August 15.

Mid-Autumn night.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the entire capital of Xixia was very lively, coinciding with the general election of horses, the whole country rejoiced, and the capital also ushered in the most joyful Mid-Autumn Festival in history.

All those who came to bid for the position of steed were also invited to a dinner in the palace, which was also the first round of selection.

The selection is divided into two rounds, the first round is the martial selection, and the second round is the literary selection.

A group of people got into the carriage assigned to them in the palace, passed through the bustling downtown and headed for the palace.

Xiao Jun and Wang Yuyan also took a carriage and prepared to accompany Duan Yu into the palace.

on the carriage.

"You don't want to go to the palace to run for election, do you? The first round is a military election, and if you run, I'm afraid no one will be your opponent. ”

Wang Yuyan looked at Xiao Jun, who was leaning against the window of the car without saying a word, and said slowly.

Listening to Wang Yuyan's words, Xiao Jun couldn't help laughing, this is completely the mind of a little woman, for fear that the man he likes will like other women, and he is tempting all the time.

"Rather than doing a Western Xia horse, I would rather enjoy the lanterns and flowers on the street with you. ”

Xiao Jun looked at the lively street outside the car window, said slowly, and finally turned his head to look at Wang Yuyan.

The slightly clumsy love words have already made Wang Yuyan's face red.

"Who wants to enjoy the lanterns and flowers with you..."

Wang Yuyan glanced at Xiao Jun, and couldn't hide her joy in her heart, but she still looked hard-mouthed.

Women, always duplicitous creatures.

"Then who are you going to go with?" Prince Zongzan?"

Xiao Jun looked at Wang Yuyan and asked with a serious face.

Wang Yuyan turned her head to look at Xiao Jun in surprise, a little stunned.

"What are you talking about? How did you get involved with that guy?"

Wang Yuyan said suspiciously, showing a look of disgust.

Xiao Jun looked at Wang Yuyan's serious appearance and couldn't help laughing.

Wang Yuyan heard that Xiao Jun was deliberately making fun of her, and couldn't help but shake her head.

In the midst of the flirting between the two, everyone had unconsciously entered the Xixia Palace and arrived at the princess's bedroom.

There is a Qingfeng Pavilion in the palace, which is the place where the princess specially entertains guests, and it is also the place for dinner and the first martial arts.

Everyone slowly walked into Qingfeng Pavilion under the leadership of the palace maid and sat in their places. Places are booked in advance, sorted according to status and status.

It's a pity that there is no place for Xiao Jun in the main seat, and his position is in the second row. The positions in the first row are Duan Yu and Zong Zan, followed by Murong Fu and others.

Duan Yu was a little concerned about such an arrangement, and originally tried his best to invite Xiao Jun to sit with him, but Xiao Jun refused, and honestly took Wang Yuyan to sit in the second row.

Originally, he didn't come to campaign, just to watch the excitement and help Duan Yu at the right time, so it didn't matter so much where he sits.

Soon, the long-known princess of Xixia came to Qingfeng Pavilion surrounded by a group of palace maids and sat on the main seat, but she was surrounded by a veil, and everyone couldn't see her appearance at all, only a general silhouette.

Xiao Jun looked at the scenes happening in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the original plot was the absolute protagonist of this campaign conference, and even this conference was prepared for him by Princess Xixia, but now it seems that he has become a dispensable foil, and he is not even qualified to sit in the first row.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

With the appearance of the princess of Xixia, a group of people also appeared outside the Qingfeng Pavilion, surrounding the entire Qingfeng Pavilion, all of them holding weapons and looking indifferent.

The person at the head, burly, eight feet tall, with a fierce face, holding a long sword, after arranging the guards, walked into the Qingfeng Pavilion, stood in front of the princess on the left, and coldly inspected everyone present.

If Xiao Jun didn't guess wrong, this person should be the leader of the Yipintang of Western Xia, Helian Tieshu, the number one master of Western Xia.

Xiao Jun remembered that it was this person who took Xixia Yipintang to arrest everyone in the beggar gang when the beggar gang forced Qiao Feng away, and in the end, it was Qiao Feng who rescued the beggar gang.

He also remembered the usual ecstasy used by Yipintang in Xixia, the sad and crisp breeze, the ecstasy that can make people weak, even if they are the top masters, they can't move a single bit after being hit by the sad and crisp breeze.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jun couldn't help but glance at this person a few more times, the friction between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia border has been continuous for many years, and it is inseparable from this person.

"Her Royal Highness the princess said, you have come from afar, Qingfeng Pavilion does not have good wine and delicious hospitality, it is really lazy, please feel free to drink. ”

A servant girl slowly walked to the front of the stage, looked at everyone present and said slowly, with a smile on her face, a sweet voice, and she looked knowledgeable, she should be the personal maid of Princess Xixia.

As the words fell, another group of palace maids walked in, holding all kinds of delicacies and aged wines in their hands, and set up a table for everyone present.

Delicious wines, everything you need, and even dancing with you.

A group of people are no longer polite, they should eat and drink, and their eyes are straight when they look at the maids dancing in the field.

Especially Prince Zongzan, it looks like he hasn't eaten for more than ten days, he eats and drinks while watching, extremely greedy, and there is no place that matches the name of a prince at all, no matter how you look at it, it looks vulgar.

Murong Fu on the other side looked at Prince Zongzan's appearance, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he shook his head, he already had a plan in his heart.

And Xiao Jun was in addition to talking and laughing, eating and drinking with Wang Yuyan, but his eyes glanced at Helian Tieshu from time to time.

Because he always has a feeling that with this person in Western Xia, there will be no peace between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, and when the time comes, Princess Xixia and Duan Yu will inherit the imperial power of Western Xia, this person will also be the biggest resistance.

After three rounds of drinking, the maidservant girl once again slowly walked out of the gauze tent of the princess of Western Xia.

"The time is almost up, the first round of martial arts selection can begin, you are all heroes of the rivers and lakes, you can challenge freely, but there is one, the martial arts selection is only to select the strongest martial arts as a reference for the princess, it does not mean that the strongest martial arts is the candidate for the horse, so please be sure to point to the end, only talk about the superior, regardless of life and death. ”

The maid spoke eloquently, and her speech was neither humble nor arrogant, and she looked like she had grown up in the palace since she was a child.

As the maid's words fell, some people stood up for the first time, each selected their own opponent, came to the field, and started a one-on-one competition, but because everyone was not allowed to bring weapons in, they could only fight some fists and feet.

With the start of the competition, the atmosphere of the scene was pushed to the peak, and the onlookers erupted in cheers and applause from time to time.

But Xiao Jun took a closer look at the east absent-mindedly, chatting with Wang Yuyan without a word, and didn't spend his mind on the ongoing military election at all.

Because he knows that the people who are appearing now are just passers-by in this election, they are a group of people who can't get on the stage, but they just have a hot effect, and the real highlight is still to come.

He was also thinking about whether to tell Duan Yu the ultimate method he knew, so as to help him directly determine himself as a candidate for the horse, but he was a little unsure that his ultimate method would not work now.