After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Xia Ye didn't think he would lose at all, looked at Ji Shao, and decided to suppress her limelight, "I won't let you in this kind of situation."

"I don't know what it means." Ji Shao was a little annoyed.

Why does she need him to let him?

Eunuch Xin said loudly in time: "The martial arts arena begins."

There is a large open space under Suideng's attic, which is also the place where the Imperial Forest Army used to train. It is a medium-sized martial arts arena, basically enough for them to use.

The scenery on the attic was just right, and the view of the audience was unobstructed. Ji Shao and Shen Hong each ordered 200 people and stood in their own teams to discuss tactics.

Xia Guo's team entered the arena first, Shen Hong stood in the center, 200 people formed a square formation silently, and changed formation with the waving of the flag in Shen Hong's hand.They were all wearing light armor, holding a broad knife with a length of nearly 1.5 meters in their hands, and a cold and majestic atmosphere spread.

Ji Shao also entered the arena, and the people she led were wearing heavy armor and shields in the front row, and holding spears in the back.The formation is spread out and can be attacked or defended.

The civil servants on the stage were all beating their hearts. They didn't know how their own family's fighting power was, but they still knew how strong Xia Guo's fighting power was.

After all, apart from their Yue State, another country close to Xia State, Wei State, had already been destroyed by Xia State ten years ago.

Shen Hong waved the flag, "Attack!"

Ji Shao also raised his hand, "Change!" All the people dispersed quickly.

The two groups of troops began to hand over, Ji Shao's team dispersed and then regrouped, the outflanking action was completed in one go, while the shield blocked the long knife, the long spear attacked, "Kill!"

Ji Shao didn't wait for Shen Hong to attack again, spears are no better than knives, so they can be arranged in batches.

On the stage, Ji Chen respected Xia Ye from a distance, and said generously: "It's nothing to lose to my sister, she has always been talented, so it's not shameful."

It's okay not to say, but when this sentence was mentioned, Xia Ye's face darkened again, "That may not be the case."

The battlefield under the stage changed in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Hong began to shrink the formation. As a result, a round of spears was shot directly from Yueguo's side, and the clang clanged on the ground, standing straight and straight, blocking their way.

Xia Ye got up suddenly, walked to the railing of the attic to watch, there were at least hundreds of spears fired this round, and many soldiers of the Xia Kingdom were injured.

Xia Ye was so shocked at this moment that he was really speechless.

Isn't this long|gun a weapon in your hand?How can it be thrown?

Not wanting to injure anyone, Shen Hong exchanged a glance with Xia Ye on the stage, and said loudly, "I, Xia Guo, surrendered in this round."

Seeing this, Ji Shao arranged for people to evacuate a hole to make it easier for Xia Guo's personnel to retreat. After they retreated, Ji Shao arranged for his own people to set up targets three hundred steps away.

Ji Chen said softly: "Although there is still a round of cavalry battles, cavalry and horses are everyone's treasure after all. Why don't my sister perform a round of crossbow|arrow first?"

The crossbowmen stepped forward, three in a row, and all the large bows|crossbows used were Ji Pei's improved and redesigned varieties. They fired three salvos, and the bull's-eyes were all filled with arrows, and some even shot through the target and flew into the distance. walls, not a single one wasted.

The audience was completely silent, and then there were loud cheers from the Yue people.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Xia Ye has also been on the battlefield, so he knows the shortcomings of crossbowmen better than anyone else.After all, there are only a few sharpshooters, and it is too difficult to consistently hit on the battlefield, but this time...

Xia Ye and Shen Hong looked at each other solemnly. The bow|crossbow of the Yue Kingdom this time is one person shoots the other person pulls the mechanism to launch, and the last person loads the arrow, and then they take turns in turn. After three rounds of volley, they are still full of energy, and it seems that they can last for a long time.

When Ji Chen first saw these crossbows, he was amazed. The one with the most lethal power can even shoot through some soil walls, and the firing distance can reach 400 meters. It can be said that it is a high-lethal weapon in the era of cold weapons. .

