Inside the city of Dongzhou.

In the reception hall, Temuli sat in the first seat.

On the left hand is the envoy of the Yumei Kingdom.

At this time, the envoys of Yu Mingguo had already changed their faces.

The national strength of Dacao and Dongzhou was greatly damaged, and the national strength of the Yuming Kingdom was at its peak, and the national strength was sufficient, coupled with the equipment of the A-type spiritual weapon, it became the most powerful country in the three countries in one fell swoop.

At this moment, even Dongzhou and Da Cao combined are not necessarily the opponents of Yu Ming Kingdom.

The envoys of the Yuming Kingdom commanded the envoys, hugged their arms, and despised the envoys of Temuli and Da Cao.

The attitude of the envoys of the Yuming Kingdom was completely seen by Tie Mu Li and the envoys of Da Cao, and they also understood in their hearts what was going on.

Temuli and the envoy glanced at each other, and both sides had plans to form an alliance.

"Ahem....... The envoy of Yuming Kingdom coughed lightly, took the lead in speaking, and did not respect the city lord, but called Temuli by his name: "That, Temuli, when are you going to have a big competition?"

Seeing that the envoy of Yu Mingguo was so rude, Tiemuhe's face was ugly for a while, and his face sank suddenly, and he just wanted to teach this envoy a lesson, but was stopped by Temuli.

Temuli said slowly: "Dabi, it has been prepared, and it will be held in three days. ”

"Oh, that's great, but there's one thing that needs to be discussed. The envoy of the country of Yu Ming said.

"Oh, I wonder if there's anything else to discuss?" said Temuri.

The corners of Yu Mingguo's envoy's mouth curled slightly, and he said slowly: "It's this bet, my Yu Ming King feels that this bet is too small to only bet on the number of places to enter the secret realm of Dongzhou." ”

"I, the King of Yuming Kingdom, think that if you want to gamble, you should bet bigger. The envoy of the country of Yu Ming said.

"Oh, I wonder how much of a bet King Ming wants to make?" Temuli said with a smile.

"My Yuming Kingdom Ming King's bet is naturally not small, according to my Ming King's meaning, Dongzhou is close to the six counties of my Yuming Kingdom, so it should be regarded as a bet. The envoy of Yu Mingguo said lightly.

"What? Using my land in the six counties of Dongzhou as a bet, is your Ming King's brain?"

"Hehe, it's okay not to bet, my king has already prepared an army, and he took it himself, and he also obtained it. The envoy of the country of Yu Ming said.

"Fart, want my Dongzhou land, unless we're all dead in battle. Temuhe said angrily.

"Hehe, General, Dongzhou is different from the past, please think twice. The envoy of Yu Ming said with a smile.

Temuli waved his hand and motioned for Temuhe to retreat, but Temuhe snorted coldly and reluctantly stepped aside.

Temuli looked at the envoy of Yu Mingguo and said, "Then what kind of bet did your country make, it won't still be those wings, right?"

The envoy of Yu Mingguo said with a smile: "Naturally not, the bet we made this time is naturally much more valuable than this." ”

"Oh, let's hear about it?" said Temuri.

"This time, our bet is on the Mall. The envoy of the country of Yu Ming said.

"Mall?" Temuli was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Da Cao's envoy.

The envoy of Da Cao said angrily, "Mall, are you talking about a mall close to Dongzhou?"

"Hehe, the envoy of Da Cao is smart, that's right, it is the fifteenth county of the mall close to Dongzhou. ”

"Well, Iron City Lord, as long as you win, the land of the fifteen counties of this mall will be yours. The envoy of Yu Ming said with a smile.

"Presumptuous!" Da Cao's envoy rose up and said angrily: "The mall is my Da Cao's land, when will it be your turn to call the shots?"

"Hehe, the envoy of Da Cao, don't be angry, although the mall is your land at this time, when the army of my Yuming Kingdom arrives, the mall will be the land of my Yuming Kingdom. ”

The envoy of Yuming Kingdom said and looked at the city lord of Dongzhou City and said, "Iron City Lord, what do you think of this bet?"

Temuli's eyes flashed, if he said yes, it meant that he said that he would join forces with Yu Mingguo to annex Da Cao.

