Xiao Ji was secretly annoyed, but he still didn't show any displeasure on his face. Instead, he said with a smile: "How can you ride a horse in the palace, how can you compete in riding and shooting? If the eldest prince insists on competing, why don't you try something else."

A sly smile appeared on the corner of He Liantai's mouth: "Your Majesty, since horses are not allowed in the palace, how about we just try archery?"

Little did he know that Xiao Ji also had the same intention. In his opinion, if the Hu people insisted on a competition, but Daning dared not fight, if the news spread, the world would laugh at him.

However, Xiao Ji thought that the chances of winning were not high in the riding and archery competition. After all, riding and archery was different from archery on flat ground. It was a test of riding skills. Hu people were born and raised on horseback, and their ability to control horses was far beyond that of Han people.

But if it is just a competition of archery, Xiao Ji is not afraid. There are many famous generals in Daning, but there are not a few people who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps. There are a few people in Luoyang City, and they are not afraid of competing with barbarians in archery.

"Since the eldest prince insists on having an archery competition for everyone's enjoyment, then why not do the competition."

Xiao Ji also smiled slightly, and gladly accepted the challenge.

The corner of He Liantai's mouth curled up into a smug smile again: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Han people have a lottery in every competition. Xiao Wang dares to ask His Majesty for a lottery, and I hope His Majesty will agree."

Xiao Ji couldn't understand that He Liantai was pulling himself into the trap he had already designed step by step, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no turning back, so he could only pretend not to know, and said with a smile: "I don't know What kind of prize does the eldest prince want to win?"

He Liantai looked proud and said with a smile: "If our Dihu wins by chance, Your Majesty will open the border trade and no longer prohibit the flow of salt and iron into my Dihu, how about it?"

As soon as this remark came out, the guests in the palace were in an uproar.

Unexpectedly, the intention of this prince Dihu's step-by-step design is so.

"If His Majesty the Emperor Daning is not willing, let's let go of this competition." He Liantai took a panoramic view of the reactions of everyone in the hall, smiled coldly, and seemed very considerate to give Xiao Ji a decent step down.

But everyone can see that He Liantai's proposal is full of evil intentions. After all, if Xiao Ji really proposes no comparison, Di Hu will definitely publicize that Ning Chao is afraid of Di Hu, and in the end it will make Daning even more embarrassing.

How wise Xiao Ji is, he didn't know what He Liantai was planning, so he smiled lightly: "Competition! Why not compare? But if Daning wins, what should we do?"

He Liantai seemed to have expected Xiao Ji to ask such a question a long time ago, and said with a smile: "If Daning wins, His Majesty the Emperor can also make a request to me, Di Hu."

He Liantai did not set any additional conditions for this request, because in his opinion, they had absolutely no reason to lose.

"Really?" Xiao Ji sneered, and said in a deep voice, "If Daning wins, you Hu people will bow down to Daning and send envoys to pay tribute every year, how about that?"

"It's a deal!" He Liantai agreed without hesitation, and with the same words, he believed that he would never lose.

"Dihu's side is Xiao Wang, I wonder who Daning plans to send to compete with Xiao Wang?" He Liantai stood up slowly and looked at everyone in the hall.

Xiao Ji smiled coldly, and said loudly: "Gao Qing's family, come and compete with the eldest prince."

Dressed in casual attire, Zhi Jin Wu stood up suddenly, bowed his hands to Xiao Ji, and said generously: "I obey the order."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly. Gao Yang was also from a famous family. He had learned martial arts since he was a child. Because of his family's decline, he had no choice but to join the army.What he is most commendable for is his unparalleled archery skills, not to mention Luoyang, even in the whole of Daning, it is rare to meet an opponent, so Xiao Ji chose him to represent Daning in the battle against Heliantai.

"I don't know how the eldest prince plans to compare?" Gao Yang asked He Liantai, bowing his hands.

Gao Yang is also full of confidence in his archery skills, no matter what competition Heliantai proposes, he will never lose.

He Liantai smiled and said nothing, but Dayetu stood up next to him, and said with a sneer, "Your Majesty Daning, I'm afraid that such a competition would be unfair to me, Dihu."

