Chapter 84

This year's dragon boat race is extremely fierce because of the need to show off in front of Beirong people. After the dragon boat, there is a special flower boat coming, people on the water or leap, or swing, or dance, action is more difficult than one, see people dazzled.

The cheers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were incessant. It was originally a very lively occasion, but mu Mingtang never saw it.

It's not that the water show is not wonderful enough. On the contrary, Mu Mingtang thinks that these acrobatics have reached the peak. What really complicates her mood is the people in power in the stands.

There's nothing wrong with people indulging in entertainment and indulgence, but it's hard for people in power to praise them.

Jinmingchi was originally a military position to exercise the water army. Now the emperor takes the lead in watching dragon boats and water plays in jinmingchi. He also opens jinmingchi and openly advocates playing.

At the same time, Xixia was ambitious, Beirong was actively expanding, and the activities of Nuzhen people in Northeast China were increasingly close. Only the Ye Dynasty, in the past few years, has constantly reduced its armaments and suppressed its generals. You Yun Sixteen States accept the fold, but also indefinitely retained.

Mu Mingtang couldn't help sighing in his heart.

I hope that Beirong's heart of peace is true. At least, it can make ye Dynasty peaceful for a few more years.

She has experienced life like weeds, and knows that there is a safe roof, so she doesn't have to worry about how precious tomorrow is before going to bed every night. She really didn't want another war in yechao.

After the Dragon Boat auction and the water show, the emperor was still in the mood and continued to play in another place. Beirongduo Gobi grassland, it is rare to have ye Dynasty this endless stream of water patterns. Yeluyan was also aroused interest, proposed to play polo.

After hearing yeluyan's words, the emperor was stunned. It's not difficult to play polo. There is a special polo field in the palace. It's the players who are in trouble.

Yeluyan put forward to play polo, ye Dynasty inevitable to accompany yeluyan. Ye Dynasty is the host, the proportion of winning and losing should be well controlled, and the guests should not be allowed to play and lose again and again. It is not good to lose the demeanor of a big country, but it is not good to let too much, so the players are very particular about it.

The emperor even felt that his worry was totally groundless, and he was afraid that he would not win at all.

Polo is a horse sport, which is the strong point of Beirong people. Now the negotiation of peace has entered a stalemate. If it is exposed that the force of Ye Dynasty is inferior to that of Beirong at this time, I am afraid it will be very disadvantageous to the next peace talks.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "it's rare that the eight princes have such elegance. Since the eight princes like it, I, as the host, naturally, should not. however. How is Prince eight going to play

After the emperor finished, Mu Mingtang felt that yeluyan looked in their direction and suddenly said, "I've heard the name of King Qiyang in Beirong for a long time. Today, I'm willing to fight against him."

Voice behind, the whole audience is quiet, and then, everyone's eyes are looking at Xie xuanchen.

Different from others, Xie xuanchen was not surprised to hear his own name. But his expression is still very calm. He glanced at Yelv Yan casually and said softly, "No

Xie xuanchen's attitude annoys Yelv Yan. Yelv Yan's face sinks and asks, "why?"

The emperor frowned slightly. He took a light look at Xie xuanchen, who refused. The emperor then said, "unfortunately, since King an doesn't want to, let's go. Eight princes may as well seek others

Yeluyan is familiar with Han dialect and Han culture, but he is a Khitan after all. Yeluyan is also a prince in Beirong. Although he is not the most powerful among all the brothers, he has never been beaten in the face again and again. Xie xuanchen repeatedly provocation, yeluyan was also provoked by fire, asked: "king an is not willing, this king naturally has no reason to force.". But why did king an avoid fighting, dare not, or afraid of losing? "

"Lose?" Xie xuanchen didn't plan to pay attention to it. When he heard yeluyan say that he was afraid of losing, he gave a very light smile. When he turned to yeluyan, his eyes were full of cold disdain. "I don't think Xie xuanchen is afraid of this word. You are too weak to be my opponent

Mu Mingtang took a cold breath after listening. She maintained her high cold and calm style, but she was desperately pulling Xie xuanchen's sleeve under the wide sleeve.

Almost. Don't push too hard.

