Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 206 Competition
During Que Yu's absence, Qi Ze was busy reviewing official documents as before.The only difference is that without the boring disturbance, Qi Ze is also happy and quiet.

It seemed that after a few days of leisure, I heard the news that another banquet would be held in the palace.It's just that this banquet is different from the previous ones, this time the banquet is a competition banquet.

Finally, the four countries gathered together, and people thought about holding a martial arts banquet to showcase the armed forces of various countries and enhance friendship.It just happens to be used to kill boring time, killing two birds with one stone.

Because this time Beishuo King Qin sent a letter saying that the martial arts banquet was very boring, so he didn't go to it.Therefore, only the Southern Chu, Western Wei and Eastern Teng Three Kingdoms participated.

As for the so-called letter sent by King Qin of Beishuo, Qi Ze guessed that it was sent by Meng Yanxi imitating Que Yu's handwriting.After all, Que Yu had already left Nanchu, so there was no way to send a letter, and there was no need to write this letter specially, and no one else knew about Que Yu's departure from Nanchu.

Because King Qin of Beishuo was moody and unpredictable, people couldn't figure out his mind.Therefore, no one became suspicious of this arrogant letter.

For this martial arts competition banquet, Qi Ze only felt helpless, he didn't know where so many banquets needed to be held.But the gathering of the three kingdoms, as a courtier of Southern Chu, must sell this face.

So early in the morning, Qi Ze packed up and came to the palace.As soon as he sat on the seat, Qi Ze saw Jiang Lu in the distance waving wildly at her. This lively and active temperament made Jiang Wen on the side a little helpless.

Originally, Jiang Lu was not qualified to participate in this banquet, but when Jiang Lu heard that it was a martial arts banquet, and it wasn't a group of people smiling hypocritically and speaking disgustingly polite words, he suddenly became interested.He stalks Jiang Xun all day long, hoping that Jiang Xun can take him to participate.

Jiang Xun also knew that his second son was an uneasy troublemaker, so he refused on the spot without hesitation.Jiang Yu was very distressed, so he went to persuade his elder brother, saying that he would never attend without authorization to cause trouble.

After making many guarantees, Jiang Wen was relieved and went to persuade Jiang Xun.Jiang Xun naturally couldn't say no to his eldest son, so he had no choice but to agree.

Although Jiang Yu is just a lowly official in the Ministry of War, but the Jiang family is powerful and Jiang Yu is the first son, so it is only natural for him to come to this banquet, and outsiders can't say anything.

Because it was a martial arts banquet, it was set in a very wide venue. The high platform used for martial arts in the center was flat and wide, boundless and conspicuous.The seats are also arranged around the central high platform so that everyone can see clearly.

Facing Jiang Lu's enthusiasm, Qi Ze just nodded slightly, then lowered his head and drank tea calmly.Although Qi Ze's attitude was cold, Jiang Lu didn't mind at all, seeing Qi Ze nodding to him, he grinned happily.

Jiang Wen on the side just shook his head lightly, and smiled at Qi Ze as a greeting.

Qi Ze, who was drinking tea, suddenly felt a warm and gentle gaze, looked up and found that it was Xu Siheng.

Xu Siheng was looking at her with a smile in his eyes, and when he saw her looking over, he closed his eyes and smiled softly.

This made Qi Ze a little stunned, but he still didn't take it to heart, he nodded his head lightly as a greeting, and continued to drink tea with his head bowed.He didn't see a trace of disappointment flashing in the eyes of the elegant and blue man in Tsing Yi, and he didn't say anything.

Because the Xu family and the Chu family are family friends, the seats are arranged very close to each other.When Chu Kainan sat next to Xu Siheng and talked about the latest developments in the court, Xu Siheng turned his head away from the indifferent person in the distance and talked about political affairs with Chu Kainan.

Recently, the court has been very chaotic. Both Murong Sheng and Xia Houyan have put pressure on the families under Murong Xiu's command in a disguised form, making things difficult for the court. Among them, the most affected are the Xu family, Chu family and Jiang family.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial College where these families belonged all had more or less government affairs mistakes, which made it difficult to guard against.

Fortunately, Murong Xiu is not a vegetarian. He led these families to quickly suppress the impact of the mistakes in related government affairs, so that Murong Sheng and Xia Houyan could not take advantage of the loopholes.

But after a long time, Murong Xiu couldn't hold on any longer. After all, it would definitely be difficult for one person to fight against two people.But at this critical juncture, it was reported that the royal family secretly filled the vacancies with officials, and the number of people was as high as 2000.

