Tibet

Chapter 311
An Shouzhong hesitated and said: "Today is the Dugu family's birthday, now to deal with him and be rude to the master, it's better to wait a few days."

At this time, there was a burst of applause from the side of the sword room, and An Qingxu said coldly: "Who says there is no way, go and practice swords with him!"

"Second Young Master, he may not be able to fight!"

An Qingxu thought for a while and said, "I'll pay two thousand coins to set up a ring, and when the time comes to call the general of the Anxi army, I don't believe he won't be on stage?"

There are many ways to play gambling in competitions, and setting up the ring is the most interesting one. There are literary competitions and martial arts competitions. To get out of the ring, of course, the premise is that the master agrees.

An Qingxu immediately proposed to Dugu's family to set up a sword competition in the arena. Seeing that many guests were boring and drowsy, Dugulie also wanted to find something to raise everyone's interest, so he readily agreed.

There is a ready-made arena in the garden of the atrium, and An Qingxu immediately announced that the number one fierce general in Youzhou would like to make friends with martial arts to cheer up the birthday banquet, and placed 200 taels of gold as a bet.

Immediately, the entire birthday banquet was a sensation. Guests rushed from all directions to the garden arena, and soon filled the surroundings of the arena. Thousands of people gathered, and everyone was excitedly looking forward to the grand occasion of the martial arts competition.

There was no one playing pot throwing anymore, and everyone ran to the ring to compete.

The competition between Li Ye and Suzaku has also ended, and the ratio between the two was four to four. Suzaku's third arrow missed and was not thrown into the copper pot. Naturally, Li Ye would not be competitive, and he also shot at the fifth arrow. Slightly off, the arrow hit the edge of the copper pot and bounced out.

This result made Suzaku very happy. It was not important to win or lose, but Li Ye was willing to let her, maintain her face, and have a heart of love for her. This heart is the most important thing.

At this time, the old lady sent someone to find Suzaku to go back. Tonight the old lady is the protagonist of the birthday star, and Suzaku is responsible for accompanying the birthday star. She also needs to know about various rituals in advance.

Li Ye became a loner again. At this time, he didn't know that An Qingxu set up the arena, which was actually aimed at him, and he also walked towards the arena in the garden.

"Li Ye!"

Someone shouted from behind, Li Ye turned around, it was Yuan Xiao.

"Ah! It's Mr. Yuan."

Li Ye stepped forward and said with a smile: "There are too many people, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Yuan."

To be honest, meeting Yuan Xiao at this time is still a bit embarrassing. Last year, Li Ye promised on behalf of his grandfather that he recommended elements to replace Yu Wenjing as the new Prime Minister. Becoming Zhang Jun's prime minister really disappointed the Yuan family.

Of course, the Yuan family didn't know that Li Ye was the one behind Zhang Jun's selection. They used Wang Jian, an aide of the Yang family, to recommend Zhang Jun, and Li Linfu had Zhang Jun's handle.

On several important appointments, Zhang Jun did not listen to Yang Guozhong's arrangement, and adopted a neutral or even biased attitude towards Li Linfu, which caused great setbacks to Yang Guozhong's expansion of power.

However, Li Linfu still gave the Yuan family some benefits. For example, Yuan Xiao's current appointment as the magistrate of Meiyuan County in Jingzhao Prefecture was actually lacking in Li Linfu's arrangement in May this year. This was also one of the conditions agreed by the two parties at that time.

Although his grandfather didn't become a prime minister, Yuan Xiao was still very grateful to Li Xiangguo and Li Ye. With his qualifications and conditions, it was impossible for him to get this real lack.

"Congratulations to Mr. Li for being appointed an official and noble!"

Li Ye nodded and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for not letting your grandfather be photographed last year!"

Yuan Xiao waved his hand, "It's okay! My grandfather has long since looked past it, but I'm really lacking, thanks to your grandfather's help."

"Where is Brother Yuan working now?"

"The magistrate of Meiyuan County!"

Li Ye looked him up and down and smiled, "Okay! It's actually the prime minister of Yuan County, it's not easy!"

"It's not easy. According to the normal family background, it should be the chief secretary, even the county lieutenant, but Li Xiangguo happened to be in charge of the government, so he directly asked the Ministry of Officials to appoint me as the county magistrate, which saved me ten years of official career. "

Li Ye also understands a little bit. Even if there is a relationship between the master book and the county magistrate, it will take two terms. After ten years, he can serve as the county magistrate. It is definitely no problem for Xiao to pass the fifth rank before the age of 40. After passing the fifth rank, he will survive for more than ten years, and he will be promoted to the third rank in his early 50s. There is hope for becoming a prime minister.

