Shao Xi and the others walked into the Loulan King's Palace with the leader of the guards, which looked much more ordinary than the palace of Wuhai Kingdom.

After all, it is just a remote and small country in the Western Regions, although it is considered a monopoly in this area, but compared to the entire Western Regions, Loulan is really not a big country.

However, the style of this palace in the Western Regions is very obvious, and it looks more exotic than the palace in Wuhai Kingdom.

Shao Xi has seen the grandeur of the Jingyuan Empire's palace, and when he looks at it again, he looks a little childish, at most it is a big mansion of a big landlord.

The chief of the guards brought them to the door of the main hall of the palace, and the palace attendants brought them into the palace.

There were several people who looked like ministers standing on the left and right of the palace, and on the small throne was a big fat man with an exaggerated size, who seemed to be really worried that his weight would collapse the throne at any time.

This is the king of Loulan State, Fa Yize, this guy is a greedy and unscrupulous person, and he is ruthless, relying on the Western Turkic forces behind him to take and desire for the surrounding small countries, and he does not have the demeanor of a big country monarch at all.

Shao Xi felt that this person was not good-looking when he saw him for the first time, but for Shao Xi, it didn't matter to him what kind of person he was.

In Shao Xi's eyes, he is just a tool man who will be used by himself, as long as he has value for himself, it doesn't matter what means he uses.

So he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down to Fa Yize, and said, "See His Majesty the King in Xia Shao Xi!" Below is a native of the Central Plains, all the way to your country through business.

"As early as in the Central Plains, I heard that His Majesty the King is wise and powerful, majestic and majestic, and it is really a blessing to be able to see it today, and I would like to pay the highest respect to Your Majesty here!"

Fa Yize's originally upright face immediately showed a smile after hearing Shao Xi's words of praise.

He loves to listen to good things in his life, as long as someone flatters him, no matter how outrageous he is, he can make him happy.

Originally, he heard that it was a few people from the Central Plains, and as a minion of the Western Turks, he naturally felt a little hostile in his heart, but as soon as he met Shao Xi, he complimented him so much, which made him feel very useful.

Since Shao Xi said that he was majestic, he naturally had to put on a majestic appearance.

He raised his hand lightly and said, "No courtesy!" I didn't expect that I, the king of Loulan Kingdom, had heard of it in the Central Plains, but this was beyond my expectations.

"I heard that you have a way to make my Loulan Kingdom win in this Marseille, I don't know what you can do? Why don't you tell me? ”

Shao Xi was not in a hurry, first flattered Fa Yize: "Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and governs the country well, although we are far away in the Central Plains, we have long heard of Your Majesty's name, why doesn't His Majesty the King know about it?" ”

Fa Yi was even happier when he heard Shao Xi say this, and couldn't help laughing.

"Really? I really don't know. ”

Lao Wu, who was standing behind Shao Xi, was almost disgusted by them and vomited on the spot, saying in his heart that this kid had no bottom line at all.

In the Central Plains, who knows what the king of this Loulan Kingdom is? Now that he can hold this fat man to the sky, he is really shameless enough!

Shao Xi didn't blush at all, but was quite satisfied with Fa Yize's reaction.

"Before coming down, there is indeed a way to help Your Majesty win this horse race, but before that, I want to understand the habits of His Majesty's horse racing with the envoys of the Western Turks."

Fa Yize didn't seem to understand what Shao Xi was referring to, and asked with some puzzlement: "Habit?" What are you referring to? ”

"In previous years, His Majesty and the Western envoys had three horse races each time, so the horses in these three races must have been of different strengths.

"The horse that is scheduled to play each time is the strongest in the first race, followed by the second race, and the weakest horse is left in the last race?"

Fayi nodded.

"Exactly, what's wrong with that?"

That's right! Shao Xi just wanted to emulate Tian Ji's horse racing, and use Sun Bin's original method of arranging strong horses against middle horses, and middle horses against weak horses, winning two games in three games, so he raised such a question.

And the answer given by Fa Yi was indeed what he wanted the most, which made Shao Xi secretly happy in his heart.

History is indeed strikingly similar in some places, and I can't imagine that the same thing happened in this world today.