This made Zhaozheng Emperor Longyan furious, and personally ordered General Linwei to lead troops to raid the house, supervise and behead him at [-]:[-] that day, and behead him for public display.All the hundreds of members of the Wang family could not escape bad luck, and were taken to the execution ground one after another.

The smell of blood permeated that day, stimulating everyone's nerves and making people sick.Even the downpour of rain that night couldn't dispel the strong smell of blood.

At the local level, all the officials who were added were arrested and executed for the same crime.After receiving the order, the beheading officers in various regions all beheaded them for public display at noon that day. It is said that many local children were frightened.

This massacre made the ministers of the DPRK and China tense, and they dared not get involved in all matters related to filling vacancies by officials.The Hanlin Academy has returned to the situation where the Jiang family dominates, and the Jiang family's disciples are all over the entire Hanlin Academy.

The annihilation of the royal family this time made many ministers in the court feel terrified and surprised by it. They did not expect that the royal family, which is usually in full swing, would be wiped out in one day and lost ever since.

At the same time, the families of Murong Xiu's faction all heaved a sigh of relief, the Wang family was an important support under Murong Sheng's command.Once the Wang family is destroyed, Murong Sheng must be panicked and his vitality will be seriously injured. He will no longer be as aggressive as before in the court, but it will give the Murong Xiu faction a chance to take a breather and make adjustments.

The affairs of the court have always been changing rapidly, and people quickly forget about the extermination of the Wang family and face the chaotic court after the change.

For this martial arts competition banquet, people are worried about it, and this time it is destined to be not peaceful.

Following the sharp and piercing voice of the eunuch outside the door, four distinguished men came slowly and sat down in their own seats.Although there are impeccable smiles on their faces, people can see the hypocrisy behind it very clearly.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, Prince Western Wei, and Prince Dong Teng."

Many courtiers in the seat stood up and saluted quickly, their voices were uniform and respectful.

"Let's all get flat." The four said with smiles on their faces.

All the courtiers sat down upon hearing the sound, and Qi Ze also sat down with the crowd.As soon as she sat down, Qi Ze felt a burst of resentful gazes, as if they wanted to bite her to pieces, and she was willing to give up until her bones were pulled apart.

Looking up, he found that it was He Lianhao, who was glaring at her and gnashing his teeth, his fists under his sleeves were tightly clenched, and the veins on his face were bulging.

Because it had been a few days, the scratches on He Lianhao's face had almost healed, and no trace was visible.

Is this hate to want her to die?Qi Ze looked at Helian Hao's eyes and thought in his heart, thinking about it, because she was almost discovered by others about Helian Hao's scandal.This time, the Wang family was annihilated in one fell swoop, and Murong Sheng's faction lost a right-hand man. It's no wonder she gritted her teeth if she didn't hate her.

Presumably not only He Lianhao, but also Murong Sheng, already hated her to the core.

Originally, as long as Murong Sheng made a move, and with Xia Houyan's help, even if the Wang family was found to be filling in the vacancies privately, Murong Sheng would still be able to protect the Wang family, and even the power network that he had worked so hard to complete.But he was restrained by Que Yu, and he still doesn't know what happened to the Wang family.

After knowing it, it was already too late, and all the people were put on the guillotine, unable to return to heaven.How can he not hate him for ruining his years of hard work like this?

Sure enough, when Qi Ze looked in Murong Sheng's direction, he found that Murong Sheng was staring straight at her, with unconcealable hatred in his eyes.

Even Murong Sheng, who is the best at disguising, can't hide the fact that he wants to tear her heart apart?It seems that the annihilation of the Wang family this time did not hit Murong Sheng so hard.Even if he knew that Murong Sheng would not let her go, it was still worthwhile to get rid of the hidden danger of the Wang family.

Qi Ze pretended not to see Murong Sheng's hatred, and lowered his head.

Xia Houyan also frowned and glanced at the restrained Qi Ze, feeling very surprised and shocked.

Unexpectedly, the Minister of the Ministry of War was really difficult to deal with. He originally thought that Murong Sheng was just exaggerating.But judging from the current situation, Murong Sheng's evaluation is still too low.

This servant Qi was able to find out that Wang Yong had filled the vacancies of officials privately, and searched for evidence, and the search was completed without Wang Yong's discovery at all.

Wang Yong is a cautious person, he can detect even the slightest anomaly and report it in time.So Murong Sheng never expected that there would be a problem with the matter of filling in the vacancies of officials, and on the day when the family was exterminated, King Qin unexpectedly came to the Prince's Mansion for an unprecedented time, drinking tea and composing poems together.