"I can't compare with Mr. Li. Even my grandfather praised you for becoming the mainstay of Tang Dynasty. Let me make friends with you."

Li Ye chuckled, "Then buy me a drink tomorrow!"

"No problem, tomorrow I will invite you to have a good drink at Wude Restaurant in Pingkangfang."

At this time, the competition on the ring had already started, and the 200 taels of gold was shining brightly, which really moved many people, and they were all ready to jump on the ring to challenge.

Of course, real swords cannot be used in the martial arts competition, but wooden swords are used. Dugu's family brought over thirty wooden swords of various styles and weights.

The first challenger to take the stage was Changsun Hualing, a general of the Jinwu Guard. He was born in the Changsun family of the Guanlong family, and his martial arts were very strong.

Changsun Hualing took a wooden sword, held a sword flower, clasped his fists and said, "Please!"

An Shouzhong slowly pulled out the jujube sword, holding the sword with both hands, as steady as Mount Tai.

Yuan Xiao said to Li Ye in a low voice: "Changsun Hualing is the son of the eldest grandson's family. He is very skilled in martial arts and can be ranked among the top ten in the imperial army."

Li Ye shook his head secretly with a smile, An Shouzhong was no ordinary person, An Lushan's fierce general was second only to Shi Siming, and he could feel his strong murderous aura from his gestures, this eldest grandson Hualing was far behind.

Changsun Hualing yelled, and stabbed at An Shouzhong with his sword, but Anshouzhong ignored him and started like a tiger. The wooden sword in his hand slashed at Changsun Hualing like a storm, and Changsun Hualing was stunned by the opponent's momentum , hastily raised his sword to block.

An Shouzhong chopped fifteen swords in a row, Changsun Hualing retreated fifteen steps in a row, stepped on the air with one foot, and fell down the ring.

Verbally admit defeat, lose the sword, get stabbed three times, fall off the ring, as long as one of these four happens, the opponent will be considered a loser.

There was an uproar all around, and no one thought that the eldest grandson Hualing hadn't even finished a round.

An Shouzhong said coldly: "The Forbidden Army is nothing more than that!"

His words immediately annoyed many people, a general stepped onto the stage and said, "Stop talking wildly, I'll meet you!"

Yuan Xiao said again in a low voice: "His name is Xiao Zhen, he is also a descendant of the Xiao family in the Liang Dynasty, he is my grandfather's subordinate, Qianniuwei Zhonglang General, superb swordsmanship, he once fought ten moves under the sword master Pei Min before he was defeated. "

Li Ye nodded, being able to perform ten tricks under Pei Min's men showed that he still had some real skills, unlike the one just now, who was ranked among the top ten masters of the Forbidden Army and gained a false reputation.

Xiao Zhen snorted coldly and shot the sword first. His swordsmanship was really good, the sword was fast, and the long sword flew up and down, airtight, with the momentum of Mount Tai. It seemed that An Shouzhong had nothing to do, so he had to step back step by step. About to retreat to the edge of the ring, Li Ye sighed, this Xiao Zhen is over.

Sure enough, An Shouzhong suddenly stabbed out with a sword, Xiao Zhen screamed, his hand was stabbed, the pain was unbearable, he couldn't hold it, and the wooden sword fell to the ground.

Yuan Xiao suddenly came to his senses and said, "Is this guy playing tricks when he retreats at the beginning?"

Li Ye said with a smile: "This General Xiao was too impatient. He went all out at the beginning. The so-called one-shot, then weakened, and finally exhausted. An Shouzhong let his fierce momentum pass. He seized the loophole and hit it off."

Xiao Zhen's status in the imperial army was very high, and even he was defeated. Many young people who were eager to try had given up, preferring not to fight, but not to lose face.

At this time, An Shouzhong saw the eyes of An Qingxu, and said with a smile: "Let me challenge! I have heard for a long time that the Anxi Army is known as the number one army in the world. Is it really capable or just a vain name? On behalf of Fan Yangjun Anxi Army challenge, is there any Anxi Army general willing to compete with me?"

Only one person said coldly: "Since you challenge my Anxi army by name, then I will fight with you!"

(End of this chapter)