Xia Ye squeezed out a hypocritical smile, "Sure enough, the Yue Kingdom really opened my eyes. How many bow|crossbows have I prepared?"

Ji Chen said with regret: "Mass production is really difficult, and only [-] have been produced so far..."

In fact, there are only two hundred of them that have been fired, and the rest are just models, but Xia Ye didn't know, Ji Shaoyao opened the box and asked someone to hold the box and walk around, Xia Ye saw The bow on the surface was in good condition, so I didn't look at it much. I didn't know that there were all kinds of parts inside, and I hadn't had time to assemble it yet.

Xia Ye turned around blankly and left. A thousand fighters is not much, and it is useless to attack the city. The key point is that it is enough to defend the city!

Since ancient times, it has always been more difficult to attack a city than to defend it. The number of troops attacking a city must be at least two or three times larger than that of defending the city.

Seeing this, Prime Minister Qin laughed, "Come, come, drink and play music!"

Shen Hong also walked back to the team as if nothing had happened, and the comparison would be meaningless.

The song and dance troupe re-entered the stage, and the well-dressed court ladies shuttled among the crowd, serving dishes one by one.

Fighting with martial arts is not enough, envoy Feng frantically turned his head, planning to have a literary fight, "I heard that His Majesty Yue has never read books before."

"Who did you listen to? It's fake." Ji Chen retorted without hesitation: "I've been studying hard every night these days, and I only take a break when I'm in the middle of the night."

When Bai Qi heard these words, he almost choked his throat with the wine he drank, and his ears turned red unconsciously.

Envoy Feng only thought that Ji Chen was talking nonsense, heh, with such hard work, how could there still be a bunch of Xs in the memorial?

"Then please Your Majesty give me a piece of calligraphy, so that I can learn a thing or two." Xia Ye quickly connected, also remembering this incident.If he has the ability to draw a bunch of Xs in front of so many people, then he can completely admire Ji Chen's thick skin.

Ji Chen pretended he didn't hear it, and he wrote it when he was asked to write it. Then who is he?

Prime Minister Qin has already started to play Fei Hua Ling with Xia Guo's civil servants. He is very gentle on the surface, but the sharpness is naturally indispensable in the words, and both sides will win and lose.

Hearing this sentence, he cupped his hands to Xia Ye and said, "I'm really sorry for the virtuous king, Your Majesty's calligraphy is really precious, even I, the old minister, just thought about asking Your Majesty to ask for it in a year or two when I take up my official position." The inscription is nothing more than the inscription, if the virtuous king wants to learn, the old man licks his face, thinking that the old man's calligraphy is not bad, so why not let the old man have a try."

Xia Ye narrowed his eyes, Prime Minister Qin will retire in a year or two?

Xia Ye laughed, and stood with his hands behind his back, "Since His Majesty Yue's calligraphy is not good, how about this king be more generous, write out a set of calligraphy, let His Majesty hang it on the wall, and watch and learn every day?"

Just as Ji Chen was about to speak, he saw Bai Qi standing up, "The virtuous king is confident, why not invite Mr. Shangnan from outside the palace to have a sparring session with the virtuous king."

Xia Ye was taken aback, "...Mr. Shangnan?" Who is this?

Lord Qian was overjoyed, "Your Majesty, this is a natural move. Mr. Shang Nan and His Majesty have always been close friends, so why not let him write a poem for His Majesty."

Without waiting for Xia Ye to speak, Ji Chen quickly made a decision, "Okay, let's do it like this, come and pick Shang Nan into the palace!"

After a while, Bai Qi claimed that he drank too much alcohol and felt unwell, so he withdrew after apologizing.

The atmosphere on the court was still hot, Xia Ye couldn't help but look a little ugly when he saw Ji Chen throwing the pot, and kept picking on Ji Chen's faults in different ways.

