Chapter 1,198 Betting Matters

The next day, before the sun came up, the officials were already waiting at Xuanwu Gate. They would not go to the court one after another until the bell rang for the court.

Li Feng was also among the crowd and followed the large troops to the court.

His appearance made everyone very confused, because Li Feng almost never took the initiative to go to court. He was notified in advance every time, or was notified separately during the morning court.

It's the first time that something like this happened today.

Li Feng told everyone that he had designed a competition venue between Fusang and Tubo, and they would be able to compete tomorrow.

After hearing the news, everyone became excited. They had been waiting for a long time and finally it was here.

In the court hall, Li Er also saw Li Feng and asked in surprise: "Li Feng, why did you come to court?"

This question caused many people in the court to snicker, because many people had asked this question.

Li Feng had no choice but to speak again: "Reporting to my father-in-law, I am here to tell you that the venue for the competition has been built. The two envoys from Fusang and Tubo visited it yesterday, and they will be able to compete tomorrow."

Li Er said: "It's finally built, so go make arrangements and watch them compete tomorrow."

"Yes." Li Feng responded.

Shangguan Yi came out at this time and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it would be better to cancel the competition between the two countries."

Li Er frowned slightly and said: "Shangguanyi, even your mentor has no objection, why should you?"

Shangguan Yi said: "Because my mentor has been building a competition venue and has no time to care about anything else, but I have been observing the lives of the people.

Wei Chen found that the people in Chang'an were discussing this matter and even divided into two groups. One group supported Tubo and the other supported Fusang. They disagreed with each other.

It was originally rumored that Tibet would win, but a few days ago it suddenly came out that Fuso could win, and it would definitely win.

This caused the Tibetan faction to be dissatisfied, so the two factions fought. Although no people were killed, many people were injured.

This has seriously affected the lives of the people in Chang'an, and I suggest that the competition be canceled directly."

"No." Changsun Wuji said, "The imperial court has already agreed to the two countries, not to mention that other countries have also known about it, not to mention that the people are now eagerly looking forward to it.

If it is canceled now, how will various countries view the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court, and His Majesty?

Will the people of the Tang Dynasty still obey the orders of the imperial court?"

Li Er nodded and said: "The auxiliary machine is right, Shangguan Yi, even if the people want to make a fuss, they will be in the minority. Jing Zhaoyin can be put in charge of management to prevent this from happening again."

Changsun Wuji immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Wang Yang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Li Er frowned slightly and said, "It's accurate."

Wang Yang said: "Your Majesty, there are now two betting markets in Chang'an, and the bets are on who will win between Tubo and Fusang."

"Then what?" Li Er asked.

Wang Yang said: "Your Majesty, this bet is about Tubo and Fusang, and the face of the two countries. It would be bad if word spread about who loses and who wins.

In particular, the Tang Dynasty has always been known as a country of etiquette. If people from other countries find out about this, what will they say about our Tang Dynasty? Can the Tang Dynasty still maintain its reputation as a country of etiquette?"

Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Well said. Your Majesty, gambling itself is a cancer that harms the people and the country. The prince-in-law put him together and only opened one less casino for a group of gamblers to gamble, and made many rules. Because of gambling

There are far fewer cases of family breakdown and death.

Now that a new gambling game is opened, and there are two gambling games at once, no matter who the opponent is, this is a provocation to the imperial court. I suggest that the two gambling games be immediately confiscated and punished."

Li Feng said: "I'm sorry, one of them belongs to me."

Wei Zheng suddenly felt very embarrassed and asked angrily: "Consort, why do you want to start a gambling game?"

Li Feng said: "Because one family opened it first, but I have never been able to find out who is behind it, and there is no way to stop it. Moreover, the court has not explicitly banned gambling, so I can't stop them.

So in order to prevent them from making money, I had no choice but to open a betting market myself and steal their business. Not to mention, as soon as my betting market was opened, the other betting market lost business."

Speaking of this, Li Feng looked very proud.

Li Er said solemnly: "Can't you investigate and find out?"

Li Feng said: "My people disappeared after learning that they all entered a big house. I suspected that there was a secret passage in that big house, but I have no right to break into the house. More importantly, once I started, other people would

If people follow my lead, the court's laws and regulations will be in chaos.

If the laws and regulations are disrupted, then the world will be in chaos. Father-in-law, if you really want to investigate, let Dali Temple investigate."

Li Er said in a deep voice: "Is the Minister of Dali Temple here?"

"I'm here." Wei Chiling, the minister of Dali Temple, stepped forward and responded.

"I order you to investigate clearly who is behind the other gambling market, and whether his purpose is to make money or to harm my Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yuchi Ling responded with cupped hands.

Li Feng replied: "Father-in-law, it's better not to investigate this person. There will be no gambling after tomorrow, so there is no need to waste any more time."

Li Er said solemnly: "No, even if the competition ends tomorrow and no one will think of the competition between the two countries again, but he has appeared before and has harmed the Tang Dynasty.

You don’t have to talk about this anymore.”

Yuchi Ling said: "Prince-in-law, do ordinary people need to enter the secret passage to open a gambling market? It is so mysterious and must be something ulterior."

"You're right." Li Feng nodded and immediately stopped trying to stop the matter.

Suddenly he smiled and said: "Father-in-law, gentlemen, what do you think of Fusang and Tubo? Who among them will be the final winner?"

Changsun Wuji said: "Needless to say, of course Tubo won. We have fought with Tubo several times, but we can't take much advantage."

Others nodded.

Li Jing said: "There is a reason for this. In Tubo, we are affected by the terrain and our combat power is somewhat lacking."

Li Feng nodded, he also knew that it was altitude sickness, and the battle between the two sides should not have gone too far into the interior of Tubo, otherwise they would have lost not just a little combat power, but a lot of combat power.

Li Feng said: "Actually, I value Fusang more, and the prince's views are similar to mine. They both think Fusang will win."

Immediately, he explained both his analysis and Li Chengqian's analysis.

When Li Er and all the officials heard this, they all thought it made sense.

Changsun Wuji said: "I really didn't expect that the prince would have such insight, which makes Wei Chen, my uncle, very happy."
Chapter completed!