Yipin Tang

Chapter 178
As Hou Junji said, he was not the only one who received Li Er's secret decree, and almost all officials in the court received Li Er's inexplicable secret decree.

If he was really the only one who received the secret decree, he wouldn't be so calm. It means that Li Er already suspected that he did it. With Wang Xiang's current status in Li Er's heart, Hou Junji couldn't guarantee Li Er. Thinking of what he would do to himself, he felt a little jealous, so in his heart he still hoped that the assassin would succeed in the assassination.

However, the reality is not always so satisfactory. On the last day of the Cuju Competition, Hou Junji saw Wang Xiang directly below him as soon as he stepped onto the stands. The beauty, standing behind him is a super big man carrying a huge axe, he is the iron egg that even he is afraid of.

It seems that the assassin did not succeed... Hou Junji secretly felt a little pity.

Li Jing and the others were a little surprised to see Wang Xiang appearing below, and Cheng Yaojin even directly called a few soldiers to protect him.

Naturally, Wang Xiang noticed Cheng Yaojin's actions, looked at the few soldiers who separated himself from the people behind him, shook his head helplessly and cast a wry smile at Cheng Yaojin on the stage. It was even more conspicuous. There were many sons of rich and noble families sitting around watching the Cuju competition, and there were even quite a few relatives of the emperor, but no one was treated like him.

Cheng Chuliang also saw Wang Xiang and immediately ran over and said, "Zixin, why did you come out? It's too dangerous! I'll let someone escort you back."

Wang Xiang shook his head and said with a smile: "There is only the reason for being a thief for a thousand days, how can there be a reason for guarding against thieves for a thousand days? Is it possible that I can't go out in the future? It's just an assassin. Since His Majesty has issued a secret decree, I think they will restrain themselves , Besides, with Tie Dan around, I hope that assassin will come again, I just wonder who actually wants to take my life."

Cheng Chuliang scratched his head and said, "What you said makes sense, and I don't know who was afraid of being like that yesterday..."

"Cough..." Wang Xiang coughed dryly to cover up his embarrassment, and said angrily, "What will happen to today's game if I don't come?"

"Aren't you afraid that our Jubo brigade won't get No.1 if I'm here?"

Several consecutive [-]-[-] victories made this guy extremely confident. Wang Xiang waved his hands speechlessly and said, "Hurry up and get ready, the game will start soon."

"Then I'll prepare first, be careful yourself."

Cheng Chuliang, who drove away Saobao, and Wang Xiang looked around carefully, and then saw a woman with a veil on the seat of Lu Guogong's mansion. Although she looked down on her appearance, it made people feel that there was a woman under the thin veil. A stunning face, when Wang Xiang looked over, the woman happened to be looking at him, and nodded slightly at him, Wang Xiang also nodded with a distant smile, thinking: Could it be that this woman is Han Niang?

"Brother-in-law, what are you looking at?" Little Lolita asked while eating snacks while dangling her calves.

"I didn't see anything." Wang Xiang quickly turned his head and looked towards the front of the Cuju field.

"Huh." The little loli glanced at Han Niang's direction and snorted softly, and after a while she became happy again, and chatted with Ju Yiya.

In the stands, Li Jing stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "I thought the prince wouldn't come today, but it seems that today's match is still interesting."

Hou Junji said indifferently: "I don't know how to hold back when I was assassinated. It doesn't matter if he comes or not. Losing your life for nothing is not good. It also failed His Majesty's good intentions."

"You old bastard, did you send someone to assassinate Zixin?" Lao Cheng's fiery temper didn't know what politeness meant, and he had suspected Hou Junji for a long time, and immediately scolded Hou Junji when he heard his words.

Hou Junji had such thoughts before, so he was most afraid that others would bring him into trouble, so he said angrily, "Old man Cheng, you have made it clear, why did you ask me to send someone to do it? Otherwise, I will let His Majesty judge!"

"It's not you, who else, you old bastard must be afraid that if Zixin arrives, your so-called vanguard team won't be able to win the Cuju competition, so you did such a nasty thing!"

"fart!"

"You fart!"

Seeing the two arguing like children in the stands, Li Jing and Qin Qiong looked helpless. Fortunately, the stands were higher, and the people below couldn't hear what they said, otherwise it would really damage the image.

"Why are you arguing? Do you want to compete? If I don't compete, I will go back."

Li Jing was about to speak to persuade, Yuchi Jingde, who had been silent all the time, patted the table impatiently, Lao Cheng and Hou Junji glared at each other and turned their heads angrily.

"General Yuchi is right. The competition is important. Today is the final. This year's court meeting is different from previous years. Don't be careless." Li Jing continued to act as a peacemaker. Of course he would not think that Hou Junhui would send someone to assassinate Wang Xiang just because of this. It's just that Lao Cheng has such a hot temper... But Hou Junji's reaction just now was also a little strange.

"General Li is right. Some people are used to being at the bottom every year, knowing that they have no chance of winning, so they like to mess around."

"You are old..."

Lao Cheng was about to explode again and was held back by Qin Qiong before he sat down angrily: "Speak out loud, as if I have already won."

"The competition is important, bite the gold, the time is almost up, we can start."

As soon as the gong sounded, the finals of the Cuju Competition officially began. The vanguard team and the national defense team took the lead. Both sides seemed to be full of confidence.Hou Junji said that it is not unreasonable for the Jubo team to be lucky. Until the final final, the Jubo team did not encounter any strong teams, and the promotion was very smooth.

As Qin Qiong's only son, Qin Huaiyu inherited Qin Qiong's advantages. He is brave and resourceful. He can be said to be the most outstanding among the second generation of officials. He can lead the army alone at a young age.

Although Hou Dingyuan is not inferior to Qin Huaiyu in bravery, he has lost a few chips in strategy. However, there is a mysterious Han Niang in the vanguard, so everything is still unknown.

……

Li Er was sitting in the Tai Chi Hall with a book in his hand but his mind was not on the book. He hadn't turned the pages for a long time.

Chen Gui removed the slightly cold tea and replaced it with a cup of hot tea and said softly: "Your Majesty is thinking about the Cuju competition?"

Hearing this, Li Er simply put down the book in his hand and asked, "Is today the final?"

"Yeah, the time-watching competition has already begun."

"Which teams made it to the finals?"

Li Er has always only paid attention to the winning team in the end, and this is the first time he asked such a question. Fortunately, Chen Gui was well-informed, and immediately replied: "The vanguard team of Duke Lu's mansion, and the national defense team of Duke Yi's mansion, are you still here?" There is the Jubo Brigade of Duke Lu's Mansion."

"Hmm..." Li Er nodded and suddenly reacted and asked, "A winning team without Lao Fang?"

"No, in previous years the teams that entered the finals were the ever-victorious teams, the vanguard teams and the national defense teams, but this year the Jubo team from Duke Lu's mansion entered the finals."

"Jubao Brigade..." Li Er frowned and pondered for a moment, "I remember Wang Zixin... did he become the coach of the Jubo Brigade?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory." Chen Gui bowed and smiled.

"Haha." Li Er laughed and got up and said, "That kid is most greedy for life and afraid of death. He is so frightened by the assassin and he doesn't know if he will dare to come out today. Let me go out of the palace to watch the Cuju competition. Now, it seems that this year's Cuju competition is still interesting."

(End of this chapter)