Xiao Ji was taken aback for a moment, and then asked lightly, "How unfair?"

Da Ye suddenly laughed and said: "The eldest prince is the son of Khan, His Majesty the Emperor should allow the prince of Daning to accept the challenge. Wouldn't it be unfair to the eldest prince if he sent a general in the army?"

The officials were in an uproar, and Xiao Ji was also shocked and angry, knowing that he had fallen into He Liantai's trap, but now it was too late to repent, Daning couldn't afford to lose that face.

But there is indeed nothing wrong with Oho's words, the barbarian prince can fight, why can't your prince of Daning not fight?

Xiao Jie had a calm expression on his face, that's what is good about being a traveler, he knows everything in advance, and he won't be surprised at all.

However, he also understands the thoughts of his father and the officials. Although Daning has no tradition of emphasizing literature over martial arts, there has always been a folk saying that the cost of practicing martial arts is much higher than that of practicing martial arts, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it. The expense of practicing martial arts, so I would rather let my children learn Chinese characters and take the imperial examination to gain fame.And most of the children from rich families can't afford to practice martial arts, and prefer to study prose. After all, dancing prose and ink, reciting poems and composing prose, romance is much more elegant than dancing knives and swords.

The children of the royal family are naturally no exception. Although there are military officers in the palace who are responsible for teaching the princes martial arts, most of the princes are not interested. Although they are not powerless, it is really difficult for them to draw a bow and shoot an arrow.

Seeing Xiao Ji's complexion changing, He Liantai said deliberately: "If the princes can't compare, then forget it."

Xiao Jie saw that his father's face became more and more ugly, and knew that he should stand up now.

"Father, my son is willing to fight!"

Xiao Jie and Xiao Huang stood up together and said in unison

Afterwards, Xiao Jie and Xiao Huang looked at each other in surprise.

Everyone in the hall was in an uproar, especially the other princes. They had never heard that these two brothers could draw bows and shoot arrows.

Xiao Ji's gaze changed on the faces of the two sons, and finally stayed on Xiao Jie's face. He did not know Xiao Huang's strength, but he knew that Xiao Jie possessed martial arts.

"Father, as the elder brother, the eldest prince is also the elder brother, so it is most suitable for me to play the battle?" Xiao Huang preemptively added.

Xiao Ji was stunned, and said in a strange way: "In that case, then you, Huang'er, will be in charge of the battle."

Afterwards, Xiao Ji was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand why he agreed to Xiao Huang's fight, but the words had already been spoken, there was no joke, and it was too late to change his words.

Xiao Jie cursed secretly in his heart, the damn protagonist's halo and destiny buff were triggered at such a critical moment, abruptly taking away his chance to perform.

In the original book, the result of this competition was that Xiao Huang won, and finally stole the limelight, which made him even more favored by Xiao Ji.

Unexpectedly, now I can only sit in the corner and watch the excitement as written in the book.

But Xiao Jie never expected that the little prince Helian Tuo, who had been silent all night, suddenly stood up and bowed slightly to Xiao Ji: "Your Majesty, how about Xiao Wang fighting your other prince?"

"Well, I'm sure."

Xiao Ji secretly rejoiced, but his expression remained calm.He is clear about Xiao Jie's strength, and the odds of winning are much greater than the unknown Xiao Huang.

Heliantai was secretly a little annoyed. He wasn't worried that Heliantuo would lose. After all, he knew Heliantuo's strength, and his archery skills were by no means weaker than his own. What he hated was that his younger brother jumped out to steal his limelight.

On the contrary, Da Yetu looked indifferent, he knew the strength of his two princes, and the two princes Daning who looked weak had absolutely no chance of winning.

Xiao Jie was even more happy in his heart. As expected of a Han man in Hupi, he helped himself a lot at the critical moment. When he returns, he must give your elder brother a promotion and a salary increase.

While the eunuchs and maids in the palace were arranging the venue, Xiao Jie urged his consciousness to sneak into the system space, exchanged 5000 destiny points and used Yang Youji's "Arrow God" skill.

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