Gu Shenwei arrived in Shiguo three days later than the other suitors, he stayed in the desert for a whole day, and spent another two days dealing with the bandits, and when he appeared at the Shiguo Station, many people were taken aback, and several of them were very well disguised.

The lotus girl didn't carry much blood coagulation and brain fixing pills, so she was reluctant to use them on the six bandit leaders, so she used her yin fingers to remove the blissful needles for them.

The Yin Finger is similar to the Eight Desolation Fingers of the Snow Lady, although it will not take effect immediately, but the hidden danger of going mad has taken root in the body since then, and the six thieves have to obey the orders of the Lotus Girl.

The newly subdued robbers were very unreliable, Gu Shenwei dealt with them for two days, heard a lot of information from He Sancai's mouth, and then ordered a dozen relatively trustworthy bandits to contact more accomplices to come to Shiguo, while the others hid in the desert and stood by at any time.

The day after he came to Shiguo, he came to meet Prime Minister Yang Dou with other suitors.

Yang Dou is treacherous and slippery, although he has already chosen a horse in his heart, he still has to do flawless on the surface, and he put forward five criteria for choosing a son-in-law on behalf of the king: family background, literary talent, martial arts, wealth, and character.

Everyone quickly weighed the advantages and disadvantages of themselves and others, and raised questions and demands, Prince Kang insisted that "family background" should be the most important criterion, and some people thought that "literary talent" or "character" was the core, only "martial arts" and "wealth" were not mentioned, because everyone knew that among all the suitors, martial arts did not surpass the dragon king, and no one could compare to the wealth of the nine young masters of Jinpeng Castle.

But these two people didn't open their mouths from beginning to end, and let others fight around.

Gu Shenwei and Shangguan Fei both knew very well in their hearts that it was not Prime Minister Yang Dou, not the princess herself, or the king of Shiguo who decided on the choice of the horse, but the envoys of Beiting and the Central Plains who seemed to stay out of the matter.

In the face of a complicated situation, Yang Dou showed his ability to persuade every suitor who raised a different opinion one by one, ensuring that the whole process of choosing a husband was fair and reasonable, and anyone had a chance.

The whole morning was spent in a quarrel of words and swords, and Yang Dou became the final victor: in the end, none of Shi Guo's five criteria for choosing a son-in-law changed.

At noon, the royal palace held a feast to entertain the people.

The king of Shiguo hurriedly showed his face, did not say a few words, took a symbolic drink of wine, and withdrew from the table, still presided over everything by the prime minister.

The king is not the same as the second prince in Gu Shenwei's memory, he is much older, and his body, which was already thin, is now like a candle in the wind, and it seems that he will fall to the ground and die at any time.

All the suitors lived in a caravanserai outside the city, and after this meeting, the real competition began.

That night, Gu Shenwei put on a cloak and was invited to visit the envoy of the Central Plains.

On the surface, the Central Plains is still a supporter of the Dragon King, Gu Shenwei does not plan to turn his face with him too quickly, and according to He Sancai's confession, the person who instructed the group of thieves to surround and kill the Dragon King is Wei Song, the protector of the Western Regions, and it is still difficult to say whether the envoy knows about it.

The envoy of the Central Plains is surnamed Lin, named Tao, born as a military general, has been an official in the Western Regions for many years, and is full of nostalgia for the Central Plains between his words, and he just wants to retire and return to China, "I am a southerner, as soon as I close my eyes, it is the water town Zeguo, the boat is floating, and when I open my eyes, it is the yellow sand in my face, and in the next life, I will not come to the Western Regions if I am killed." Hehe. I heard that the Dragon King is also from the Central Plains, where is his hometown? I have heard of General Gu's name for a long time, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet ......."

Gu Shen is perfunctory, he is not very good at dealing with this kind of officialdom, and he thinks that Zhong Heng is trustworthy, but he is a very useful staff officer.

Next, Lin Tao talked about the group of robbers in the desert, "I don't think I can do anything, I dare to make a move against the dragon king." However, the dragon king was too outward, and he knew that someone had intercepted him, so why didn't he say hello to me at that time? Although there are not many people under me, and my skills are average, it is still okay to give the dragon king a look. ”

Gu Shenwei sincerely thanked Lord Lin for his concern, and naturally named the bandits' instigator Jinpeng Castle, "King Dubu is bent on getting rid of me, and he is afraid of the wrath of the great power, so he doesn't dare to send his own people, and the robbers who can't get into the stream want to trap me to death in the desert, which is extremely shameless." ”

Lin Taoyi solemnly followed up and said a few times "shameless", and swore solemnly: "The Central Plains guarantees the safety of the Dragon King, it is not a lie and intimidation, as long as you get clear evidence, you will immediately send troops to Jinpeng Castle, no matter how high the martial arts of the Dubu King are, the enemy is not against thousands of troops!"

As the envoy of the Central Plains, he made such a clear threat, and Gu Shenwei determined that Lin Tao was the confidant of the Western Regions Protector Song, and he must have known well about this "shameless" attack.

The two chatted a few more words, Lin Tao slowly turned to the topic, and his mood was not very optimistic, "Shiguo is very important, there are two entrances to the Xiaoyao Sea, Shi Guo guards one of them, and those who get the Shiguo have to Xiaoyaohai, this is not wrong at all, although the five countries are not big, they are rich in products, especially the Wushan Jingjian Iron Armor ...... in the world."

Lin Tao leaned and approached the Dragon King, "Jinpeng Castle's marriage proposal is bound to be successful, and there is the support of Beiting behind it, the five standards proposed by Prime Minister Yang Cheng today are obviously beneficial to Jinpeng Castle, can the Dragon King have a way to deal with it?"

