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The four winners were invited to a night banquet specially held for them. Everyone took a shower and changed into clean and decent attire.
Needless to say, there was a palace night banquet, with music, singing, dancing, delicious food and wine. This time, there were also distinguished families who came here to pay homage to the four strange people.
How many pavilions and palaces are constantly lit, and the night is bright. The entire imperial city is like the Milky Way on the ground. The brightest stars of the entire era are here. Although most of them are fleeting shooting stars and not the eternal shining sun, at least they are also Once the brightest star in the night sky.
The four protagonists are sitting in the most conspicuous place, arranged in four seats in the main hall, and Bai Feng sits in the middle palace to host the banquet.
The steep slope in the center of the seat serves as a curved water cup - a hand-made gilded ramp about three feet wide is filled with fine wine and mash called "Qushui", and then the wine glass and the cup are placed on the lotus leaf. The exquisite delicacies above are put into the pool, flow all the way down the river, and finally merge into the large "wine pool" in front of the lobby, which is called "flowing wine".
The so-called "wine pool" is a large wine tank temporarily built with stones. Its area is enough to be called a "pool". It is luxurious and extravagant, which is not enough to describe it.
The pool was full of nobles who were whispering to each other. They could freely scoop up a glass of wine from the pool and drink it in one gulp, or grab a lotus leaf and eat delicious food.
"Four winners, this is a banquet prepared for you. Don't be disappointed!" Bai Feng, the general of the Central Guard, said: "Today's elegant banquet is rare in your life."
Fu Wentao has rejected several invitations from other ladies. In fact, he is not really averse to fireworks, he is just tired of coping with this kind of situation... If someone provokes him casually, he will lose his sense of proportion in an instant, causing jokes, and in the end he can only drink at the table.
Yu Hengzi was really deaf to what was going on outside the window. He just nuzzled his ears next to his "sister" Taoist Yaoguang. Of course, no one wanted to talk to this strange pair.
Ma Archer Ling'er sat there in a daze, not moving his chopsticks, perhaps because he had not yet adapted to the life of the Han people.
Among them, the only person who could control the social scene among the nobles was Yang Kang, a Miao descendant.
Tonight, Yang Kang dressed up like a playboy, wearing a bright red and purple robe, and welcomed all comers. Either dancing with others, or chatting and laughing with others. If someone wanted to see the traditional dance of the Miao people, he was not stingy. He easily recruited a few ladies he had just met as dance partners, and they put their arms around each other. Dance the "bamboo pole dance" happily.
After the bliss, it’s a new day.
The flags in the competition field were in the air, and the drums were beating in the sky. The four warriors drew lots at the same time. The result was the one-armed swordsman Fu Wentao versus the horse archer Ling'er, and Breaking Bad's Yang Kang versus the blind swordsman Yu Hengzi.
Isn't the result of the lottery a bit too expected?
"Fu Wentao is recommended by General Bai Feng. Doesn't this mean that he should be recommended to win the first place?"
"How can this war slave from the north compare to our warriors from the Central Plains? I dare to say that the one-armed swordsman can win this battle without even making a single move!"
"Don't be impatient, let's wait and see the changes on the field...it's a little weird."
The first matchup was between Rune Tao and Ling'er. There was almost no need to predict. Even Ling'er, as a healthy person, could not make up for the huge gap in physical fitness.
However, there were subtle changes in this competition from the beginning.
I saw the horse archer Ling'er walking to the competition ground and saluting Fu Wentao, then suddenly dropped his saber and turned around and walked towards his master Murong An, looking depressed and confused.
"Sister... missing... sister... General An."
"What are you doing, Ling'er?"
Murong An immediately ordered people to be on guard, but Ling'er completely ignored the soldiers in front of Murong An and took out a short hunting knife from his waist and stabbed straight into it. As expected, she was immediately subdued by the soldiers on her left and right.
"Ahhh!" the Xiongnu yelled, speaking in his native dialect that no one could understand, and burst into tears.
When Bai Feng saw this, he had to fulfill his duties and maintain order.
"You barbarian, you really can't learn to be a human being." Murong An finished insulting and was about to draw his sword and stab Ling'er to death.
Just a moment later, Bai Feng stepped forward to save the "assassin".
Murong An was restrained by Bai Feng's sword and was very unhappy. He said, "What does General Bai Feng mean by this? This thief wants to kill me in public. I will rectify him on the spot. Why not!"
"Ling'er, the horse archer, is one of the warriors participating in the imperial competition. These are capable people and strangers personally selected by the emperor. I should protect them." In order to prevent Murong An from suddenly changing his tactics and attacking, Bai Feng continued to use force to suppress him.
Murong An replied: "Oh, do you want to argue with me? A mountain villager who appears out of nowhere dares to bark in front of me?"
"According to Daqi regulations, this person should be handed over to Dali Temple for disposal."
"According to the laws of Daqi, this person is a war slave captured by me in the army. He is my 'thing', and I should decide whether to live or die."
"This is the warrior chosen by the Emperor. Aren't you offending the Emperor by killing someone in public?"
When Murong An heard Bai Feng using the emperor to suppress him, he felt angry for a moment, "You...you! You are a villain, you can't help me! General Bai Feng paid tribute to the 'assassin' and spoke. Could it be that the assassin rumored in the city recently is the assassin?" You?"
"Ha." Bai Feng sneered and ignored it. Instead, he directly summoned people from Dali Temple to take over the assassin: "Yuchi is on patrol, so I will leave this person to you... Be sure to search her body, but you can't let her be in prison. He committed suicide out of fear of sin."
The last instruction seemed to have something in it, sarcastic to General Murong An who was standing beside him.
After a while, the great eunuch Mei Lin also came down from the city tower to convey the emperor's decree, saying: "Two generals, please be patient for a moment. This person will be detained for the time being. Everything will be judged after the interrogation is clear. You are quarreling with each other here, but It makes people laugh!”
"Barbarians will always be barbarians, so what's the use of interrogation?" After Murong An finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and walked away angrily.
Bai Feng disagreed with this, and bowed his hands to Mei Lin generously, then returned to the competition field to announce the winner - the broken-arm swordsman Fu Wentao.
Everyone could have predicted the result, but the process was a bit unexpected. Many people recalled the rumors in the past two days about this matter, saying that Qiaoer, the Huns who was defeated in the competition yesterday, disappeared that day.
"I heard that the 'hands and feet' were found on the old street and were thrown in the corner like garbage."
"I saw it! The cross section is very neat. It must have been cut off after death. I really don't understand the use of doing such a thing."
"How could such a thing happen? Everyone is obviously human..."
Hearing this news, Bai Feng was also shocked. He sighed helplessly, and then quickly got into work. He had more important things to do...
"Don't worry, I will definitely help you get revenge." He thought silently in his heart.
Next comes the battle between the blind swordsman and Breaking Bad.
