Competing in the morning and evening

Yuan Xi went back to the inn, intending to go back overnight, but seeing that it was getting late and it was not easy to hire a carriage, she had to rest in the room.But when he got into bed, Yuan Xizheng tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Thinking of Li Yan made him feel dark, but Li Yan's eyes were like possessed lights, which made Yuan Xizheng feel an indelible distress.

So dazed, he fell asleep in the middle of the night, and was startled by a knock on the door early in the morning, and said through the door, "Xiao Er, what's the matter?"

Xiao Er said outside: "Guest officer, there is a son outside who says he is your friend and wants to see you."

Yuan Xizheng looked at the ceiling and let out a long breath, barely got up, yawned with tears in his eyes, and said, "Let him wait."

Xiao Er had no choice but to go downstairs, and said apologetically to Li Yan who was wearing a tight-fitting hunting suit: "I'm sorry son, that son asked you to wait."

Li Yan smiled, and Chai Ping took out an ingot of broken silver and handed it to Xiao Er, who thanked Xiao Er and went down.

Sitting downstairs with his chin held on his chin, Li Yan said leisurely, "Anyway, Emperor Nanchang took out the money bag, so why should you save it for him? He took it from the people, and you returned it to the people for him. "

Chai Ping said with a smile: "People in the Southern Dynasties are naturally stable, and they will feel uneasy if they are given too much."

Li Yan raised his black eyebrows slightly, as if a little disdainful.

Yuan Xizheng washed up slowly, then opened the door and went downstairs. Seeing Li Yan in a hunting suit, she couldn't help being taken aback.Seeing that Yuan Xi had won the battle, Li Yan stood up and said with a smile, "Ziqing, how about going hunting?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said politely after seeing Li first, "Second Highness, this place is not a northern country. It looks thousands of miles away. Although there are hills and forests everywhere, the terrain is not wide, but there are many ferocious beasts in the forest... Second Highness, if you If there is any damage, I'm afraid Ziqing can't bear the responsibility."

Li Yan looked at the handsome man in front of him and said with a smile: "Yuqing, we will have a match today. If you beat me, I will let you go back. How about it?"

As soon as his words fell, Yuan Xizheng responded with a normal face: "A gentleman!"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's hard to catch up with four horses!"

Chai Ping handed over a package with a smile, and said, "Your Highness knows that you will not have a hunting suit, so he asked me to prepare one for Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Xizheng was not too polite, picked up the package and went upstairs, opened it, and saw a new white tight-fitting hunting suit inside, he changed into the clothes, tied his long black hair up, and then opened the door and went downstairs.Li Yan looked at Yuan Xizheng from top to bottom, and couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Yuan Xizheng was originally tall, but now he was wearing a tight-fitting hunting suit, making him look even more slender and handsome.

Li Yan smiled slightly and said, "Let's go!"

Now that the clothes are ready, Li Yan will not be stingy with the bow and arrow of the horse. The horse is a good horse outside the Great Wall. Although this kind of horse is not like the Dian horse that can carry a long distance, it has a strong momentum and is fast enough.

Li Yanfei got on his horse and said with a smile, "Let's go!" As soon as he reined in his horse's head, he rushed out first.

Yuan Xizheng was afraid that he also had a problem in the competition, so he hurriedly followed, feeling a little worried about the bustling city outside.Unexpectedly, as soon as he rushed out of the door of the inn, he saw the government servants of the Southern Dynasty standing on both sides, blocking the crowd behind them, and Li Yan galloped through the downtown without even turning his head.

He secretly scolded him for being ostentatious, but vaguely felt that this was better than frightening ordinary people in the chaotic market.

This road is full of galloping, Yuan Xizheng likes the feeling of galloping horses, but because people in the Southern Dynasties love to ride in horse-drawn carriages, they would never dare to ostentatiously pass through the city in such hunting clothes on weekdays. In the mountains outside, there is really a hearty feeling.

Li Yan reined in his horse and said with a smile: "Ziqing, let's start the game from here. I have played in this forest a few times. There are not many other things, but there are enough rabbits. We are limited to three sticks of incense. If there are more rabbits, whoever wins, how? Yuan Xizheng slightly raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile in his eyes: "It will be according to your will. "

The two of them rushed into the forest immediately after speaking. In winter, the leaves in the forest are all gone, but the new shoots are not yet full, so the light is very good, the grass on the ground is not strong, and the rabbit is easy to see.Yuan Xi contends for the choice of the horse galloping, draws the arrow and sets the bow, the arrow shoots out of the rabbit, turns over and rides sideways to pick up objects, all these movements are done in one go, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Li Yan was overjoyed, and said excitedly: "Beautiful!" He was not to be outdone, and his arrows never failed. In terms of riding and archery, Li Yan was actually superior to Yuan Xizheng, but when it came to combining these movements, Yuan Xizheng's lightness Fluency is far better than Li Ji.