In the post station, Tang Qian first had people spray smoke into them, and after confirming that the only remaining supervisor, Chen Shichen, had passed out, he quietly opened the door from the stable, and then pulled out [-] age-appropriate mares that he had prepared.

Tang Qian smiled at the hundreds of Xia Guo horses left behind, and patted the mare beside him, "Go."

Unaware of what happened to his horses, Xia Ye finally waited for the belated Mr. Shangnan.He saluted Ji Chen, then stood quietly in front of the table.

Seeing this, Envoy Feng also stood up, and he cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Shangnan, you are young, why don't you change to a suitable one."

What if he refuses to admit it after losing?Envoy Feng didn't want to be accused of bullying young people for nothing.

Bai Qi didn't say a word, just sharpened the ink by himself, and finished the big brush in one stroke.

Seeing this, Envoy Feng also seized the time to write down his own poems, which is bound to overwhelm the country of Yue.

Envoy Feng finished it first, and he proudly asked someone to unfold the paper. The handwriting was full and resolute, and it was hard to hit the wood. Anyone who saw it would say hello.

"it is good!"

As expected, Envoy Feng heard it. He looked up, but saw that those people were praising Shangnan's handwriting and content.

"Good writing, better poetry!"

"It's a good saying that the roc rises with the same wind in one day and soars up to 1 miles. [[-]]"

Even Xia Guo's envoys didn't have the nerve to deliberately step on it. After all, whether it is good or not, this is something that is obvious at a glance.

Envoy Feng's face was particularly ugly, and he actually lost to a brat.

Bai Qi said lightly, "You're welcome."

Ji Chen watched from the highest place, and exchanged glances with Bai Qi in the crowd.

I just feel that this person is gentle to him and cold and cold to others, which is really too cute.

Unknowingly there was a smile in his eyes, Ji Chen praised: "Thanks to Mr. Shang today."

Bai Qi also lowered his voice, and said, "Your Majesty summoned me, and Shang Zi will come."

Lord Qian almost clapped his hands on the spot, Wu Dou gave the princess the limelight, and Wen Dou's limelight was thanks to Shang Nan. When the time came, he had to help His Majesty and Shang Nan go further.

The colleagues sitting beside him were also very excited. Shang Nan's success was also a victory for their faction.

Xia Ye sat below, not even a drop of wine, his eyes were a little cold, and he glanced at the people in Yue Kingdom one by one, thinking about where to save some face, he paused when he saw Ji Shao and Ji Peiyan laughing at Yan Yan , was shocked when he looked at Shang Nan.

I saw that Shang Nan looked at Ji Chen with gentle eyes, and even felt a little bit of affection; Ji Chen also looked at Shang Nan with gentle eyes, and spoke a few more words than others.

He wished he could laugh three times, and simply stood up with a wave of his sleeves,

"Your Majesty of Yue, the king of Japan asked to marry the princess of your country as his concubine, but His Majesty would not allow it. Now, Your Majesty would like to think about it again and give me a chance so that I can marry the princess as his wife?"

Ji Chen was rather surprised, "I seem to have heard that the virtuous king has quite a few concubines."

Xia Ye said: "Those are just vulgar fans, I promise that I will never despise the princess because of them."

Ji Pei tugged at Ji Shao's sleeve, and Ji Shao sneered, "No rush."

Ji Chen instantly lost interest, "Forget it."

Xia Ye didn't get entangled either, he took a look at Ji Shao regrettably, and finally decided to continue his business, "My country of Xia wants to build a relationship with the country of Yue for a hundred years. Since the princess doesn't want to marry to the country of Xia, then the king is willing to marry the royal sister For His Majesty's wife and concubine, I wonder if His Majesty would like it?"

When Xia Ye saw these weapons, the arrogance in his heart finally subsided a bit, and he planned to honestly tell his brother what he had seen and heard after returning home, but he was not reconciled to letting him just withdraw like this, and always thought about it. To make Ji Chen feel uncomfortable.

Anyway, out of his dozen or so sisters, there are always a few who are of the right age, and it's nothing to give away one.

