lin Haotian, who had been eating, raised his head and wiped the corners of his mouth slowly. Said with a smile: "It's just an archery competition, and it's not desperate, why not?" As he spoke, he raised his head to look at Shao Lin at his hand and asked, "Shao Lin." Would you like to?"

Shao Lin didn't let go, left the table, and intervened to give a salute: "The last general is willing!"

Lin Haotian nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Nie Dan again, and asked with a smile: "Childe, I wonder if General Lin is also willing to compete?"

People have asked about their heads, Nie Dan can no longer shirk, he looks at Lin Ning at his hand, the latter nodded slightly at him, saying that he can try with Shao Lin.

After receiving Lin Ning's confirmation, Nie Dan put his mind at ease and arched his hand at Lin Haotian and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, General Lin is ugly in front of your highness!"

With his words, Lin Ning stood up, bypassed the table, came to the center of the main hall, and stood beside Shao Lin.

Lin Ning and Shao Lin are about the same age, and they both look like they are in their early thirties, but their temperaments are completely different.

Lin Ning is tall, burly, with a western face, big ringed eyes, and a lion's mouth below, which looks mighty and majestic, giving people a feeling of not being angry but mighty. And Shao Lin is of medium stature, not tall, not short, not fat or thin, with a white face like jade, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, not like a general, more like a scholar, but as long as he is close to him, people can always feel a cold air that seems to be nothing.

The two of them can be regarded as the top generals of Jin and You, and at this time, they want to test their archery skills in front of the public, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for everyone present.

People put down the wine glasses in their hands one after another, and the smiles on their faces slowly converged, and everyone's expressions were serious, their eyes widened, and they couldn't take their eyes off Shao Lin and Lin Ning, the two generals in the center of the hall.

Lin Ning arched his hand to the kings and asked, "I don't know how His Royal Highness wants General Shao to compete with the last general?"

Song Hao set his eyes on Lin Haotian. The latter smiled, picked up an empty plate on the table, threw it into the air, and felt okay, then said: "You two stand in the hall and release arrows, and someone else throws dishes outside the hall, whoever shoots accurately will win." ”

What is so difficult about this? Lin Ning and Shao Lin both responded: "The last general will obey the order!"

Lin Haotian casually called a guard and whispered a few words, and the guard picked up a few empty plates and ran away.

When he ran to the gate of the main hall, he stood still, looked back at Lin Haotian, and asked him if he could be here.

Lin Haotian shook his head and waved to the guard.

When the guard saw this, he had no choice but to retreat, until he reached the steps, but he still did not hear the lord stop him, he was shocked, and peeked behind him, and here he had reached the steps, and if he went back, he was about to retreat to the bottom of the steps.

Seeing that the guards were standing still in place, Lin Haotian asked dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't you move?"

Although his voice was not high, there was silence in the hall at this time, and his voice could still be heard outside the hall: "Huiyu...... Returning to the adult, where the villain stands, it is already the limit, and if you retreat, you can ...... It's time to step back. ”

Lin Haotian smiled leisurely and said, "Ben Shuai asked you to retreat, you retreated, where did you get all that nonsense?!"

The guards had no choice but to follow the steps and walk all the way to the square outside the main hall. It was a hundred and fifty paces from the main hall, especially now that it was night, and it was necessary to shoot an arrow in the main hall and shoot a small plate thrown from the square. The difficulty was so great that everyone present was astonished.

If Lin Haotian's arrangement is deliberately difficult, it doesn't make sense at all, after all, the golden general Shao Lin also participated in the competition, but if Lin Haotian really wanted to test the archery skills of the two of them, wouldn't it be too difficult for a strong man?

Lin Ning had never done such a novel competition. He squinted at Shao Lin beside him, he was stable, his eyes were lowered, and he was as immobile as a mountain, as if the things around him had nothing to do with him. He smiled slightly and asked, "General Shao, please first!"

When Shao Lin heard this, he finally raised his gaze and said indifferently: "General Lin is the main one, and he is the guest below." Is there a reason why the guest is the first to take the lead?"

Listening to Shao Lin's humble words, Lin Ning was no longer polite, he beckoned to his entourage: "Take the bow!"

As he spoke, a You Guo guard came to Lin Ning with a bow and arrow.

Lin Ning's bows and arrows are all made of steel, especially the bow, which is rumored to be a treasure weapon that has been refined for eighty years, and is called Blood Lianzhu. (Iron is hard, but there are too many impurities in it.) Fragile and easy to break. The iron was burned red and hammered. Removing its impurities, and then cooling it, this is a refining, and the idiom of '100 refining into steel' also comes from this. But one hundred refinements were too difficult to complete, and in ancient times, even fifty refinements would have to take more than ten years. More than ten refining can be called stainless steel. ）

Let's talk about Lin Ning, he raised the bow in his hand, and as the dark mist emitted from the palm of his hand merged with the blood, the shape of the steel bow was also changing, and he only blinked. It turned into a pure white longbow.