The two fought regardless of the outcome, and within three minutes of burning incense, the hunting hooks of their horses were covered with prey.

At this time, there seemed to be a commotion coming down the slope, but Li Yan ignored it, but Yuan Xizheng turned his head to look—a group of people were chasing a woman.The woman was wearing a skirt, and the clothes on her body were scratched in many places by branches and thorns, but she ignored it completely.Flee forward desperately.

Seeing the group of people behind her getting closer and closer, Yuan Xi couldn't help frowning slightly.At this time Li Yanhuan called out, Yuan Xizheng turned around and saw another rabbit appeared.

At this time, Chai Ping's signal fireworks came from the sky to show that the time had come, and the two of them drew their arrows and bowed immediately at the same time.

There was more noise down the slope, as if someone was ordering the woman to stop, Yuan Xizheng couldn't help but glanced again, and after a glance, he saw a person in front of him shooting at the woman with an arrow and a bow, Yuan Xizheng was almost instinctive He turned the arrow around and shot it out, sending that arrow flying.Yuan Xizheng's arrow not only shot the arrow into the air, but also shot the arrow in two, breaking it in two and falling to the ground.The woman in front was startled by this, her feet went limp and she fell to the ground.

"Who is so bold, come out!"

Yuan Xizheng just saw clearly that the person in front of him was the King Rong who happened to meet yesterday, he couldn't help frowning, and turned his head to see that Li Yan had disappeared, obviously he didn't intend to show up as a shield.

Yuan Xizheng had no choice but to ride his horse downhill, block in front of the woman, salute lightly on the horse, and said: "Caomin has seen King Rong."

Chu Hao was also slightly surprised. He had already heard about Yuan Xizheng's clever fight against Li Yan in the court. His confidant minister came back and told him that Emperor Nanchang seemed to have a good impression of Yuan Xizheng.He didn't expect Yuan Xizheng to arouse the imperial court's interest in him so quickly. If such characters let him step into the imperial court, he might be able to enter the center of power soon.

Chu Hao was thoughtful, once he returned to the mansion, his uncle, one of the three princes in the dynasty, the Prime Minister Chen Angwen was already waiting for him.Although Chen Angwen is over sixty years old, he looks quite young, and his beard and hair are not gray. This is all due to his extraordinarily important health care.The first way of keeping in good health is to avoid haste. He came to him in such a hurry, Chu Hao instinctively felt that something big must happen.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Chen Angwen said: "You heard that Yuan Xi is fighting for this person?"

Chu Hao sighed, and said, "Almost everyone is talking about him these days, and I have also met him. He really is a character."

Chen Angwen sneered, and said: "You knew he was someone, so you shouldn't humiliate him in the back garden. Fortunately, there was no major conflict, otherwise you will have endless troubles."

Chu Hao sat down a little unnaturally and said: "Uncle, you are certainly exalting this man, our family's military adviser or counselor, which one is worse than him?

Chen Angwen took out two scrolls from his sleeve, and said: "Here are two scrolls, take a look."

Chu Hao took the scroll and opened it, and what came to him was a beautiful running script. The whole scroll gave people the impression that the font was beautiful but the writing was strong and imposing, with a kind of free and easy like a flying phoenix and a dragon.

Chu Hao lightly praised the calligraphy, and then took a closer look. The title of the first article was "On the Weak Country". Not weaker than the people, weaker than the army, but weaker than the government, and criticized various current affairs.

Chu Hao couldn't help but look at the second article. The title was "On the Ways of Victory for a Weak Country". The whole article is about military affairs. This article makes calculations and forecasts of events that have not yet happened, and makes comments on the towns that the Northern Qi will attack first, the possible routes for the army to advance, and the strategies that will be adopted.Each piece is as if the author witnessed the battle that happened not long ago, and concluded that the Southern Dynasty cannot have a large-scale war with the Northern Qi within the past ten years, otherwise it will inevitably turn from prosperity to weakness, and the country will soon fall.