At this moment, Dongzhou and Dacao are both greatly weakened, and the only way for the two countries to survive is to join forces.

Thinking of this, Temuli did not answer the words of the envoy of the Yuming Kingdom directly, but looked at the envoy of Da Cao and said, "I wonder what your country is going to take as a bet for this big competition?"

Hearing this, the envoy sneered and said, "I, Da Cao, am going to take out the land of the Red Feather Clan. ”

"The land of the Red Feather Clan, what do you mean by this?" Temuli said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The envoy sneered: "Close to Dongzhou, there is a fertile land for thousands of miles, which is the new fertile land of the Red Feather Clan, and here is the right to be my Da Cao's gambling money." ”

The envoy of the Yuming Kingdom on the side said angrily: "Presumptuous, that Xinye fertile soil is the land of my Yuming Kingdom, how can you have the right to use it as gambling money?"

"Hehe, at this moment, although the new wild fertile land is your land, but as soon as my Da Cao flying boat arrives, tens of millions of soldiers come, this new wild fertile land is my Da Cao's land, I Da Cao uses my own land as gambling money, why not?" said the Da Cao envoy.

As he spoke, the envoy looked at the city lord of Tiemuli and said, "What does the lord of the iron city think?"

Tie Muli still didn't answer positively, but just laughed and said: "This big bet is unprecedented." ”

"If anyone wins, it is equivalent to winning the land of three cities, hahaha. Temuri laughed loudly.

In the following time, I sighed for a while, and the three parties broke up unhappily, waiting for Dabi after three days.

However, at this time, this news spread all over Yuming, Dongzhou, and Dacao.

"What? The land of the Three Cities is the biggest gamble in history. ”

"No, this competition, I must go and see who the land of the three cities ends up in?"

In the territory of Yuming Kingdom, some good feather people flew in the direction of Dongzhou.

"Presumptuous!" In the court of Yu Mingguo, King Ming was furious: "Who gave him the power to use the fertile land of Xinye as gambling money?"

At this time, the courtier of the Red Feather clan said: "King Ming, the Yellow Feather Clan's diplomatic failure should be punished." ”

King Ming said angrily: "Huang Xie of the Yellow Feather Clan, who has failed the king's grace, deposed his envoys, and ordered Red Lie of the Red Feather Clan to replace him as an envoy and reformulate the terms of Dabi. ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late at this time, Dabi will start tomorrow, and it's too late to go at this time. ”

"Damn. King Ming was furious.

In Dongzhou, a large crowd of people poured out of the city.

The venue of the big competition is outside Dongzhou City.

A huge ring has been built there.

The ring is made of black jade, and the runes of Taoism are engraved on it to strengthen the ring.

There are three seats in the ring, and three matches can be played at the same time.

"The Iron City Lord is worthy of being the City Lord of our Dongzhou, what a big deal. ”

"That is, I just wiped out the Blood God Temple, and now I am in such a competition with Da Cao and Yu Ming, and I deserve to be the male lord of my Dongzhou. ”

"Hehe, who have I been afraid of in the Dongzhou ring battle, fighting alone, the big sheep, the feather bird people, is it my Dongzhou enemy. ”

"Da Cao Mall and Yuming Xinye are all things of my Dongzhou. ”

At this time, in the territory of Dacao, the people were also talking.

"Wouldn't it be too hasty this time, a battle decision is equivalent to the land of three cities. ”

"Who's to say no, I've heard that it's not the masters of the decision who are fighting, but the younger generation. ”

"The younger generation, I'm afraid that most of them are still in the Qi refining period, and it is really too hasty to let a cultivator in the Qi refining period decide the land of the Three Cities. ”

"It's not just sloppy, it's ridiculous. ”

At this time, the court of Da Cao had already become a pot of porridge.

"Tian Xiang, we must not agree to this matter, the mall is an important city in my Dacao, how can it be reduced to gambling money, this is simply a big joke, since ancient times, there has been no such joke. "In the court of the Great Emperor, the imperial envoys and officials spoke one after another.

