An ominous smell of blood hung over the station, and more and more people heard rumors through various channels that the dragon king was going to kill all competitors, and at the same time, the news of unknown people preparing to get rid of the dragon king was also rampant.

People who don't know the inside story are scared awake at night by these contradictory but bloody rumors, and the wealthy businessmen who came to propose marriage can't bear the pressure at first, and announce their withdrawal one after another before the selection of a son-in-law has officially begun.

They just came to see the excitement, but they didn't want to die fighting for the princess for no reason.

The other suitors persisted, especially the sons of the five tribal chiefs, who knew little about the dragon king and didn't care about the possible killing.

Gu Shenwei found that he had become a crow that could bring bad luck, and he received special attention wherever he went, and there were even residents in the capital of Shiguo who ran to the door of the post station, just to look at the dragon king from a distance, if he held the handle of the knife casually, he would always cause a burst of exclamation.

However, within two days, everyone heard the news that the Dragon King and the two sons of Jinpeng Castle had become good friends, and many people witnessed the two groups of people who had not shared the same heaven feasting each other, and they had no intention of making a big move.

This confuses everyone.

Lin Tao, the envoy of the Central Plains, summoned the Dragon King for this purpose and asked the reason.

"I need to know the details of Castle Wings. Gu Shenwei explained, "I don't want to commit massacres in Shiguo, and I won't really reconcile with them. ”

Lin Tao showed full trust in the Dragon King, at least on the surface, and soon, he introduced the Dragon King to the Prince of Loulan.

Prince Loulan is a ten-year-old young man, handsome, elegant in conversation, and shows just the right amount of respect for the dragon king.

The two didn't talk about the princess, just chatted, and since then they have become acquainted, and afterwards, Gu Shenwei felt that the person chosen by the Central Plains was still ideal, if he was the king of Shiguo, without any external pressure, he would definitely choose this prince as a concubine.

The son-in-law selection has finally officially begun.

The first is family history, where each suitor must hand in a copy of the family tree to prove that he or she has a long and noble lineage.

Gu Shenwei has always claimed that his surname is Yang, although the Yang family also has a certain status in the Central Plains martial arts, but by the standards of the Western Regions, it is really not commendable, but fortunately, Fang Wen has been prepared for this and compiled a pedigree for the Dragon King.

He did not start with the Yang family, but listed the history of the Great Snow Mountain, from the beginning of the legendary era, has been passed down to the hands of the Dragon King, he proved with gorgeous words that the mountain people of the Great Snow Mountain are the descendants of the former emperors of the Central Plains, and they traveled thousands of miles to move to the Great Snow Mountain for refuge, "the head of the dragons, the king of the five peaks" is the title of God.

It is this genealogy that makes Prime Minister Yang Dou have a headache, he doesn't dare to claim that the content in it is all made up, that is tantamount to challenging the Dragon King, but he can't admit its authenticity, if so, the Dragon King will be more noble than the King of Shiguo himself.

In the end, Yang Dou came up with the idea of only judging the first, and not judging the genealogy of other people in no order.

The prince of Kang won the most honorable title of the family as he wished, and the reason given by Yang Dou was that Kang Guo and the Shi royal family had intermarriage, so they naturally had to add a little more points in the family world.

is also one of the five countries of Xiaoyaohai, and Shi Guo must give Prince Kang a little face.

The next step is to write a piece of paper, praising the princess's beauty.

The sons of several chiefs were puzzled by this, and found the prime minister and shouted, "I want to see the princess, but I haven't even seen anyone, how can I write it?" "As long as I see the princess, it will not be a problem to write a few hundred words." ”

Yang Dou spent a lot of energy explaining to them what literary style is, "You can imagine the princess's appearance, it's really not good, it's okay to make it up, this article is not about who describes the likeness, but whose words are beautiful." ”

"The words are beautiful, the words are almost the same, will the original characters look better than ours?"

Because of this group of people at the bottom, Gu Shenwei's article did not become a joke.

Prince Loulan successfully won the first place, except for the sons of the five chiefs, everyone was convinced by this result.

The third was martial arts, most of them chose to abstain, and only the sons of three chieftains were to openly challenge the dragon king.

On the day of the competition, more than half of the residents of the city came to watch the battle, and the son of the chief, who came up to challenge the first place, held a large knife weighing dozens of pounds, and just raised it above his head, he was cut off four fingers, and the ghost cried wolf and was defeated, and the other two challengers immediately withdrew from the competition.

This duel, which was supposed to last for centuries in the country of Shi, ended in less than a quarter of an hour.

The fourth is wealth.

Prime Minister Yang Dou prepared a number of huge wooden buckets at the gate of the palace, and the suitors poured gold into them, and whoever had more was the winner.

The dragon king was unfortunately the last in line, and the gold he brought with him was not enough to cover the bottom layer, even more shabby than the sons of several chiefs.

Doufu replaced the competition as the most concerned project.

After the dragon king was defeated, the sons of the chiefs also admitted defeat, and the richest of them only filled half a wooden bucket.

The fiercest competition took place between Shangguan Fei, Prince Kang and Prince Loulan.

Truckloads of gold were truckloaded, and by the evening of the second day of the race, Shangguan Fei had finally defeated two strong opponents and earned himself an important point with an indisputable advantage.