The more Chu Hao watched, the more frightened he became. At the end, he stood up involuntarily, and read: "A weak country is at war, and it needs to attack it with surprise, overcome it with strength, and win it... only the combination of vertical and horizontal."

Chu Hao murmured: "Silian Shuwei to the west, and Khitan to the North." He thought and thought, and said excitedly: "Uncle, this is..."

"It's the test paper for Yuan Xizheng's scholar Gongsheng."

Chen Angwen said: "When he participated in the provincial examination, the examiner originally wanted him to be the first name, but I thought this article was too frightening and arrogant, so I suppressed him, and the next year when he participated in the tribute students, I suppressed him again His prediction five years ago was exactly the same as the war that would happen five years later. This man must be an unborn genius. If he helps you, you will not only be crowned the Great Treasure, but also be a Taiping Emperor. If he does not help you Instead, you went to help that kid Chu Yin..." Chen Angwen sneered.

Chu Hao couldn't help thinking that this possibility was very high. He raised his eyebrows, and his heart became angry, and he snorted coldly: "Then his life must be so long."

Chen Angwen sighed, and said: "You are mainly trying to win over. If he doesn't follow, then it will be a pity for such a talented person. Keep these two scrolls away, and don't let other people see them."

Chu Hao smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry."

Chen Angwen let out a long sigh, and said: "If it wasn't for you, I am quite old, and I am in the third rank, so why would I need to travel back and forth and take such a big risk."

Chu Hao repeatedly said: "Uncle has worked hard, why don't you eat here after eating, and then enjoy the new music performed by the dancers in my mansion."

Chen Angwen said with a smile: "Of course it's good, but the dancers in your mansion are tired of watching it, and they really can't get interested."

Chu Hao was hesitating, when someone reported that King De had arrived, Chu Hao said with a smile: "I just said I was going to have a dinner, and Xiao Liu is here, let him come in."

Seeing that Chen Angwen was there, Chu Min stepped forward to salute, and said, "It turns out that Uncle Guo is also here."

Chen Angwen nodded slightly in return, he looked far less enthusiastic than Chu Hao, but Chu Hao smiled and said: "Uncle is saying that my dancer is boring, Xiao Liu, you must know something special about those weathered things all day long." Bar."

Chu Min showed embarrassment.Chen Angwen said with a dry smile: "Come on, come on, don't make things difficult for King De, he has always swept the snow in front of the door by himself. How can we get along with you and me."

Even though he said this, his tone was obviously unhappy, Chu Min quickly smiled and said: "Uncle Guo, don't be angry, I just can't think of a dance class that suits Uncle Guo's taste. You must know that Uncle Guo has countless people. How can color enter your eyes."

Chu Hao smiled and said, "It's true, for example, my dancers are already carefully selected, and my uncle doesn't even look down on them."

Chen Angwen picked up the tea bowl and didn't answer the two of them. Chu Hao winked at Chu Min. Chu Min thought for a while and said, "I recently heard that there was a dance class with a dancer who liked to dance with her face masked. The female talent is very talented, the limbs are extremely soft, and the dance arrangement is also novel, and it has been very popular recently."

When he said this, Chen Angwen's eyes lit up. In fact, he is a Sangong, and he has never seen such a beautiful woman, but this kind of novelty made him feel itchy, and he said repeatedly: "That's it, as expected. You still have to ask King De about this matter.” After he finished speaking, he laughed, and Chu Hao also laughed along with him.

Chu Min still smiled slightly, but he didn't seem to be very good at laughing, so every time he smiled, the smile seemed to stick to his face, extremely stiff.

The three of them finished their meal, changed into casual clothes, and went to the dance class in the capital to appreciate the dance performance. When the woman came out, the screams seemed to explode, and even they could feel the enthusiasm when they were sitting in the private room .I saw the woman covered her face with a light gauze, and a long-sleeved long skirt with gauze, but she didn't cover anything from the chest down to her navel.As soon as she showed up like this, Chen Angwen's eyes lit up, the woman twisted her crotch rhythmically with the drumbeat, and Xia Subaruwen's breathing became rough.

The dance class didn't end until midnight, Chen Angwen was almost impatient.

