The family motto and family rules of the big family are different, the Xun family encourages their children to make friends with the children of other families, and they can form alliances with others privately, but the family never expresses its position to form an alliance with anyone.

In this way, there will be hostility among the many small alliances of the children of the Xun family, and the family has always maintained the principle of neutrality, and all the children rely on their personal strength to resolve the contradictions between each other.

Although Xun Le and Xun Yue are not descendants of the lineage, the side elites of one of the top ten dukes do not have a lot of resources at hand.

"I heard that Jiang Cao lives here with you, and I couldn't win a competition with you some time ago. "Xun Yue did his homework before coming.

"Hehe, your news is very well-informed, all the contestants are like you, how can there be a secret in the national competition. Ding Kui didn't deny it, and made fun of Xun Yue.

This information fell into Xun Yue's hands, and he analyzed it in an all-round way.

Jiang Cao's status in the family is similar to mine, he actually lives in Ding Kui's house, but he can't win against Ding Kui with his second-place strength in the state competition, and the people who recently came to challenge Ding Kui were basically sent by Jiang Cao. Ding Kui's status is obviously above Jiang Cao, and we will not suffer a loss if we put down our bodies and make friends with Ding Kui.

The Marquis of the Protector has no official position, that is not as good as even a city lord, in the eyes of the children of the family, Ding Kui's identity belongs to the sons of the viscount and the earl. The Xun brothers made friends with Ding Kui, and they couldn't say that they were condescending, but they could be regarded as worthy of Ding Kui.

"Then isn't it possible for you to make it to the top ten? Brother Ding is really talented, if we reach our age, it will be easy to win the first place in the national competition. Xun Le's reaction was not slow, and he positioned Ding Kui's overall strength in his heart.

In addition to individual force, there is also the power behind you, including the potential for future development, which is the fundamental aspect of overall strength.

It cannot be said that the Xun brothers are snobbish, their family's education is like this, and the strength of making friends is related to their vision. The vision of the children of the Xun family is more important than their personal strength, and the resources of the family will tend to be the children with unique vision.

"Brother Le has a good reputation, there are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, there are many masters in China, I can go to the national competition for a while, I am satisfied. The Ding family doesn't have any requirements for me, unlike the two of them who are burdened with the expectations of the family. Ding Kui's brain was also spinning rapidly, figuring out the twin brother's intentions.

"Look at how humble Brother Ding is. To put it bluntly, our brother likes people like you, so he comes to the door with a thick old face and wants to walk around with you more. Although we didn't have much friendship before, I hope we will be good friends and buddies in the future. Xun Le plays the role of speaking more bluntly.

"It's rare for two people to look up to me, as the so-called multiple friends have multiple roads, and the younger brother is happy to be friends with the two. Ding Kui has a welcoming attitude towards people who come to make friends.

In Ding Kui's impression, the people who took the initiative to make friends with him were basically the children of small nobles, Jiang Cao and Jiang Yu could not be counted as distant relatives, Ji Chan had a relationship of exchange of interests, and Shaodian Mi came by order of the king.

The Xun brothers are the highest-level among Ding Kui's friends, and they are not people with bad conduct, words and deeds, such friends Ding Kui thinks that Han Xin points soldiers - the more the merrier.

"Brother Ding, you will know in the future that our Xun family doesn't just talk about friends, and it's not just any one of us who we will befriend.

I heard that there are some changes in the group stage draw of this year's national competition, which will be drawn according to the state rankings, and the first place will be drawn by the second place, and so on.

This way, players from different states in the same ranking will not meet, but it is possible to play players from the same state in the same group. Xun Yue revealed a change in the format.

"Oh, then I'm the tenth in Zhongwang State, so I can't be in the same group as the tenth in other states, but I may be in the same group as you.

This kind of grouping is a bit unfavorable to Wangzhou and Zhongwangzhou, just like the two brothers draw lots according to the previous method, and it is still very promising to score in the top three in the group stage. Ding Kui found that the new lottery rules are not good for the traditional strong states.

"It is said that it is related to the previous war with Cao and Qi, and the two local legions in Zhongwangzhou have earned a lot of military exploits, while the other states have not caught anything. The royal family decided to balance the balance in this knightly tournament and reduce the resources allocated by Zhongwangzhou in the next four years in disguise. Xun Yue put on a gesture of message sharing.

"Then Wangzhou has also been cut?" Ding Kui didn't understand.

"Half of the royal state is the territory of the royal family, and the resources cut by the knights' guild can be reissued by the clan government, and the kingdom belongs to the Shaodian family, so can they still suffer?" Xun Le has been educated in this area since he was a child, and analyzes the political situation through policy changes.

"Is there any change to the format of the finals?" Ding Kui is more concerned about the finals, and is not too interested in the group stage or something.

"It's still being discussed, and changes should be made as well. "That's all for Xun Yue's news.

"In my guess, the Cavaliers should have decided on it, but it won't be announced until the end of the group stage. Since it has been decided to target Zhongwangzhou, it is completely possible to play a role in the competition system.