"The land of one city, that is one-ninth of the great causal, if we lose, if Yu Mingguo wins, do we really have to hand over this city land?"

"If we don't pay it at that time, Yu Mingguo will have an excuse to use troops against me, and at this time, I will be in the middle of the storm, this matter is not right, no, no. ”

A group of old ministers shouted, and Tian Xiang heard it in his ears, as if he had not heard it.

At this time, the crown prince had not yet returned to the country, and there were three auxiliary ministers acting in the royal court, and Concubine Lan was promoted to the queen mother and supervised.

"Queen Mother, you cooperate with the government, you say something. ”

"Queen Mother, I have been in Dacao for thousands of years, but I can't destroy it in my hands. ”

"Queen Mother, please give an order to stop this big competition. ”

The Queen Mother looked at Tian Xiang, who slowly opened her eyes and looked at Concubine Lan.

The two have known each other since childhood, and they know what each other thinks with one look.

Concubine Lan understood in her heart, and moved her gaze to Ji Yuanxuan, who was also the secretary of the Ministry of War and was also the auxiliary minister, and said: "Ji Shangshu, you are also an auxiliary minister, what do you think?"

Ji Yuanxuan originally didn't want to wade into troubled waters, but at this time, when the Queen Mother called him, he could only stand up, but he didn't mean to express his opinion, and said at the moment: "Back to the Queen Mother, Weichen only understands military affairs, but he doesn't know much about political affairs. ”

"If Da Cao wants to send troops, Wei Chen will work like dogs and horses, but if it is about political affairs, there are all the old ministers, and Wei Chen does not dare to say anything. ”

Ji Yuanxuan said very respectfully.

"Aiqing's words are wrong, Aiqing is an auxiliary minister, and now Daxiao is in the autumn of embarrassment, how can Aiqing stay out of the matter. The Queen Mother slowly frowned.

A group of ministers on the side also said: "Ji Shangshu, what the Queen Mother said is very true, you are the auxiliary minister canonized by the previous king, how can you retreat in case of trouble?

"Hmph, it's really mud that can't support the wall, how could the first king let someone like you become an auxiliary minister?"

"Not even a first-class court official, the Queen Mother, Weichen asks for an order, if this Ji Yuanxuan doesn't speak, he will be removed from the position of auxiliary minister. ”

"Wei Chen and others asked for a decree to remove Ji Yuanxuan from the position of auxiliary minister. ”

Ji Yuanxuan's face changed when he heard this, he glanced at Tian Xiang, and said secretly in his heart: "This old immortal, King Wen has just died, so he wants to get rid of himself." ”

Ji Yuanxuan's heart moved, just to take this opportunity to consolidate his position, and said immediately: "Queen Mother, now, Weichen has to say." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face was overjoyed and she said, "Aiqing can speak freely." ”

"Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that now, our energy should be divided into two aspects, one is how to achieve a big victory, and the other is to actively organize the army. ”

"In the end, we still have to speak with strength, this big war is inevitable. ”

"Wechen asks for an order to lead the army to the border to prevent the Yuming Kingdom from invading my Daxiao. Ji Yuanxuan said.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother said slowly: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, but if Yu Mingguo attacks my Daxiao, according to the mourning family, when it will fly from the sky, what is important for us at present is to make flying boats and train A-type soldiers, so as to prevent trouble." ”

"The Queen Mother is well aware of the military, and the ministers are respectful, but although the Yuming people can fly, their ordnance and heavy grain and grass are still by land, so the land defense must not be lost. Ji Yuanxuan said.

"Aiqing is worthy of being the secretary of the Ministry of War, but the mourning family is not thoughtful, if there is no Aiqing, the mourning family will almost make a big mistake. The Queen Mother said.

"It seems that when the crisis is in place, the mourning family still needs Shangshu to mention more, Ji Shangshu will stay in the court, and the mourning family encounters difficult matters, so there is a person who asks, as for the matter of leading the troops, let the generals go to the court. ”

"As for the candidates, I think that Ling Gongzi Himeno is young and promising, and he can be a deputy general. The Queen Mother said.

Ji Yuanxuan's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, the child is young, how can he be in this big responsibility?"