All the gold was sealed and made as a concubine, and the gold was taken as a dowry, and if the competition failed, the gold was returned as it was.

This is an arrangement that everyone is very satisfied with, because everyone knows that sooner or later the concubine will become the king of Shiguo, and the so-called dowry will still fall into their own hands in the end.

In this way, a total of four competitors stood out, namely Prince Kang, who has a noble family background, Prince Loulan, who has the best literary talents, Dragon King, who has the strongest martial arts, and Shangguan Fei, who has the most wealth.

There is still the last item left - character, which is also the most difficult item to evaluate, Yang Dou came up with a brilliant idea, eleven suitors, plus the king of Shiguo himself, a total of twelve people voted for each other, and whoever has the most votes will be the winner of character.

His reasoning is simple: those who can get the affirmative votes of their competitors must have the best character

If the winner of this category is one of the top four winners, then the colt is him, and if the winner is sidelined, Yang will add more items until one of the contenders wins two firsts.

The brilliant thing about this idea is that in order to become a colt, the four most promising winners will have to use all means to buy off the other seven losers, so that almost everyone is profitable, and Shi Guo does not have to spend a silver or two.

Yang Dou gave everyone three days to think about it, and the open competition immediately turned into a secret competition, and the envoys of the two countries in Beiting and the Central Plains no longer concealed their purposes, and went out in person, met with the suitors, coerced and enticed, and canvassed for the people they supported.

Gu Shenwei was in the position of an observer, and he had the apparent trust of both sides, so after the end of the first day, he knew the votes of all parties.

It is very strange that Shangguan Fei and Prince Loulan both claimed that they had won eight votes, which was evenly matched, but together, they had exceeded the total number of twelve votes.

Gu Shenwei knew that if this number was correct, there would be three people like him, who had made a voting commitment to Beiting and Zhongyuan at the same time.

These two sets of contradictory figures were soon known to both sides, and a new round of convergence began, and it became more and more explicit.

The envoy of the Central Plains summoned the Dragon King again, and made an exception and did not go around in circles at length, but went straight to the point, "How important the Central Plains' support for the Great Snow Mountain is, the Dragon King must know. ”

Gu Shenwei nodded.

"Then I can fully trust the Dragon King, right? The Dragon King has been very close to Shangguan Fei in the past few days, so he won't change his mind and vote for him, right?"

"Daxue Mountain knows its own weight, and it will never go against the Central Plains, besides, Jinpeng Fort will always be the enemy of Daxue Mountain, and it is impossible for me to help Shangguan Fei. "Gu Shenwei naturally lied, because the envoy of the Central Plains was also lying.

The Lotus Girl has secretly carefully observed the dozens of personal soldiers brought by Lin Tao, and identified ten top masters from them, which is completely consistent with the list provided by Zhong Heng, these people deliberately pretend to be ordinary guards, rarely go out, and do not fight with others, but in their gestures, they still show clues, showing that they are extraordinary, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see it, but they can't hide it from the eyes of the Lotus Girl.

These ten masters were the assassins sent by Wei Song to assassinate the Dragon King and Zhong Heng, and Gu Shen pretended to know nothing and hid the truth from Lin Tao.

"Somebody is playing a two-faced trick. Lin Tao squinted his eyes, his face was gloomy, not as calm as usual, "If I knew, I would never spare him." ”

"Now is an extraordinary time, adults should not be too radical, it is better to find these people and persuade them well. ”

Lin Tao nodded in agreement, but he was very cautious and still refused to reveal the specific list.

In contrast, Shangguan Fei had much less trust in the Dragon King, he originally thought that the position of this colt would be captured, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big obstacle, "To be honest, Dragon King, you promised to vote on both sides, right?"

"Nope. Gu Shenwei still lied, "The Central Plains abandoned me, why did I give him my vote? Moreover, if Prince Loulan becomes a concubine, he will definitely accept the throne, and the puppet of Gan Zhongyuan is not good for Daxue Mountain." ”

"Do you really have a way to make the King of Shiguo refuse to abdicate?" Shangguan Fei asked worriedly, he was also confused by the Dragon King's statement.

"Well, but I need your cooperation, you are a colt, and I will let Shiguo continue to maintain its independence, this is our deal. ”

"Yes, yes. Alas, but the horse is not easy to be, the king clearly said that everything has been arranged, how can this still be the case?"

The first swingman to be exposed was Prince Kang, who had been very serious about canvassing for himself, and was very angry when he found that he had no one to support, so he asked for credit at both ends, wanting to get enough money in return, even if it was exposed, he did not blush, and publicly claimed that whoever contributed more money, he would vote.

Throughout the second day, the open and secret battles revolved around Prince Kang, and after the coercion, the amount of money was gradually increased, and the servants who passed the message were like busy ants, running back and forth between several locations.

At the third watch, Beiting and Jinpeng Fort won the final victory, promising an unknown amount of money to win the vote of Prince Kang, leading Prince Loulan 8-7.

Gu Shenwei felt that Prince Kang's move was extremely unwise and he was causing trouble for his country, but he made such a disturbance and attracted everyone's attention, but it provided the Dragon King with precious time to arrange his troops and prepare for the final decisive battle.

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