The Khitans were martial, and Mu Mingtang couldn't listen to them, let alone the Beirong people. Yeluyan was very angry when he heard this. He stood up with a bang and said in a high voice: "there's a saying in the Han Dynasty that it's all talk but no fake. Don't try your best to talk big. I'll see you soon. "

Xie xuanchen nodded with a smile and said, "good. Since you have to insult yourself, I will accompany you to the end. "

With Xie xuanchen and yeluyan standing up, the atmosphere in the field suddenly changed, as if there were tiny electric sparks bursting in the air. One by one, Beirong people were stirred up by this atmosphere and stood up in a hurry: "eight princes, I'll come on."

"I'll go too!"

Beirong people all enthusiastically, the emperor slightly invisible frown.

In fact, he didn't really want Xie xuanchen to have too much sense of existence, especially on such diplomatic occasions. Xie xuanchen recently, the frequency is too high.It's just that Xie xuanchen's reputation is so big that he has been hiding for two years, but he still has a lot of other people's thoughts about him. They say they can't go, and they have to persevere in challenging him.

The emperor sighed in his heart. However, the overall situation is the most important. All the people in Beirong are brave and powerful. If Xie xuanchen loses, the emperor will not be able to face him. For the sake of the overall situation, the emperor can only temporarily put aside the differences between his and Xie xuanchen's positions. At least, he can close the front door first.

The emperor said, "Wang An and the eight princes are young and vigorous. They can learn from each other just to promote the understanding between our two countries. I love to see you young people full of spirit and vigor, so I will judge for you two. The five of the eight princes are all together. King an, who do you like to play with you

Everyone knows that there is no private matter in front of the overall situation. The next polo match is about the face of the country. No matter what personal grudges you have before, you have to push it now. No matter who Xie xuanchen chooses, the selected person will try his best to help him.

There's no need to worry about teammates not doing their best. In contrast, the fear is that they won't be able to choose teammates.

The people on the scene know how many of them know. They look at Qidan's powerful martial arts, and their arms can run horses. Then they look at the literati in yechao's qingyishui. Qi Qi Qi is embarrassed.

Xie xuanchen didn't want to look at it. He said directly, "whatever. It doesn't make any difference who wants to

The people of Ye Dynasty were sad to hear that. The emperor looked around and felt that there was no one to choose. For the first time, he regretted that there were no generals in the Central Committee. Otherwise, he would not have been able to gather five people.

Xie Xuanji just now has been silent, at this moment he stepped forward, arched his hand and said: "father, my son is willing to help my second brother."

Xie Xuanji took the initiative to fight, and many people looked at him with admiration. Standing beside Xie Xuanji, Jiang Mingwei also feels proud of him.

Although Jiang Mingwei doesn't remember the story of playing polo with Beirong people in the original book, Xie Xuanji is the male leader. How can the male leader not be in the limelight.

Jiang Mingwei seems to have realized that the story of the Lantern Festival fire fighting is no longer puzzling, so Xie Xuanji will win honor for the country next, and then naturally participate in the negotiation and signing of the peace agreement?

The more Jiang Mingwei thinks about it, the more she thinks about it. When she learned that it was the plot, she was immediately relieved. At this moment, in the face of the eyes cast by the people, Jiang Mingwei was in the middle of it and felt very proud.

This is her husband, the only male master. Later, when they envied her, there was something else.

After Xie Xuanji took the initiative to stand up, several more people responded. It can't be blamed that they are not active. It's really too risky. It's easy to say if they win everything. If they lose, they lose face to the imperial court. What should we do?

After all, there are many civil servants here. Even if they are distinguished, they have been treated with dignity for a long time, and they are gradually getting fat. It's just for them to have fun with the officials who don't exercise very much. It's not humiliating for them to play with the big and strong Beirong people who grew up on horseback.

The emperor also felt embarrassed. Xie xuanchen said that they could not choose casually, but they could not choose casually. The emperor and several chief officials picked out the five people who they thought were the most balanced.

Beirong people had been ready for a long time. Seeing that the Han people even had to wait so long to form a team, they hissed frequently. At last, the Prime Minister of song carefully gathered together the people. Xie xuanchen didn't even look at them, so he turned and left.

The emperor was afraid that he would lose too much, so he prepared his words ahead of time: "it's a good thing for you young people to compete. It's just a pastime. Don't hurt the peace between our two countries for the mere competition."

Therefore, to win is glory, to lose is for the sake of peace between the two countries, and is a great power bearing.

