I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 137: Thousands of Pointed Points

At this time, the Qing envoys also received the list submitted by Daxia.

Before receiving the list, the Qing envoys had already received the news in advance.

The candidate from Daxia who participated in the competition this time was Feng Ziying.

They also have a certain understanding of Feng Ziying.

It’s not because their intelligence work was so good, but because someone in Daxia tipped them off.

According to their understanding, Feng Ziying would definitely not be a match for Baturu.

In this way, they can completely put their minds at ease.

Although Baturu was the best archer in the Qing Dynasty, being the best in the Qing Dynasty almost meant being the best in the world.

It is almost impossible for anyone in this world to defeat Baturu.

But after all, knowing both yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat!
Therefore, they were still working hard to collect intelligence in advance.

Unexpectedly, when the list was handed over to the Qing envoys, they unexpectedly discovered that Daxia had replaced the candidates.

The candidate changed from Feng Ziying to Jia Cong, a person whose name they had never heard of before.

After getting the list, Hesheli's face became gloomy and he couldn't help but get up and go to Prince Yi Zhong's mansion.

Soon, Prince Yi Zhong received Hesheli in the living room.

Hesheli asked dissatisfiedly: "Old Thousand Years Old, the candidates from your country who will participate in the competition tomorrow are not the candidates you provided to us in advance?"

"I wonder what the old man means by this? Could it be that the old man is trying to trick us?"

Prince Yizhong really didn't know about this. After all, he was not responsible for the competition.

Hearing what Hesheli said, Prince Yizhong couldn't help but said, "That's not right. After layers of selection yesterday, the final winner was Feng Ziying."

"How could the candidate be replaced? Tell me, who was replaced?"

Hesheli said: "This man's name is Jia Cong. I wonder what kind of family heritage he has? Could it be that his archery skills are better than Feng Ziying's?"

Prince Yi Zhong had some understanding of Jia Cong, but that was only because Jia Cong had sued him some time ago, so his understanding was not comprehensive.

Therefore, when he heard the name Jia Cong, Prince Yi Zhong couldn't help but sneer: "Jia Cong? This man is just a clown, not worth mentioning!"

Hesheli was full of disbelief when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "How is this possible? Tomorrow's competition is about the ownership of Caogu County. How could your country send such a person to fight?"

Prince Yi Zhong sneered and briefly recounted Jia Cong's life.

Jia Cong's life was actually very simple.

The illegitimate son of the eldest wife in Rongguo Mansion had been studying at Jia's family school. He passed the examination and became a scholar this year, but was kicked out of Rongguo Mansion a few days ago.

He just started learning martial arts with Master Zhao last year and is Feng Ziying's junior fellow apprentice.

All in all, he had only been practicing martial arts for a year.

When Hesheli heard this, his face was filled with astonishment.

He couldn't help but ask, "How could your country send someone who has only practiced martial arts for a year to participate in the competition? How could it be so absurd?"

In Hesheli's opinion, learning martial arts is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Take Batulu, the best archer in the Qing Dynasty, for example. Even though he was gifted, it took him more than 20 years of hard training to grow up step by step.

After practicing martial arts for a year, you are basically the same as an ordinary person.

Prince Yizhong sneered, "Prince Kou was in charge of this selection. He probably felt that he would not win this time, so he wanted to recommend this kid." "Because this kid sued me a few days ago, and Prime Minister Kou asked this kid to participate in the competition, probably to humiliate me."

"At the same time, even if this kid fails, it is also a great experience for him."

"Humph! He does have a nice idea, but now that I know about it, how can I let them have their wish?"

When Hesheli heard that Jia Cong was just a scholar who had only practiced martial arts for one year, he immediately lost interest in him.

How could a man who had only practiced martial arts for a year be a match for the Qing Dynasty's greatest archer?

After Hesheli left, Prince Yi Zhong called his butler and whispered a few instructions to him.

Thus, within just half a day, an extremely infuriating piece of news spread throughout the capital.

It turned out that the Qing Dynasty sent an envoy delegation to Daxia, and the two sides agreed that each country would send an archer to compete in archery skills.

The outcome of the competition will determine the ownership of Caogu County.

As for Daxia, Prime Minister Kou was responsible for selecting the best shooters in Daxia.

And in the end, the candidate chosen by Prime Minister Kou turned out to be the illegitimate son of the eldest wife of the Rongguo Mansion, who had been expelled from the Rongguo Mansion a few days ago!
And this person has only practiced martial arts for less than a year!
This rumor spread extremely quickly and soon swept across the capital, and even gradually spread outward.

In fact, the spread of this rumor is very strange.

Before this, everyone in Daxia, from the emperor to the civil and military officials, had strictly blocked the news.

The fact that the two sides were going to have an archery competition and use the results of the competition to determine the ownership of Caogu County was not allowed to be leaked.

Because this is actually a very shameful thing for Daxia.

Once it spreads to the people, it will be detrimental to the image of Daxia.

If Feng Ziying was still the candidate, most people would not know about this matter.

Even if Daxia lost and handed over Caogu County, the people would most likely not know about it.

But now, the mere change of candidate has caused the news to spread, and it has spread very quickly.

After hearing the news, the people of the capital were filled with indignation and extremely angry!

They really didn't expect that Kou Xiang, the great Qing official in their minds, could do such a thing.

This is a competition that will determine the ownership of Caogu County, and Prime Minister Kou actually chose such a fool to participate in the competition?

What’s the difference between this and handing over Caogu County to the Qing Dynasty?
I didn’t expect that Prime Minister Kou was actually a traitor!
The candidate selected by Prime Minister Kou, Jia Cong, was also scolded harshly, even more miserably than Prime Minister Kou.

After all, Prime Minister Kou still has many supporters, and many people do not believe that Prime Minister Kou can really do such a thing.

As for Jia Cong, only a few people in the capital knew his name.

Although there were occasionally people who would defend him, saying that he was filial and that he had outstanding painting skills, they were quickly drowned out by the criticism.

There were even scholars who volunteered to sit in front of the palace and demand that the emperor execute the traitor Kou Ying.

At this time, Feng Ziying came to Jia Cong's yard early and tried his best to comfort Jia Cong, fearing that he would be depressed and affect his mood.

At the same time, he also brought more people to guard around the house to ensure Jia Cong's safety.

Feng Ziying smiled bitterly and said, "Junior brother, I didn't expect it to be like this. I'm sorry that you have been wronged."

"However, the more harshly these people curse today, the more heartbroken they will be tomorrow!"

"Junior brother, please don't be influenced by them!"

(End of this chapter)