Chapter 147 Loulan's Provocation
This is a good thing that can prolong life.
"Your Majesty, these two snow lotuses are treasures collected by my Loulan Palace. They should have a growth period of six or seven hundred years, not to mention a thousand years. They are very rare and good medicinal materials, and I specially give them to your majesty." Lou Haotian proudly presented this treasure.
For this gift, he begged his mother for a long time and promised to find an antidote for his sister before she agreed to give it to him. It was not given by his father.
Although the country did not lose its territory in this defeat, it lost soldiers and soldiers. He was still punished and asked to get the blueprint of the ten-shot crossbow this time.
At the same time, he also had his own selfish motives.
"The second prince is thoughtful." Yun Hongxiao gestured to Eunuch Yuan to take it. He was very happy to receive such a gift, with a sincere smile on his face.
"Let's have the banquet."
"Let's have the banquet." Eunuch Yuan shouted, and the palace servants came in one after another, serving delicious food to each table.
The air was soon filled with the aroma of food.
But Feng Tianxing had her
own plans. She had just stood up to look at the two snow lotuses.
They were really good things for this mortal world.
She didn't have these things in her space, and Yu Changfang couldn't have found the seeds when he was looking for them.
And she just saw that one of them seemed to have produced seeds. If she got the seeds, she could grow countless snow lotuses.
There were all kinds of climate environments in her space.
I'll discuss this with my father and see if he can get it from the emperor. I hope he won't treasure the snow lotus like he treasured the ginseng before.
As soon as the banquet started, the atmosphere became lively.
Then the sound of stringed instruments began to sound.
The two princes first toasted Lou Haotian to entertain the guests.
Then the ministers also came forward.
I didn't expect that Lou Haotian had such a good alcohol tolerance that he didn't change his face even after drinking several cups.
"Your Majesty Yanyan, I have an unwelcome request.
Winning and losing on the battlefield are common.
But this time, my Loulan soldiers are very dissatisfied, especially the generals behind me. They are all veterans on the battlefield and want to compete with your country's generals.
Regardless of winning or losing, just point your hand." Lou Haotian stood up and bowed, saying.
This is going to happen.
He felt that he lost because of his weapons, not because of his inferior skills.
Everyone looked at the five strong men behind him. The oldest looked to be in his thirties, and the youngest looked to be less than twenty.
Discussions arose.
"As the defeated party, how dare they provoke?"
"Those five are obviously not good people. Who dares to go up?"
"We also have capable people in Yanyan. Lord Lu, General Chen, and the two boys from General Guan's family are all here today."
"Lord Feng and Erlang of the Feng family are not bad either."
...
Lou Haotian signaled one person to step out. The young man who was less than twenty years old walked out and stood in the center.
This must be a match.
"Your Majesty, although it's a bit abrupt, it's not a bad idea for the two countries to communicate, right?" Lou Haotian continued, smiling and looking particularly sincere.
Yun Hongxiao narrowed his eyes at him, and the two looked at each other, but Lou Haotian always smiled.
"Your Majesty, Guan Shanyue of Guan Mansion is willing to fight." Guan Shanyue is young and energetic. This is the time to show up in front of the emperor, and he is not afraid of tigers.
"Okay. Do you need weapons?" Yun Hongxiao agreed readily.
Guan Shanyue looked at Lou Haotian.
Meaning: Do you want to just exchange punches and kicks or use weapons?
"Your Majesty, the competition will be more interesting if there are some prizes. This prince brought five people, and your country can also send five or more people. As long as you can defeat three of them, you will win. If three of us win, we win."
It sounds fair, that is, three out of five.
And you can send more people, it feels like Yanyan has made a profit, at most it will be a chariot battle.
But looking at the five people, each of them looks like a strong martial artist.
"What prize do you want?" Yun Hongxiao understood what he meant as soon as he heard it. This is something that Yanyan has set his eyes on.
"If you lose, I want the antidote formula for my palace secret poison and the design drawings of the ten-shot crossbow. If we lose, give us the Dragon Slashing Sword used by General Huo four hundred years ago." Lou Haotian glanced at Chen Zhizhong after he finished speaking.
"The Dragon-Slaying Sword, this sword is actually in Loulan." General Lu exclaimed.
Everyone who practiced martial arts knew about the Dragon-Slaying Sword. Three hundred years ago, this continent was originally a country. The dynasty at that time was called the Xuantian Dynasty. In the middle and late periods, the dynasty had a crisis. The princes of various places united to overthrow the central rule and govern themselves.
At that time, General Huo Yuanjin appeared. He relied on the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand to kill people everywhere, stabilized the country, and made immortal achievements. He was named the General King.
But a hundred years later, the same thing happened again, and then it was divided into four countries, which are now Yanyan, Shuilong, Loulan, and Bingxue.
It is impossible to know who made the sword, but everyone knows that no weapon can resist it. Weapons that collide with it will either be cut or broken.
Lou Haotian knew from everyone's expressions that they all had greedy thoughts.
The sword was at his maternal grandfather's house. He borrowed it specially for the bet. He had to return it.
"Your Majesty, these ten-shot crossbows and drawings cannot be used as bets." Prince Lu stood up and objected.
"How long can we keep this design secret? Sooner or later, it will be learned by others." Feng Zuwen said unhappily.
He didn't want the sword, but he was unhappy that Lou Haotian wanted the secret recipe of the antidote. That was his young lady's thing, why would he use it as a bet.
Yun Hongxiao scanned his subjects and
then looked at Guan Shanyue who was still standing in the center.
"If you want to compete, the space in this hall is quite narrow. Let's go to the square outside the hall." Yun Hongxiao agreed to the competition.
As the ruler of a country, he had to accept the challenge, and it was in his own country. If he backed down, how would he survive in the four countries in the future?
Everyone moved outside.
The palace servants quickly prepared the venue and brought in eighteen kinds of weapons from the armory.
They moved tables and chairs for the nobles.
The martial arts competition began.
Guan Shanyue still chose the trident.
The opponent chose a pair of heavy hammers.
"Loulan Zhong Yuanshan."
"Flame Guan Shanyue"
The two introduced their names to each other.
The two were a head apart in height, and there was no difference in age.
Guan Shanyue made a straight thrust. The opponent crossed his hands and blocked them, and the sound of weapons clashing could be heard.
Both were strong and powerful, with muscles tightly stretched. They
separated quickly, and then fought one move after another, and it was hard to tell.
The advantage of the spear slowly disappeared after twenty moves.
Guan Shanyue was already sweating profusely.
His tactics were already in disarray.
Sure enough, after another ten moves, Zhong Yuanshan hit Guan Shanyue with a heavy hammer, causing his weapon to fall out of his hand.
Another kick to the chest, Guan Shanyue fell to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.
"Third brother!" Guan Shantai immediately went up to support him.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Guan Shanyue was defeated.
Guan Shantai looked at Zhong Yuanshan with an arrogant look on his face.
"I am Guan Shantai, and I would like to learn a few moves from you."
Without waiting for the emperor's consent, he directly chose a spear and went up.