"Aiqing's words are wrong, the imperial court is the time to employ people, as the so-called, the external move does not avoid revenge, the internal move does not avoid the son, the battle of Mangdang Mountain, Himeno smashed the hinterland of Mangdang bandits, captured and killed tens of thousands of Mangdang bandits, such a feat, the mourning family remembered in their hearts. ”

"This matter is so decided, as for the choice of the main general, the mourning family will consider it again. The Queen Mother said slowly.

"This ...... Thank you Queen Mother. Ji Yuanxuan said.

Ji Yuanxuan's heart was complicated, if he could, he didn't want his son to be such a lieutenant.

As soon as he comes, he will have a fierce battle with Yuming Kingdom, and he will only have such a son, if he dies in battle, there will be no successor to his Ji family.

Moreover, he was originally a person of the eldest prince, if he led the army out of the city on behalf of the eldest prince, the old department of the eldest prince, I am afraid that he will not let go of Ye'er.

This is forcing him to go farther and farther away from the opposite side of the eldest prince!

However, looking at the situation, the eldest prince is dead, and his old department does not have the banner of the eldest prince, who can those fierce generals serve? Sooner or later, they will be attacked by the royal court, and in the end, the royal court will be captured by Tian Lao Ghost.

I really didn't expect that the eldest prince had planned a big chess game for decades, and in the end it was broken by this old thing.

If this old thing doesn't die, they won't have a bright day, so it's better to wait for this old thing to die sooner.

Ji Yuanxuan stopped speaking and pushed aside.

Tian Xiang didn't say a word, standing there, but no one dared to ignore his existence.

The Queen Mother moved her gaze to Tian Xiang and asked, "Xiangguo, what do you think?"

Tian Xiang bowed slightly, saluted and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the old minister thinks that what Lord Shangshu thinks is extremely appropriate. ”

"Okay, then let's start to prepare, I must work together to survive this catastrophe. The Queen Mother said.

"Weichen and others, I will follow the decree of the Queen Mother. "Regardless of whether the ministers have any other ideas, they have all suppressed at this time.

Dongzhou City, the city lord's mansion.

Xue Peng threw a snowball at a Dongzhou child, and shouted: "Stinky boy, eat me a ball." ”

Bang!

The snowball smashed on the toddler's buttocks, knocking it over to the ground.

The child, a donkey rolling, ran aside, and shouted, "Don't just look, throw him, throw him." ”

More than a dozen children threw snowballs at Xue Peng, and one by one the snowballs smashed on Xue Peng's face and body.

"Haha, that's stupid. The children laughed and threw harder.

On Xue Peng's side, several children who stood on the same front as Xue Peng whispered: "The big guy has attracted the attention of those people, and we have outflanked it." ”

Several children went around and attacked from the side.

For a while, snowballs flew all over the sky, and the two sides were inseparable.

In the end, fortunately, there were no snowballs, and a few children fell down, and if anyone was fallen, they directly stuffed snow into their necks.

What's more, they directly ripped off their clothes and threw a slick person into a snow pit.

"Eh, what can a person of this age do with a bunch of kids?" Nearby, the two Tsukiji monks who were in charge of monitoring the place talked to each other.

"The city lord is really, just such a useless boy, and let the two foundation building monks keep an eye on us, is there that one?"

"Okay, don't say it, no one wants to come, but what can be done, this is the city lord's explanation, and we will carry it out. ”

"I'm really unwilling, I wanted to go to see Dabi, but this time I lost the soup, all because of this kid. ”

"Okay, okay, don't complain, I still want to go. ”

"I heard that this is a meeting of the wind and clouds, the list of Da Cao named Xue Peng, the second prince of Yu Ming Kingdom, and our Dongzhou will all participate in this big competition on the first day, the bet is still three cities, such a competition, it is rare to see in a thousand years, who doesn't want to go. ”

"Eh, you say, why did the city lord marry Kikige to this kid. ”

"Who knows, I heard that at the end of this big competition, it will be the time of their engagement. ”

"Shh......h Someone's coming. The two Monk Tsukiji hid.

Crunch!

The boots made a slight noise when they stepped on the snow.