Chu Hao sent someone to invite the girl to come out with a lot of money, but his subordinates replied that the dance class said that Cai Ji would not see any outsiders, so the gift money would be returned in full.Chu Hao snorted coldly, and said something that he didn't know how to praise. Chen Angwen was a veteran of the Second Dynasty, and he had many disciples in the court, so he was extremely powerful. Chu Hao could have what he is today.Much of the credit goes to him.Chen Angwen was very interested in this woman, and Chu Xuan naturally would not disappoint him, not to mention how could Chen Angwen feel relieved to fight for him if he couldn't handle such trivial matters well.Chu Hao just ordered his subordinates to capture the girl as soon as she came out of the dance class, and send her directly to Chen Angwen. According to his wishes, he would kill the dancer after she was done.

Chen Angwen was afraid of his wife like a tiger, so naturally he would not play with that dancer in his home. Chu Hao's mansion had always had a special room for him, where he hid his charms.Chu Hao originally thought that this matter would be the same as before, no big deal, just an extra life, but in the morning, his subordinates came to report that Chen Angwen was knocked unconscious in the room, but the dancer disappeared.He was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the doctor who came to the palace to treat Chen Angwen, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to find the whereabouts of the dancer.

Chen Angwen slowed down and said, "Hurry up, take that Cai Ji back."

Chu Hao said: "Uncle, no matter how beautiful that girl is, she can't be in a hurry."

Chen Angwen said urgently: "She stole my seal."

Chu Hao was taken aback. Chen Angwen had a private sum of money hidden in the bank, and he agreed with the bank that the money could be raised as a matter of course.Because the number was too large, Chen Angjiao had been hiding this seal in his belt.The money was illegally obtained by their uncle and nephew. It was originally used just in case, but unexpectedly a little dancer stole it.

Chu Hao's shock was no small matter, but if someone was asked to follow the vines of the account, they would find many things.He immediately led his troops to chase after Cai Ji. Coincidentally, Cai Ji didn't dare to go back to the dance class in panic, but ran into the mountains in a panic.This was in Chu Hao's arms, and he killed Cai Ji in such a place to get back the seal without anyone noticing.

However, Yuan Xizheng ran into him again.

Yuan Xizheng had just been on the list that Chu Hao would bother to win over, so he had to bear back his anxiety and said with a smile: "So it is, Brother Yuan, this is the escaped dancer from my house. I was impatient and almost killed this girl by mistake." Bitch, thank you Brother Yuan for your help."

Yuan Xizheng said indifferently: "You're welcome, it's just that the lord is a prince, but he led a team of people to kill a weak woman. If someone sees it, the lord's reputation will inevitably be damaged."

Chu Hao smiled and said, "Brother Yuan is right, I will take this man back now."

Yuan Xizheng frowned slightly. The dancer is equivalent to a domestic servant who has sold herself to others. Although she can't be executed casually, if she wants to beat or scold her, it's up to her master to please.

As soon as Chu Hao's men moved, Cai Ji screamed in fright: "I was snatched back by them, I am not theirs at all, son, save me."

Yuan Xizheng raised his eyelids and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm afraid there are still some problems with this Chungong case, how about this, I think you hand over this woman to Dali Temple, how about letting them deal with it?"

How could Chu Hao let Cai Ji fall into other people's hands? As soon as this woman walked out, all his political enemies would try their best to get what they wanted to know from this woman.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lower his face, and said: "Brother Yuan, do you really want to fight against this king?"

The corners of Yuan Xizheng's mouth rose slightly, and he said: "To ignore the theft is to be a thief, to ignore the robbery is to be a thief. My lord, I am not against you, I just have trouble with the thief."

Chu Hao laughed back angrily, and his troops surrounded Yuan Xizheng and Cai Ji in a clatter, and Yuan Xizheng stretched out his hand to Cai Ji without panicking.

Cai Ji hesitated for a while, then handed Yuan Xizheng her hand, and Yuan Xizheng pulled it lightly.She fell behind Yuan Xizheng

Yuan Xizheng drew out an arrow and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to hurt your person, and I have no other requirements. I just send this woman to Dali Temple. If she is really yours, please take her and sell her." Mention people there on the deed."

Cai Ji said loudly: "I am definitely not his man."

Chu Hao stared at Yuan Xizheng, who was handsome in white and black hair, and felt quite sorry that such a character had died in his own hands.He sneered and said: "Yuan Xizheng, you asked for it yourself, don't blame others."

Yuan Xizheng lowered his voice slightly, sighed and said, "My lord, Ziqing absolutely didn't mean to offend you, but just couldn't bear to see this weak woman die in front of her eyes."

Chu Hao raised his hand, Yuan Xi grabbed the arrow and shot backhand, the arrow shot towards Chu Hao, the horse raised its front hoof, Chu Hao fell off instantly.The subordinates were shocked, and surrounded Chu Hao at the same time, and Yuan Xizheng quickly passed through them.