The current group draw may allow us to be divided into a group, and in order to lead opponents of equal strength in points, it is difficult to avoid a huddle in the same state.

In the end, the final format suddenly had to calculate the small score, and the players who played in the group stage were blind. This format will not affect the strongest players, but it will have a big impact on the position in the middle stage. Ding Kui shared other people's information and took out dry goods himself.

Engaging in intrigue and trickery, making small moves off the stage, Ding Kui has witnessed many times in international competitions, and he has long been full of different kinds of preventive shots.

"Hey, it makes sense, this hand must be guarded against. As a child of the Xun family, who is good at strategy, Xun Yue agrees with Ding Kui's conspiracy theory.

The Xun brothers shared information with Ding Kui, exchanged views on issues of mutual concern, and laid a foundation of trust for future friendship.

Exchanges between young people like them have often appeared in Zhenjing recently, and there are certainly family promotions and like-minded friendships.

This is in line with the side purpose of the Knights' Tournament, which is to promote communication and unite a part of the population, and as long as you don't unite into one block, the more small groups you build, the better it will be for the royal family to rule.

The Knights' Guild's change of the competition system is in line with the principle of royal division, ostensibly for Zhongwangzhou, but in fact it divides the ten dukes into two camps.

The interests of the Yang family, the Jiang family, the Gongsun family, the Long family, and the Xun family in Zhongwang Prefecture were damaged, and the other five families in other states got a piece of the pie.

This kind of thing is only concerned by the big families, and the small families are not worried at all, anyway, it won't make much difference if it is distributed to them.

Ding Kui was sandwiched between the big family and the small nobles, he didn't care, even if he could win the national championship of the knight competition, the Ding family's annual salary would not be one more copper plate.

He doesn't train by himself completely behind closed doors, many projects are done with his friends in the Protector's Mansion, endurance running, pile jumping, swordsmanship, spearmanship, riding, etc., all of which can be practiced together.

On this day, Ding Kui was demonstrating to Jiang Cao, the footwork practice of Fengliang's improved version of the plum blossom pile. The first time Jiang Cao tried the barrel plum blossom pile, he stepped on half of the barrel, and then he became obsessed with this new style of footwork training.

Ding Kui quickly ran back and forth on the barrel, frequently making great changes in direction, causing Jiang Cao to be amazed, and the little vanity in his heart was highly satisfied.

With a "snap", Ding Kui's wooden barrel was hit by a stone, and after he stepped on it, the barrel tilted to the side, causing his center of gravity to be unstable, his upper body swayed, and he was about to fall off the barrel.

I saw Ding Kui lift his breath suddenly, bend his knees, remove half of his inertia, twist his waist sharply in the air, and quickly stepped on the wooden barrel next to him with the other foot, pulling his body up, and the last golden rooster stood on the barrel independently.

"Okay, hahaha, Ding Datou is so handsome now!" At this time, a slim figure came out from behind Ding Cai.

Ding Kui fixed his eyes and knew that it was this figure who did it, but he was not angry at all, but laughed and said: "Oh, do you finally know that you came to see me, and you thought that your little apple had forgotten me." After saying that, he rushed up and gave her a big hug, ignoring the resistance of the figure.

"Hey, she's a big girl, how can you hug it casually. Lu Ying said so in his mouth, but people were coquettish in Ding Kui's arms.

"Cut, you've grown a lot taller, but what do you look like a big girl?" Ding Kui was rubbing Lu Ying's head.

"Hey, hey, don't rub it, a lot of people are watching, and it's not easy for people to dress up beautifully. Lu Ying remembered that he had combed his hair for a long time.

"Who doesn't know you here, even if you don't dress up, everyone knows that you are our pretty little apple. Oh no, there really are two. Ding Kui thought of Jiang Cao and Jiang Yu on the side, "She is my master's daughter, named Lu Ying, who grew up with me since she was a child." ”

"Hello, I'm Jiang Yu, you're the junior sister of my little cousin, so what should I call you?" Jiang Yu looked embarrassed.

"One yard to one yard, you can call her Xiaoying or Apple. Ding Kui couldn't figure it out, so he simply put aside his cousin's identity.

"Hello, Little Shadow Girl, I'm Jiang Cao. Jiang Cao was relieved and avoided the embarrassment of another elder.

Ding Kui's other senior brothers and sisters and classmates, Jiang Cao will not be called strictly by generation, but this new girl is Ding Kui's playmate from childhood to adulthood, and the relationship must be like a brother and sister, if Ding Kui doesn't express his position, Jiang Cao really doesn't know what to call.

"Wow, there is another beautiful sister and handsome big brother, hello, I'm Lu Ying. "Lu Ying is becoming more and more like a noble daughter.

"Little junior sister, if you can't see outsiders, you won't ignore us, we've been waiting here for a long time. Zheng Yun was jealous.

"Hehe, Senior Sister Yun, Ding Datou is dragging me, I can't move, but it's not that I won't go to greet you. Lu Ying immediately showed a pure smirk.