In order to better develop in the imperial capital, this wealthy businessman deliberately spent a huge amount of money to buy a large piece of land in the West Market and built a large village that can accommodate thousands of people. The problem is that the village has just been repaired, and the rich businessman has not yet moved in, so he has been exposed to prison for bribing an official of the military department.

Originally, in the Great Yan Empire, it was not much of a crime for merchants to bribe officials. The problem is that the military official, who was bribed by a wealthy businessman, was found to have embezzled soldiers' salaries, not to mention that he was secretly selling weapons to the steppe barbarians in the north. In a fit of rage, the Flame Emperor condemned the official to the Nine Clans, and ordered a thorough investigation of those who had colluded with the official.

As a result, the wealthy merchant who bribed the official with a large amount of gold coins for the convenience of merchant transportation unfortunately fell into the trap and was imprisoned and sentenced to beheading.

It stands to reason that if a wealthy businessman is imprisoned, his family property and family will also suffer. Fortunately, His Majesty the Flame Emperor is still a Ming Jun, and after knowing what this rich businessman did, he did not blame his family, but only ordered the punishment of the rich businessman for bribery.

As soon as the rich merchant fell, his family lost their backbone and couldn't stay in the imperial capital, so he thought about selling the newly built Dazhuang Courtyard and moving back to his hometown.

Li Yi didn't know where Lu Dao found out about the news, so he rushed in front of all the people in the imperial capital who were interested in the wealthy merchant's new village, and after negotiating with the wealthy merchant, he quickly reached an agreement and bought the village with 50,000 gold coins.

The wealthy merchant is said to be a native of Jiangnan County, so the village courtyard built has the landscape garden style of Jiangnan, whether it is Shenggu Hongye or Zhao Xinxin and Lan Nasha are very fond of it.

Lin Shengsheng and Meng Ben also felt very good after watching it, and after getting together for a celebratory dinner, Lin Shengsheng chose a room that belonged to him and rested early.

Nothing happened that night, Zhao Qinglong arranged for Xu Feike, Pirulu and Feiwei to take turns to keep vigil, but nothing happened until dawn.

Although Lin Shengsheng and the others didn't say it, they thought that Zhao Qinglong was too worried in their hearts.

However, what Lin didn't expect in his life was that Zhao Qinglong didn't think too much, but just guessed the wrong way the queen mother acted.

There was a personal warning from the Flame Emperor, no matter how strong the Queen Mother was, it would be impossible to go against the will of the Flame Emperor to calculate Lin Shengsheng and Ming Spiegel and others. But the queen has another way.

That night, after Emperor Yan rested, Gonggong Zheng was invited by the queen's mother.

What the queen mother wanted Gonggong Zheng to do was very simple, that is, what Cai Pu, the county lord in Southeast County, had done.

"What, Niang Niang wants the old slave to do tricks and feet at the lottery ceremony?"

was called to meet by the queen mother alone, even if Gonggong Zheng was a saint-level powerhouse and his mood was extremely strong, he was also a little nervous, he knew the temper and scheming of the queen mother too well. But he didn't expect the queen to ask him to do such a thing.

"With your ability, it's easy to do this without knowing it!" said the queen mother indifferently.

"Niangniang looks down on the old slave too much!" Zheng Gonggong smiled bitterly: "If someone else is presiding over this lottery ceremony, it is no problem for the old slave to do something." The problem is that Shi Jiansheng is presiding over the lottery ceremony. He is the eldest disciple of the dean, and he is also a holy rank, and the old slave is not sure about what he is doing! What's more, this Shaoyan Saint Martial Arts Tournament was created by Taizu back then, and it also coincided with the century-old ceremony of the empire, and His Majesty attaches great importance to it, and the old slave can't ...... it."

Before Gonggong Zheng's words were finished, he was interrupted by the queen mother: "Don't tell this palace that this is useless! This palace only knows that the emperor also participated in this ring match, he is the son of His Majesty and the palace, representing the face of the royal family, and he must not lose in the second round." What's more, he used to be your student, you, as a teacher, do you have to push back and hold back if you help your students? What about Shi Jiansheng? Although he is a saint, how can he compare to you? You are a figure of the same generation as his teacher, don't tell this palace that you are not capable of handling him!"

The old slave is telling the truth, don't look at Shi Jiansheng as a junior, but he is a great talent, the old slave is really not sure to get him!

Gonggong Zheng thought so in his heart, but when he saw the expression on the queen's face, he knew that he couldn't say anything, and he couldn't refuse.

At the moment, he only said helplessly: "How does Niangniang want the old slave to do something?"

"It's very simple, just get those opponents who are a threat to the emperor together, and let them eliminate each other in the second round tomorrow!"

The queen mother named a few contestants that she thought were a threat to the sixth prince, Li Qin.

Meng Liang of the Dawu Empire, Zhuang Buxie of the Academy, Ming Jing of Xuantian Sect, Yan Xiaofeng, the heir of the Sword Saint, Jin Honglong, the heir of the Killing Zun, and Lin Shengsheng, who was nicknamed the "humanoid dragon".

Hearing these names, Gonggong Zheng was speechless, but he had to nod and agree to the queen's proposal.

When Emperor Li Xiong created the "Shaoyan Shengwu Ring Competition", in order to ensure the fairness and justice of the ring competition to the greatest extent, this kind of lottery ceremony was set up in the general ring competition.

The most important aspect of this draw ceremony is that the draw must be made before the start of the ring match, and then the draw will be disrupted during the first round.

This ensures that the opponents of the contestants are not leaked in advance, and there is a possibility that there will be a different opponent in the next round. Although this brings trouble to the gambling house to set the odds, it avoids people with ulterior motives from plotting against their opponents before the start of the ring match, resulting in the loss of fairness of the game.

However, although Emperor Li Xiong's idea is very good, there are policies and countermeasures. He would never have thought that a hundred years from now, there would still be people who would find a way to do things in this lottery ceremony, and his granddaughter-in-law, the Queen Mother, was also involved.

I don't know how Gonggong Zheng concealed from the vice president at the lottery ceremony, and the next day, when the 90 shortlisted contestants drew lots again and announced the signing numbers, the 200,000 spectators present couldn't help but be in an uproar.

From the Dawu Empire, the biggest favorite Meng Liang drew the No. 1 lot, and his opponent was the most amazing performance yesterday, from Xuantian Sect's Ming Spiegel.

The second favorite, Zhuang Buxie, a student of the academy, drew the No. 5 lottery, and his opponent was Lin Shengsheng, who defeated the mad orc Elephant Ten yesterday with brute force, nicknamed the "Humanoid Dragon".

Yan Xiaofeng, the descendant of the Sword Master, drew the No. 10 lot, and his opponent was Wang Yuan, one of the top ten favorites.

Jin Honglong, the heir of the Killing Venerable, drew the twentieth, and his opponent was Yan Zhiluo, one of the top ten favorites.

This is completely a battle between the strong and the strong, just in the second round of the general ring competition, there are eight recognized hot powerhouses were divided together, and four strong dialogues were staged.

In contrast, the fights of the other competitors are less important.

No one suspected that someone had done something to the lottery ceremony, because it was the Vice Dean of the Holy Martial Academy who presided over the lottery ceremony. Even the vice president himself did not doubt it, but only sighed that it was providential.

Because no one would have thought or believed that Gonggong Zheng, one of the four great martial saints of the Great Yan Empire, would disregard his identity so much and hide from the vice president at the lottery ceremony.