At first Murong Sheng was not suspicious, but because of the unfathomable depths of the King of Qin, he kept greeting him with a smile and talked about insignificant anecdotes about the capital.But as time went by, Murong Sheng also noticed something was wrong, and wanted to say something to catch up on the old days at another time, but the other party talked about interesting things very leisurely, and didn't give Murong Sheng a chance to speak at all.

After finally waiting for the people to leave, they heard a servant come in and say that Emperor Zhaozheng already knew about the fact that the royal family secretly filled in the vacancies with officials, and ordered Qi Ze to lead troops to ransack the house and behead him as a public display.

When Murong Sheng hurried to the execution ground, the heads of everyone in the Wang family had already fallen to the ground.

At that time, Murong Sheng also found out the whole matter repeatedly, knowing that it was Qi Ze who handed over the evidence to Emperor Zhaozheng, so wasn't Qi Ze responsible for the destruction of the royal family?
Originally, Murong Sheng hated Qi Ze deeply, but now he wished Qi Ze would die immediately, and he didn't even bother to pretend.

Qi Chen and others beside Murong Sheng were also very shocked when they heard that the Wang family had been wiped out.A few days ago, they were all busy with Qi Zhe becoming paralyzed. At that time, they didn't have much affection for the Wang family and the Qi family.Unexpectedly, they all turned into corpses now.

When Qi Cheng found out, he was also very shocked.Although he wanted to seek justice for Qi Zhe, he never thought about letting the Wang family die.After all, the Qi family has a close relationship with the Wang family. If the Wang family is destroyed, the Qi family will not benefit much at all.

Now, the Wang family is gone, and Qi Zhe's condition has not improved. I am afraid that he will really be paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life.

As for why the Wang family was destroyed, and what kind of connection was there between Qi Zhe becoming paralyzed and the destruction of the Wang family, Qi Chen also had an answer in his heart.

The second room of the Qi family was completely used. They used the second room to hold Wang Yong back to search for evidence, and then the Wang family was wiped out unexpectedly.

Qi Ze really made a good plan!Even his elder brother can't help admiring him.Qi Ze is really hated.

Everyone present had different complexions, and they were not interested in the upcoming competition.

Looking at the warriors sent by various countries on the high platform, even though the struggle is fierce, people can't help applauding and cheering.But everyone still looked sleepy, just maintaining the joyful atmosphere at the banquet.

Jiang Yu also knew about the recent anomalies in the court, so he was very obedient and watched from his seat, applauding in his heart, but did not dare to express it clearly.

At this moment, everyone heard a hearty laughter. The other party seemed to be in a good mood. He raised his glass and stood up and said: "The warriors of the Three Kingdoms leaped like dragons and tigers, and they pulled mountains and rivers with all their strength. I admire them. However, it is only Watching the martial arts contest between warriors is still a bit boring. Why don't we invite some courtiers to compete with these warriors, so that you can enjoy watching to your heart's content, and this palace can also appreciate the heroic posture of the courtiers of Southern Chu with your own eyes." Then he looked at the restored Cheng Cheng, a gentle man with a smile like a spring breeze, "How about my proposal, Prince Nanchu?"

Murong Sheng raised his eyes dimly, and laughed aloud: "The proposal of the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty is very good, and this palace also has this intention. Just watching the martial arts competition between these warriors is very boring, why not assign courtiers to compete with him?" , I believe it will be much more interesting."

He Lianhao smiled heartily, "Since the crown prince of Nanchu has agreed, it is better to let us Western Wei to compete for the warriors. It happens that we have a few warriors with good martial arts in the Western Wei Dynasty. If this martial arts competition can make you enjoy watching, it is ours." The honor of the Western Wei Dynasty."

"It has long been heard that the warriors of the Western Wei Dynasty are so high-spirited that they are not worthy of their husbands. It is our Southern Chu's honor to meet you today. The Crown Prince of the Western Wei Dynasty is too modest." Murong Sheng complimented with a smile on his face.

He Lianhao nodded and smiled, then whispered a few words to the servant behind him.The servant understood, and after a short nod, he walked to the iron gate not far from the high platform.

Outside the gate of the iron fence are the contestants selected by the Three Kingdoms. In order to ensure the normal operation of the banquet and the order, all the contestants were left outside the gate.

I saw the servant standing inside the fence door, gestured to the outside, and immediately returned to the original place in a slightly flustered footstep.