Since this is the case, then Sun Bin's method can naturally be applied here.

In order to further confirm the habit of the previous races between the Loulan Kingdom and the Western Turkic envoys, Shao Xi asked Fa Yize again: "Your Majesty has decided that the horse race will be held every year, and you both of you will arrange it like this?" ”

"Of course, how else can it be arranged? In the first race, of course, the strongest horses should be sent to take the first place, and the weakest horses should naturally be placed last, as has been the case in previous years, isn't it a matter of course? ”

Shao Xixin said, I'm bah!

You barbarians who don't have long brains, but you can figure out what's going on whenever your brain turns a little, and you're still so brainless after so many years.

It seems that compared with the Central Plains, the brains of people in this remote place are really not enough.

"Your Majesty, as far as you can see, there is a far cry between the horses of your country and the horses of the envoys of the Western Turks?"

When Fa Yi heard this, his face showed some displeasure slightly.

Of course, he knew that there was a big gap between his horses and the superior horses of the Western Turks, after all, the horses of his Loulan Kingdom were all given by the Western Turks.

However, the horses he used to compete in the royal family were also carefully selected from those rewarded horses, although they were indeed slightly inferior to the horses used by the Western envoys to race, but after his careful breeding and training in the Loulan Kingdom, he thought that he was not much different.

Now that Shao Xi is asking this, it is tantamount to questioning his royal horses, which can be regarded as a disguised humiliation for him with a strong sense of vanity.

But as a king, he can't be too stingy.

So he said with a little unhappiness in his tone: "My Loulan royal special horse is naturally not much worse than the superior horses of his Western Turks, and the two sides of the Marseille in previous years also had their own wins and losses, I don't know what you mean by asking?" ”

Shao Xi looked at Fa Yize's dead look, and said in his heart that you are not as good as others, you are not as good as others, I haven't said anything yet! You're in a hurry.

However, from Fa Yize's words, Shao Xi also heard that the horses in the Loulan Kingdom should not be much different from the horses in the Western Turks.

As long as the difference is not particularly outrageous, then this method works.

So Shao Xi saluted again to Fa Yi Ze and said, "As long as the strength of the horses on both sides is about the same, I have a way for Your Majesty to win in this Marseille."

"However, on the day of the horse race, I hope that Your Majesty can leave the matter of the horse race to the next arrangement, as long as Your Majesty is willing to believe me, I guarantee that Your Majesty will definitely be the winner of this horse race."

As soon as Shao Xi's words were finished, before Fa Yi could say anything, a minister appeared next to him.

opened his mouth and rebuked Shao Xi: "It's just a joke, how can such an important matter as the Royal Horse Race be entrusted to an unknown person like you to arrange it with full authority?"

"What's more, you are still from the Central Plains, who knows if you will take this opportunity to destroy Marseille, so as to damage the face of our Loulan Kingdom and the face of His Majesty the King?"

As soon as Shao Xi heard this, he couldn't help but scold in his heart.

Do you still need me to destroy your bullshit reputation? Why don't you have a little pressure in your heart? You have long been notorious among the small countries around you, and you have no consciousness at all?

Besides, what's wrong with us Central Plains? Can we Central Plains people come all the way here to damage the reputation of such an inconspicuous small country as yours?

Are you taking yourself too seriously?

Although he was so scolding in his heart, Shao Xi's face was still smiling.

After all, his purpose was not to help Loulan win the horse race, his ultimate purpose was to win the trust of Fa Yize and had other plans.

So at this time, even if he was wronged, he had to endure it, but Shao Xi's attitude was still neither soft nor hard.

"If this lord said this, there must be a way to help His Majesty win this race, so why put up a notice in front of the palace to offer a reward?

"If Your Majesty can't trust us from the Central Plains, there is nothing to say in the Lower Plains, this time it was supposed to be a sure victory, but because of the identity of the Central Plains, it would be a pity to give up this opportunity!"

Fa Yize was still a little hesitant, but when he heard Shao Xi say this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the minister who spoke just now.

That seems to be asking him, do you have a way to win?

When the minister saw Fa Yi looking at him, he immediately shrank his neck, drooped his head, and retreated to the side and stopped talking.