Xue Peng stopped his movements, looked at the door, and saw Qiqige and Ulan coming over, and Ulan came over with a lunch box in his hand.

Syllable!

With a soft sound, Xue Peng's face was hit with another snowball.

Ulan glanced at the group of children and snorted softly: "Go, go, go, play." ”

The children were afraid of Qiqige, so they made a grimace at Ulan and dispersed.

"Big man, we'll come back to you tomorrow. A group of children shouted.

"Okay. Xue Peng smiled.

Qiqige walked up to Xue Peng, looked at the snow on Xue Peng's face, and couldn't help but say, "You are also an adult, you can't fool around with children every day." ”

Kikige said as he walked inside, and when he walked into the house, Kikige sat down.

Ulan took out all the warm wine and food in the lunch box, put them on the table, and then lit a charcoal fire in the house, and arranged these things around the charcoal fire.

Qiqige gave Xue Peng a glass of wine, poured himself another glass, and said slowly, "Tomorrow I will ask my father to find you a position in the army, and you will also experience in the army." ”

Kikige pushed the drink in front of Xue Peng.

"Thank you. Xue Peng took the wine and said slowly: "Actually, I think it's good now, you can send me some wine and food if it's okay, I'll play with them, it's much better than fighting and killing." ”

Xue Peng drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, only to feel a hot current burning from his throat to his throat.

Kikige's brows furrowed high, and her voice gradually cooled: "Don't you feel humiliated when you say this?"

"Humiliation?" Xue Peng smiled slightly, "It seems that you still don't understand me, and I don't care about these false names the most." ”

"I feel very happy to be able to eat and drink and sleep until I wake up naturally. ”

"Hehe, you are happy, but do you know that your happiness was bought by the lives of many soldiers and the blood of many people in my Dongzhou?" Qiqige said angrily.

"Uh...... Does this have anything to do with me?" Xue Peng said with a puzzled expression.

"You...... Hum....... Kikige stood up in anger and turned to leave.

"Zizizi....... Xue Peng took a sip of wine, tore another piece of meat and put it in his mouth and chewed: "It's so fragrant." ”

"Ulan!" Kikige suddenly roared.

"In ...... Kikige, what's your order?" Ulan was startled by Kikige.

"Remove all these drinks and dishes, this kind of shameless person is not worthy of eating my Dongzhou wine and food, hum. Kikige snorted and left.

Ulan had no choice but to pack up the wine and food.

While cleaning up, Wulan looked at Xue Peng and shook his head and sighed: "Grandpa, do you know that for you, Qiqige personally went to ask the city lord." ”

"Kikige has grown so big, but she has never begged the city lord, can't you grow a little more?"

Xue Peng lay lazily on the bed, "I didn't ask her to ask for it, I just love lying down so comfortably." ”

Saying that, Xue Peng also buckled his teeth.

Hearing this, Ulan's face turned ugly with anger, and he snorted coldly: "The city lord is really blind, how can he let you sit on Qiqige's man." ”

Ulan left with his lunch box.

Outside, the two foundation-building monks were so angry that their faces were ugly.

"Qiqige, that's the moon of our Dongzhou, how could the city lord let our beautiful moon marry this cowardly sheep?"

"Eh, what a flower stuck in cow dung. ”

"I really want to go down and beat him up. ”

One of the foundation building monks was about to rush down, but was stopped by another person.

"Don't be impulsive, we can't let people find out. ”

"I can't stand it, you can watch it yourself here, I won't watch it, I'm going to drink, you can't go. ”

"This, I'm afraid it won't work, what if he runs away. ”

"Run, hehe, he will run for such a good thing as marrying Kikige?"

"Look at his dead pig. ”

There was a snoring sound from inside the house, and the monk laughed angrily and said, "Listen, listen, this damned sheep has eaten and drunk enough to sleep in the house, but let our brothers drink the northwest wind here." ”

"Whether you are going to eat or drink, if you don't go, I will go myself. The monk said angrily.

"Well, anyway, this big man is dead asleep, so I'll go with you. "Both Tsukiji monks left.

At this time, on the bed in the house, the corners of Xue Peng's mouth, who was lying on the bed on his side, slowly curled.

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