Gu Shenwei prepared a few plans, but he didn't want to tell Lin Tao, so he also played a game of going around in circles, first talking about how deep the hatred between Daxue Mountain and Jinpeng Fort was, and then how important the support of the Central Plains was, in short, it was all a cliché, and finally he said: "Daxue Mountain is a start-up, the strength is still weak, it is nearly thousands of miles away from the Xiaoyao Sea, and there is no foundation here, in fact, there is no need, my purpose this time is not to compete for a horse, but I don't want Jinpeng Fort to add wings." ”

Lin Tao lowered his head and pondered, as if he was a little surprised, "I see, in fact, the Dragon King is fully qualified to be the concubine of the Shi Kingdom, you see that these suitors are all princes, who is comparable to the Dragon King?" However, since the Dragon King has no intention of chasing the deer in the sea, others can't force it. But I think that the Dragon King should put forward a competitor of the same strength as Jinpeng Castle and fully support him, as long as he becomes a colt, Jinpeng Castle will naturally have nothing. ”

Gu Shenwei's heart was bright, knowing that this was the most true intention of the envoy of the Central Plains, and it was also one of the important reasons why the Western Regions Protector Song dared to assassinate the Dragon King and was not afraid of destroying the Central Plains strategy.

The sword was almost useless in this secret battle, Gu Shenwei thought for a while, and said: "Actually, I have already had this idea, but I don't know much about the countries of the Western Regions, and I don't know which of these suitors is worth using. ”

Lin Tao looked embarrassed, and seemed to be unable to make up his mind for a while, "In addition to the Dragon King, it is really difficult to choose another suitor who is on par with Jinpeng Castle." ”

Gu Shen was deliberately tempted and asked, "How is Prince Kang?" It is said that Kang and Shi have a marriage contract in private. ”

The old and spicy Lin Tao showed a little true face at this juncture, he didn't even think about it, and immediately vetoed the Dragon King's proposal, "It's not good, it's not good, the Kang Kingdom is weak, and it has always been secretly controlled by Jinpeng Fort and the Meng Clan, and it is likely that he will regret it at the last moment and ruin the Dragon King's plan." ”

The two did not come to a conclusion that night, and Lin Tao claimed to understand the situation before giving specific suggestions to the Dragon King.

In order to return to the residence assigned to Daxue Mountain at the post station, Gu Shenwei first summoned Lin Xiaoshan and asked him about Xu Yanwei's situation.

"It's been sent to the palace, and no one notices. ”

Gu Shenwei nodded, in this marriage proposal battle, the most advantageous weapon in his hand was probably Xu Yanwei, she was very confident in persuading the king of Shiguo, and was even very happy to see him again, "The second prince is a very good person, gentle and considerate, alas, if I came to Shiguo with him, my life would probably be very different." ”

Xu Yanwei never remembered the disadvantages of the guests, even if the second prince once sent someone to kill her, she didn't resent, but was a little scared, "He won't attack me again, right?"

Gu Shenwei let Jiang be a maid and Guan Shang be a guard to ensure that nothing would happen to her.

Gu Shenwei believed that the king of Shiguo himself could not be protected, and he would definitely have a lot of suspicions about Xu Yanwei's sudden appearance, so he didn't dare to start at all.

Lin Xiaoshan seemed to be a little worried, "Dragon King, there are a lot of spies planted by Jinpeng Castle in the palace, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to Mrs. Xu." ”

Gu Shenwei looked at Lin Xiaoshan, pondering the meaning of his words, Lin Xiaoshan was embarrassed by his staring, and his face was a little red.

"You can rest assured, the outside of the city is full of suitors from all over the world, and even if the people in the palace guess Xu Yanwei's details, they don't dare to attack him. ”

Lin Xiaoshan Nuonuo retired.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhong Heng came to visit and brought the advice of Lin Tao, the envoy of the Central Plains, "The prince of Loulan, with a noble family background, both civil and military, huge wealth in the country, and nothing to say about his character, as the most powerful competitor of Jinpeng Castle, Lord Lin hopes that the Dragon King will find an opportunity to meet him." ”

"Loulan. Gu Shenwei repeated the name of the country in a low voice.

Loulan is the closest country to the Central Plains among the countries of the Western Regions, and has been a loyal spokesperson for the Central Plains forces for many years.

Jinpeng Fort and Beiting are determined to win, but the Central Plains is not a hasty response.

The Dragon King didn't say anything for a long time, and Zhong Heng, who was usually the best at going around in circles, became very direct, "May I ask the Dragon King, how should I get back to Lord Lin?"

"Say that I completely agree, please arrange it for Lord Lin, I want to meet with Prince Loulan as soon as possible. ”

It stands to reason that this meeting should be over, but Zhong Heng didn't say goodbye, he talked for a while, and finally said his true intentions, "Did the Dragon King ever suspect that the group of robbers in the desert was not instructed by Jinpeng Castle?"

Zhong Heng received a sum of money from the Dragon King every month, and he also had a grudge against the Western Regions Protector Song, but Gu Shenwei still couldn't fully trust him, "What does Lord Zhong mean?"

It can take a long time to push the problem back and forth like this, Zhong Heng knows that in this game, he has to prove his sincerity first, so he first makes his words clear, "Lord Wei will not let go of the Dragon King, nor will he let me go, he knows who the person who killed Lingmiao Gongzi is." Dragon King, if my guess is correct, the princess of Shiguo will definitely get married, and the two of us will suffer a catastrophe. ”

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