Where did he have any way? Shao Xi said that just now, which is equivalent to taking him into an army.

Since you can't make this race a must-win, then don't jump out and question others, or you'll be there.

No matter who it is, dare to say that there is a way to help Loulan Kingdom win this time in the horse race, if it can't be done, everyone knows what the end will be.

Now Shao Xi dares to stand up and say this, if others can't do it, they are not qualified to stand up and question it.

Of course, Shao Xi said it, and if he really didn't do it, he would have to bear the corresponding consequences.

Since Shao Xi had the courage to say such a thing, it proved that Shao Xi must have some way, and Fa Yi saw that Shao Xi was so confident, and he also dispelled the worries in his original heart.

Anyway, in the past, there were more losses and fewer wins than in the past, and since there are people willing to stand up and give advice to themselves in Marseille this year, you might as well give it a try.

If you win, you will naturally be happy, and if you lose again, you can also find someone to get angry.

So he asked Shao Xi with a smile on his face: "If this matter is handed over to you, and everything is good to say, the reward you should have will naturally not be less, but if you lose, you should know what the result is, right?" ”

Shao Xi replied very simply and unabashedly: "Of course I know what the result will be!"

"Presumably Your Majesty has also heard that every year, every year, various gambling houses in the city of Horse Racing Loulan will open a gambling game, and bet against the Marseille of His Majesty and the envoys of the Western Turks.

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, this time I also made a big bet in the gambling house, betting that the Loulan Congress will win in Marseille.

"If I can't help His Majesty win this Marseille, not to mention His Majesty's punishment for me, even losing those huge bets is absolutely unacceptable.

"So please rest assured, no matter what, I will do my best and do everything in my power to help Your Majesty win this year's Marseille."

Of course, Fa Yi knew that the gambling house in this Loulan City would use the horse race between him and the Western envoys as a gambling game every year, and gambled on a large scale.

It's just that he never expected that Shao Xi actually made a heavy bet in this gamble, and he actually bet that he would win.

You know, according to past experience, many people will bet on the Western envoys.

Since Shao Xi dared to bet heavily on himself, and now he came to the palace to give advice in front of him, this proves that Shao Xi has enough confidence in the method he adopted to win this Marseille.

Otherwise, he would never have placed such a heavy bet at the casino.

It seems that this young man from the Central Plains must have thought of some way to win, and now he is also selfish in coming to give himself ideas.

Fa Yi is not afraid that Shao Xi is selfish, he ran to influence the outcome of the horse race in order to win a lot of money in the gambling house, and this motive is the most credible.

For his own interests, he will definitely try his best, and he does so in his own interests, when the interests of both parties are the same, there is the best premise for cooperation.

At this time, Fa Yi completely dispelled his concerns and decided to hand over this matter to Shao Xi to take full responsibility.

"It looks like you, like me, don't want to lose this year's race, so I'm sure you'll have a way for us to win.

"This matter is according to what you say, it is entirely up to you to arrange, I believe you will not let me down, if I win this year's Marseille, I will be rewarded!"

Shao Xi bowed and saluted, "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust!" When the race begins tomorrow, I want the Royal Horse Master to be by my side and keep me informed of the racecourse. ”

For this kind of request, Fa Yi naturally agreed.

"Of course, since it is entrusted to you to make full arrangements, all horse masters must follow your instructions, and when the time comes, you can only ask them what you want to know, and if you want to do something, you can only arrange for them to do it, I only want the result."

Since this matter was agreed to Shao Xi, Shao Xi's request to go to the stables to see the horses was naturally granted.

So Shao Xi and the others saluted and retreated, and went to the royal stables of the Loulan Palace.

Seeing those good horses in the Western Regions, Shao Xi became more determined in his heart to get the horses from the Western Regions back to the Central Plains.

These horses were tall and strong, intelligent and tame, and they were the best choice for strengthening the cavalry of the Jingyuan Empire.

After looking at the horses and getting to know the horse masters, Shao Xi took Lao Wu and Wu Qiu'er to leave the Loulan Palace and return to the inn.

After going out of the city this morning to dig up the tomb in the Jade City, he still had some doubts in his heart that had yet to be solved.