He casually pulled out a steel arrow, shook his hand to transform it, then twisted his bow and loaded the arrow, took a deep breath, and said, "General Lin, the last general is ready!"

Lin Haotian smiled and nodded to the guards behind him, who stood up and shouted loudly outside the hall: "Throw-"

The guard standing in the square used all his strength to toss the copper plate in his hand into the air.

At such a distance, and the sky was so dark, for most of the people in the main hall, let alone shooting an arrow on the plate, they couldn't even see it clearly.

Just when everyone stretched their necks and looked out, wondering if the guards threw out the plate, Lin Ning's eyes narrowed sharply, his arms were forceful, and the fingers holding the arrows tightly were released instantly, and a whoosh sound was heard in the ear chakra, and the long arrow flew off the string, like a bolt of lightning, and flew out of the hall.

The arrows were fired so fast, as fast as the naked eye could reach.

People were still in a daze, Shao Lin didn't know when he had held the hard bow in his palm, and the moment Lin Ning shot the long arrow, he also twisted the bow and set up the arrow, followed by Lin Ning, and shot the bow and arrow out.

The long arrow shot by Lin Ning seemed to have eyes, and in the night, the small copper plate was nailed to the square, and with a crisp sound, the long arrow penetrated the copper plate, hung it on the arrow, and then castrated, and with a loud click, it was nailed to the stone pillar in the square.

But this is not the most amazing! Lin Ning's long arrow hung on a copper plate just nailed to the stone pillar, Shao Lin's steel arrow fell, this arrow, actually hit the tail of Lin Ning's long arrow, its strength is so strong, the long arrow squeezed through the stone pillar, when a bang, it fell from the other side of the stone pillar to the ground, and Shao Lin's steel arrow took its place, the arrow body hung with a copper plate, nailed to the stone pillar.

When the people below ran back to the main hall and explained the situation to everyone, the princes, generals, and ministers present were all surprised.

It was not easy for Lin Ning to be able to shoot the plate, and Shao Lin's chasing arrow could actually hit that small point at the end of the arrow, and his archery skills had undoubtedly reached the level of superbness.

Everyone in the hall was stunned for a while before coming back to their senses, and then burst into thunderous applause. Even Nie Dan couldn't help but stand up and sigh sincerely: "General Shao is really a good archery technique!"

The expression on Shao Lin's face did not change, he was still unhappy or angry, lukewarm, he bowed slightly, and said, "Childe has won the award." ”

At this time, Lin Ning's face was a little unnatural, Shao Lin didn't wait for the second plate, but wanted to shoot his own, he didn't shoot his arrows first, but chased his own arrows, where did he come to compete with himself in archery, he was simply here to do it against himself!

The arrogant Lin Ning had been aroused by Shao Lin, and the strength to not admit defeat also came up, he secretly gritted his teeth, turned back to Lin Haotian and said: "General Lin, the last general wants to compete with General Shao again!

Lin Haotian looked up and smiled, and said, "Since General Lin asked for it, then it's better to do it again!"

Hearing this, everyone present came to the spirit, just shot only one plate, it was so exciting, and now they want to shoot three at the same time, I don't know what incredible archery skills Shao Lin and Lin Ning want to use!

Lin Ning took out three steel arrows from the quiver, sandwiched them between his fingers, and then turned his head to look at Shao Lin, and saw that there was only one arrow on the latter's hard bow, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" General Shao wanted to shoot through three plates with one arrow, but he couldn't?"

Shao Lin just glanced at him indifferently, didn't reply anything, and was silent.

Shao Lin didn't speak in a dead voice, Lin Ning didn't have a bottom in his heart, could it be that Shao Lin really planned to shoot through three plates with one arrow? To be honest, if this was the case, he had never seen such a mysterious archery technique.

Just as Lin Ning's heart was going up and down, Lin Haotian opened his mouth and asked with a smile, "General Lin, are you ready?"

"General Hui, the last general is ready!"

Lin Haotian glanced at the guards, who quickly ran to the door of the main hall and shouted loudly outside: "Three plates, throw them together!"

With the guard's high-pitched shout, the guards in the square immediately picked up three copper plates and threw them into the air.

When the height of the plate flying was the same as that of the main hall, Lin Ning obviously felt that Shao Lin beside him exuded a compelling pressure, for fear that Shao Lin would take the lead, Lin Ning took the lead in releasing the arrow.

"Smack!"

The bowstring flicked, and three long arrows flew out in unison.

But at the same time, Shao Lin's arrow also shot, but his target was not the three plates thrown up outside the hall, but Nie Dan, who was sitting on the side and watching intently. (To be continued......)