The men went to the polo field to prepare, and the eunuchs had already prepared the canopy and throne, waiting for the emperor to move to the outside platform to watch the polo.

The emperor is first, the queen is one step behind. After the two left, the other women left. Mu Mingtang is at the highest seat, and when he goes out, he is also the farthest away.

When she passed, the stands were full of people, and the places with a slightly better view were crowded with ladies and maids. One of the most spacious places, the nearest to the racecourse, has long been occupied.

Xiao Siyi, who had met before, was standing there. Ignoring the eyes of the people around her, she was shouting at yeluyan. Because Xie Xuanji was also on the field, Jiang Mingwei just endured the embarrassment and stood in the past.

Jiang Mingwei was there, and others in the Jin palace were around. One of them is wanyanduo, the beautiful and bold Tayan princess.

Wanyanduo is still a stranger, but her hair has been curled up. This is the same in the Central Plains and outside the pass. Girls have drooping hair. Only a woman can make a long braid and a complicated and gorgeous bun.

The people outside noticed that Mu Mingtang was coming, and they all stepped aside: "Princess an."

They all bowed their heads slightly to salute her. Not long ago, the conversation Xie xuanchen said was still fresh in my mind. Now, no one wants to bump up without long eyes and touch the evil star's head.

The signal spread more and more widely like a water wave. The people inside noticed the movement behind them. As soon as they looked back, they saw that it was Mu Mingtang. They immediately understood it and got out of the way. Mu Mingtang walked to the innermost floor smoothly. Jiang Mingwei and Xiao Siyi stood side by side in front of the fence. There was a loud voice in the front court, and Xiao Siyi kept making noise. Jiang Mingwei didn't hear the movement behind her.Mu Mingtang then smiles, reminds a way: "Jin princess."

Jiang Mingwei heard the voice back, see Mu Mingtang, are Leng Leng. She didn't seem to understand why. When she saw Mu Mingtang's familiar smile, Jiang Mingwei realized that Mu Mingtang was asking her to give way.

Jiang Mingwei's heart suddenly started a wildfire. Should Mu Mingtang act so absolutely? It's said that you should leave three points for others as well as yourself, but mu Mingtang doesn't want to kill everything. Disgusting people have to be disgusted to the extreme.

Jiang Mingwei constantly scolded in his heart, but in front of the public, there was the emperor and queen nearby. Jiang Mingwei couldn't "disrespect his brother and sister-in-law" in public, so she could only hold back her grievances and said, "it's my negligence that I didn't notice her coming. The second elder brother will be on the stage soon, sister-in-law, please go to the front

Mu Mingtang was very satisfied and said with a smile: "the king of Jin is also on the court. The princess of Jin has stood well. Now you give up your position to me, isn't it not so good?"

If you don't know, why do you ask? Jiang Mingwei is very angry, but she can't destroy herself. She can only continue to say with a low brow: "it's OK. I can see it. It's right for me to give way to my sister-in-law. "

"I'm sorry about that." Mu Mingtang said as he stepped forward. After walking to the front of Jiang Mingwei, she slightly raised her chin, proud and noble, as she should be.

Even Xiao Siyi looks at Mu Mingtang. She immediately recognizes who this is, the wife of Xie xuanchen, the murderer, and the imperial concubine of Prince an's mansion. When Xie xuanchen and the Empress Dowager of Ye Dynasty had a conflict just now, yeluyan and others were paying attention to the meaning behind this representation, while Xiao Siyi's attention was on some small details.

Xiao Siyi remembers clearly that at that time, many people wanted to persuade Xie xuanchen, but they didn't dare to. So many people couldn't do anything about Xie xuanchen. Only mu Mingtang could hold Xie xuanchen's hand and signal him to stop.

But Xie xuanchen, unexpectedly also really no longer said.

All men have good face. The more people persuade him, the more he wants to be brave. When his wife advises him, he feels that his wife has made him lose face. Anyway, all the men Xiao Siyi knew, including her family elders, were like this.

But Xie xuanchen is in public, because Mu Mingtang can't bear a word. He doesn't care about his face or anger Mu Mingtang. This is a very rare thing in Xiao Siyi's cognition.

Xiao Siyi's aunt is the Empress Dowager. In a different place, Xiao Siyi can't imagine how anyone dares to contradict the Empress Dowager. After that, this person doesn't have any punishment. Instead, the Empress Dowager avoids seeing her. What's more surprising is that this man is obedient to his wife.