Chu Hao was actually unscathed, but the horse's eyelid was suddenly cut by the arrow, and he raised his hoof unavoidably in shock, throwing him off the horse.

He said angrily, "Hurry up and chase."

Yuan Xizheng took Cai Ji to rush for a while.He rushed to the place where he met Li Yan.

Li Yan has already ordered all the rabbits with his old god, and looked at Yuan Xizheng with a smile. He was not surprised by the woman behind Yuan Xizheng, and just smiled: "Ziqing, I think you just missed the last one." , so you lost." Yuan Xizheng said: "How many days will you lose?"

Li Yan said with a smile: "I will stay in the Southern Dynasty for another month."

Yuan Xizheng smiled and said, "Your Highness, I will only lose to you for one day."

Li Yan frowned, and Yuan Xi argued: "You can say that a rabbit is a month, and I can also say that it is a day. But if Your Highness is willing to do me a small favor, I would not hesitate to be a guide for a month .”

Li Yan smiled and said, "Let's hear it, Ziqing, you know that I won't do business that is too disadvantageous."

Yuan Xi contended: "I just need Your Highness to do one action."

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, and Yuan Xi argued, "I've been looking at this girl for a whole stick of incense."

Yuan Xizheng looked at Li Yan, although Li Yan was silent for only a short while, Yuan Xizheng felt that his palms were already sweating.

Chu Hao is not an ordinary person, not even an ordinary prince, Yuan Xizheng did not want to force him into the enemy.

"Well, it's not a disadvantage to look at the beauty for a while." Li Yan finally said lazily.

Yuan Xizheng breathed a sigh of relief, and told Cai Ji to sit on the side, while she sat next to Chai Ping, and together with him, she peeled the rabbit skin and made barbecue, but after a short while, Chu Hao had already arrived with his troops.

As soon as they rushed in, they saw Li Yan at a glance, and they couldn't help being shocked, so they didn't dare to go any further.

Seeing Li Yan staring at Cai Ji intently, Chu Hao couldn't help being startled, and seeing Yuan Xizheng smile bitterly at himself, he couldn't help thinking to himself: "Could it be that Yuan Xizheng was robbing Li Yan just now?" He thought so , then dismounted with a smile, and said: "I really didn't expect that the second highness is here, but this king is stupid, and I only discovered it now."

Li Yan still looked at Cai Ji, and said in his mouth, "Yes."

Seeing that he still didn't look back, Chu Hao smiled and said, "Your Highness, this girl is a dancer who fled from my house."

Li Yan still had the same word: ah.But still did not look back, Yuan Xizheng let out a long sigh, and glanced at Chu Hao innocently.

Seeing that Li Yan didn't leave Cai Ji for a moment, Chu Hao smiled and said, "Since Your Highness likes it, how about I tidy up this girl and send her to His Highness's residence?"

This time Li Yan spoke up, and he said flatly: "No..."

Before he finished speaking, Cai Ji suddenly stepped forward and kissed him on the lips. This time, not only Chu Hao, but even Yuan Xizheng's eyeballs almost fell off.The two kissed passionately and separated, Li Yan still looked at Cai Ji.

Cai Ji said affectionately: "Young master, I promise you, I will go with you."

Chu Hao was startled and angry, but on second thought, if this Cai Ji left with Li Yan, although the loss of property would be huge, it would not cause any more trouble, not to mention that there was no way for Cai Ji to let Li Yan look at her for the time being. , he could only laugh and said: "Give the red powder to the hero, then I won't disturb Your Highness's peace."

Li Yan still hummed, and Yuan Xizheng was relieved when he saw that Chu Hao's men had completely withdrawn, only to hear Li Yan say indifferently: "I said that I will only do one action, but what about the kiss that I paid for? "

"Compensation?" Yuan Xizheng laughed amusedly. Although Cai Ji is not beautiful, she can be regarded as charming. What's more, the two kissed inextricably just now, and Li Yan didn't see any discomfort. Now it seems like I have suffered a loss.

"I want you to pay." Li Yan said.

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Your Highness, you are embarrassing the grassroots, you have been kissed, at least the grassroots can get you some water to wash your mouth."

Li Yan raised his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "No, you owe me a kiss, so naturally you have to repay it with a kiss."

Yuan Xizheng frowned, puzzled.

Li Yan said slowly: "I want you to kiss me!"