As soon as these words came out, Shang Nan's hand holding the cup trembled, Xia Ye's mood suddenly improved when he saw this.

Sure enough, something wasn't quite right between the two.

Ji Chen lazily said, "Okay."

"It's just that here, we have to go through the six rituals to get married. Let's calculate whether the marriage is auspicious."

"Master Sang, I will entrust you with the calculation task for me and that Princess Xia."

Xia Ye was even more disdainful when he heard that the envoys who knew the customs of Yue State introduced the situation of Yue State.

He said: "Isn't this Mr. Sang? You have to do a good job for this king. I will ask someone to bring you the birth date of the emperor's sister later. If it is wrong, it will delay the marriage between the Yue Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom. You have become a sinner of both countries."

He didn't believe it anymore, for the sake of a son outside the palace, Ji Chen could really reject the princess of Xia Kingdom?

Ji Chen's words were quite meaningful, and Sang Xi shivered a bit, ignoring Xia Ye's meaningful eyes and the threats in his words, bowed and saluted, "Yes."

Sang Xi sees this clearly, and Xia Ye has nothing to do with him for a while, but Ji Chen can stop him at any time.

After the banquet was over, Xia Yezhi left satisfied, thinking that he had finally won the round.

In the Qin Tianjian, Sang Xi started to stay up late again, desperately modifying the hexagrams according to the birth dates of His Majesty and Princess Xia Guo, and he was bound to fabricate a "natural grievance".

After finishing the arrangement of the basic six-yao hexagrams, Sangxi asked someone to take the horoscope of Princess Xia's birthday and enshrine it in the Fengtian Hall. There are countless former emperors, clans and ministers ranking here, and it is the most solemn place in the entire palace.

With a cold face, he said to the little boy beside him: "When the time is over, you go and release the cat, and you must overturn the plate containing the horoscope."

The oil around the plate was smeared with dried fish, so that the cat might not take the bait.

The little boy nodded, and couldn't help asking: "Master, His Majesty won't blame us for what we did?"

Sang Xi sighed, "Of course not."

Seeing that His Majesty is not at all curious about that Xia Guo princess, and has not even looked at the name and portrait so far, even if His Majesty has not expressly objected now, they should say what they should do.

After seeing off the boy, Sang Xi has a guest here.

"Oh, so it's Master Bai," Sang Xi hurriedly called for tea, not daring to delay this distinguished guest.

Bai Qi asked with a cold face, "How's the calculation result?"

Sang Xi didn't think it was such a secret thing, so he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as I do things, that Princess Xia and Your Majesty can only be resentful spouses, and the husband and wife have their own disadvantages, so they are not suitable for marriage at all."

Bai Qi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he hesitated for a moment, just sat there drinking tea, and refused to leave.

Sang Xi tried to figure out Bai Qi's expression, and asked tentatively, "Master Bai, is there anything you need me to wait for?"

Bai Qi hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of red paper with two birth dates written on it, "Please take a look for me, have they ever matched?"

Sang Xi glanced at it, his eyes froze instantly.

He has just calculated one of the horoscopes, and it is His Majesty's.

Whose is the other person's?

Sang Xi's eyes drifted to Bai Qi's body unconsciously, begging him to let him go, only to feel that the paper in his hand was a little hot.

Without an order, who would dare to easily calculate His Majesty's marriage?

Bai Qi slapped the table, her face turned cold, "If I let you do the math!"

Sang Xi nodded hastily, seeing that Bai Qi refused to move at all, so he could only make up his mind with a bitter face.

Bai Qi clenched his hands, even though he didn't really believe this, he still had to be a little nervous.

Hope, hope is a good moral.

Sang Xi still used six lines of hexagrams for many times, and finally watched Bai Qi's face carefully, and said: "Cough, marriage is destined, a match made in heaven."

This time it was true, he calculated step by step in front of Bai Qi, but he didn't dare to do anything.

But the problem is, he doesn't know whether Bai Qi is satisfied with this answer or not.