Xiao Siyi couldn't figure it out, but the two things she couldn't understand were related to the woman in front of her. Xiao Siyi looked at Mu Mingtang quickly again and gave way to him to the left. In this way, the middle position belonged to Mu Mingtang.

In the eyes of the people behind, it was Mu Mingtang who came near and called softly, and the princess of Jin respectfully gave way. Beirong, the lawless, domineering and impolite would-be Princess and Empress Dowager's niece, also offered to give way to Mu Mingtang.

The crowd could not help but tut in the heart. They watched Mu Mingtang cross the crowd all the way to the front. The sun was shining on her, and her silver purple dress was more and more shining. Mu Mingtang holds hands and stands in the front. Her shoulders are locked flat and her neck is long. All of them form a semicircle behind her. It seems that everyone in the world should give way to her. She should be the first in any show.

At the moment, the men have tied their sleeves, picked their own horses, and are ready to play.

Xie xuanchen casually weighed the weight of Yanyue pole, went to the horse and turned over to mount the horse.

Xie xuanchen's legs are long and straight, and he has broad shoulders, thin waist, and long limbs. The way he mounts his horse is good-looking for men, which attracts many people's attention.

Some people try to discuss with Xie xuanchen: "for a while, your highness, how can we cooperate?"

Xie xuanchen sat on the horse, his sight suddenly raised. It was a familiar movement like walking and sleeping, but now, he felt nostalgic.

He couldn't help touching the horse's mane, feeling the surging feeling of blood that he had not seen for a long time.

Long time away.

He's back.

Xie xuanchen is familiar with the speed and strength of the horse. He hears someone talking in his ear. He doesn't bother to see who it is, so he doesn't look back and says, "no need."

The man was rejected, and his tone immediately weakened. It was clear that he wanted to help, but now his tone became very humble I mean, how do you plan to fight, so that we can help you. "

"I said no." Xie xuanchen was annoyed by the question, and finally glanced at his teammates with the first positive eye, "I'm enough alone, you are free, just live."

Although the others understood that Xie xuanchen just said it casually, they could not help fighting a cold war in their heart. It's enough to live Don't they just play polo?

What is the big killer going to do?

Xie xuanchen finished, took the lead, took the lead to the field. Yelv Yan was originally discussing tactics there. He noticed Xie xuanchen's action. Yelv Yan was not willing to be outdone, so he immediately mounted the horse and forced up.With the action of the two sides, the people in the stands also have to cheer up. Even Xiao Siyi stopped the noise and held her hands tightly to wait for the opening.

Soon, the eunuch next to the emperor came out and said something, then announced the start of the game.

At the moment of the announcement, yeluyan's horse moved. At this time, the eunuch's voice declined.

Xiao Siyi screams out and yells yeluyan's name in Khitan. Yelv Yan is fast, but Xie xuanchen is faster. He just flicked the next Yanyue stick, which made the opponent feel numb. He couldn't hold the club. Before the passer could react, the Polo was in Xie xuanchen's hands.

Yelv Yan sees a bad situation and knows that he underestimates Xie xuanchen's power. When they were young, they rode horses, almost as instinctive as their bodies. Soon, Beirong people were in a row, blocking Xie xuanchen's pass from all angles.

At this time, the other four people of Ye Dynasty, Xie xuanchen's "teammates", didn't even come by horseback.

Xie xuanchen didn't care about no one to take care of him. He pulled the reins of his horse, and the horse's hooves moved back and forth. It seemed that he was looking for some angle. Yelv Yan winked at other people, indicating that they must take good care of Xie xuanchen, not let him break through.

It's a pity that Xie xuanchen didn't want to break through from the beginning.

Without warning, he swung his club, and the Polo shot out like a meteor, through the horse's legs, through half of the field, and directly into the hole.

After the Polo is put into the net, the wooden board is driven to make a buzzing vibration sound. Xie xuanchen straightened up and looked at everyone on the field who was shocked and couldn't keep up with the progress. He turned the club half a circle in the palm of his hand and asked seriously: "do you really want to play? When it comes to diplomatic relations between the two countries, it's hard to see how you get a zero in the end. "

The author has something to say: yeluyan: do you feel offended.

Mu Mingtang: speak well, don't pretend to be forced.

(daily task: Force 1 / 1 to complete)

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