After a while, I heard very heavy footsteps gradually approaching, which seemed to carry great pressure, as if stepping on people's hearts, making people flustered. With a loud bang, the iron fence door was split open by a big axe, and a very tall, burly and strong man came out from it.

The man was wearing the clothes of the Western Wei Dynasty. He held an ax in each of his big hands. The iron-cut blades of the ax gleamed coldly in the sun, and the sharpness was menacing.His face was full of ferocious flesh, King Kong's eyes were wide open with murderous intent, as if he knew that there would be a big battle in a while, his eyes were faintly filled with bloodthirsty excitement, and the strong muscles under his clothes seemed to be shaking accordingly.

He Lianhao watched with satisfaction as the burly man walked up the platform slowly, ready for the competition.He turned his head to Murong Sheng and said, "Our warriors from the Western Wei Dynasty are ready, but who does Southern Chu plan to send to fight?"

Everyone swallowed their saliva as they looked at the fierce, burly man with raised eyebrows on the high platform.Is this for a contest?This is to kill people.I have heard for a long time that the warriors of the Western Wei Dynasty were as strong as cattle and tall and powerful, but this is too tall and mighty, directly twice as tall as the people of Southern Chu.Judging from the huge difference in body shape, it can scare people out of their wits, let alone face to face.

Murong Xiu, Xu Siheng, Chu Kainan, Jiang Wen, and Jiang Yu also sensitively sensed that something was wrong. Although it is normal for countries to have fun with martial arts, there is no reason for a country's courtiers to fight. The other party must have other plans.

And the person selected by Murong Sheng is the ultimate goal of the martial arts banquet held today.

These few people watched Murong Sheng glance at the people in the seats intently, and they were also very nervous, wondering who Murong Sheng would pick in the end.

The gentle man passed by the people in the seats one by one, and when he saw the cold man who was drinking tea indifferently with his head down, his lips curled up, as if he had already confirmed the person, "Nan Chu will appoint the Minister of the Qi Bing Department to fight, Qi Shilang is the son of General Hussars, he is superb in martial arts, he will not let you down."

Murong Xiu and the others looked at Qi Ze in shock, they originally thought that Murong Sheng would choose their clan to deliberately make things difficult, but unexpectedly they chose Qi Ze.

Of course, they knew what was going on with the Wang family's affairs. It was because Qi Ze handed over the evidence to Emperor Zhaozheng that Emperor Zhaozheng ordered to drag out and execute the disciples of the Wang family that Murong Sheng used to train one by one.It seems that Murong Sheng has held a grudge because of this matter, and intends to do it directly in front of everyone, instead of doing it secretly.

This warrior of the Western Wei Dynasty is famous for being invincible. Although Qi Ze is excellent in martial arts, he might not be able to resist by himself.In this case, I am afraid that it is difficult to refuse, what should I do?
"What do you think of Shi Lang Qi? Shi Lang Qi is our Southern Chu Linwei General, who has won the three armies bravely. I believe that this small martial arts competition will not be difficult for Shi Lang Qi." Murong Sheng smiled, his eyes were cold, With persuasive words in his mouth, "The Three Kingdoms finally gathered once, and Minister Qi must not let everyone down."

Xu Siheng and the others couldn't help lowering their eyes, and sure enough, they just couldn't refuse.Putting pressure on Qi Ze in public, Qi Ze was powerless to refuse.If he refuses, he directly offends the people of the Three Kingdoms, Murong Sheng is really cunning.

Murong Xiu couldn't help lowering his eyes, feeling inexplicably flustered.Although it has nothing to do with him whether Qi Ze will fight or not, and even if he loses, it will have little impact on him, but he is worried for no reason.Maybe it was because Qi Ze did what happened to the Wang family, which gave him a chance to breathe a little, and he was grateful.

But he is not a grateful person, and why would Qi Ze do this?If you want to bring down Murong Sheng, you can definitely come to rely on him, with his help, the possibility of Qi Ze bringing down Murong Sheng is greater.Obviously they are on the same front, but why has Qi Ze been unwilling to join him?He has never been able to figure this out.

This time, he will be forced by Murong Sheng to compete in martial arts, if Qi Ze admits defeat to him, he will help out.After all, with so many courtiers, it doesn't have to be Qi Ze.But this kid is probably still calm, even if he was forced to the door by the enemy, he still didn't change his face.

Thinking this way, Murong Xiu couldn't help turning his head to look.When he saw that calm face without any surprise, he couldn't help but grit his teeth tightly. Sure enough, this kid is still so calm, and he doesn't know what being cute is at all.

So you don't need his help?Well, even if he loses the contest, he won't help.

(End of this chapter)