The family mottos and rules of big families are different. The Xun family encourages its children to make friends with children from other aristocratic families, and they can form alliances with others privately, but the family never expresses its intention to form an alliance with anyone.? ?
In this way, there will be hostility among the many small alliances among the Xun family's children. The family has always maintained the principle of neutrality, and all children rely on their personal strength to resolve conflicts between them.
Although Xun Le and Xun Yue are not direct descendants, the collateral elites of one of the ten great dukes have a lot of resources at hand.
"I heard that Jiang Cao lives here, and I couldn't win against you some time ago." Xun Yue did her homework before coming.
"Haha, you are quite well informed. All the contestants are like you. How can there be any secrets in the national competition?" Ding Kui did not deny it and even teased Xun Yue.
When this information fell into Xun Yue's hands, he analyzed it in all aspects.
Jiang Cao's status in the family is similar to mine. He actually lives in Ding Kui's house. He can't beat Ding Kui even though he is ranked second in the state competition. Moreover, most of the people who come to challenge Ding Kui recently are Jiang Cao's.
Ding Kui's status is obviously higher than that of Jiang Cao, so we won't suffer any loss if we lower ourselves and make friends with Ding Kui.
The Protector Marquis has no official position, and is not even as good as a city lord. In the eyes of the children of the aristocratic family, Ding Kui's status belongs to the viscount, and the children of the earl are first-rate. The Xun brothers making friends with Ding Kui cannot be said to be condescending, but they can be regarded as being superior.
I look up to Ding Kui.
"Then wouldn't it be possible for you to break into the top ten? Brother Ding is really talented. If he reaches our age, it will be easy to take first place in the national competition."
Positioning was made.
In addition to personal strength, there is also the power behind him, including his potential for future development, which are the fundamentals of overall strength.
It cannot be said that the Xun brothers are snobbish people. This is the education of their family. The ability to make friends is related to their vision. The vision of the Xun family children is more important than personal strength, and the family's resources will tend to favor the children with unique vision.
"Brother Le is overly praised. There are mountains outside the mountains, people outside the country, and there are many masters in the country. I am satisfied that I can go to the national competition. The Ding family does not have any requirements for me, unlike the two of you who carry the expectations of the family.
"Ding Kui's brain was also spinning rapidly, trying to figure out the twin brothers' intentions.
"Look, Brother Ding is so humble. To put it bluntly, we like people like you, so we came to the door with a thick face and wanted to hang out with you more. Although we didn't have any friendship before, I hope we will be good friends and good buddies in the future.
." Xun Le takes on the role of a more straightforward speaker.
"It's rare for you two to think highly of me. As the saying goes, many friends lead to many paths, and I'm happy to be your friend." Ding Kui welcomed the person who came to make friends.
In Ding Kui's impression, those who took the initiative to befriend him were basically the children of minor nobles. Distant relatives such as Jiang Cao and Jiang Yu could not be counted. Ji Chan had a relationship of exchange of interests, and Shaodianmi came on the order of the king.
The Xun brothers were considered to be the highest-level friends of Ding Kui, and they were not people with bad conduct or bad words or deeds. With such friends, Ding Kui felt that Han Xin had some advice - the more the merrier.
"Brother Ding, you will know in the future that our Xun family doesn't just talk about our friends, and we don't make friends with just anyone.
I heard that there are some changes in the draw for the group stage of this national competition. The draw will be based on the state competition ranking. After the first place is drawn, it will be the second place's turn, and so on.
In this way, players with the same ranking from different states will not encounter each other, but players in the same group may face players from the same state." Xun Yue revealed a change in the competition system.
"Oh, then since I am the tenth-ranked state in Central Wangzhou, it is impossible to be in the same group as the tenth-ranked state in other states. On the contrary, I may be assigned to the same group as you.
This grouping is a bit disadvantageous for Wangzhou and Zhongwangzhou. Just like the two brothers draw lots according to the previous method, there is still hope for reaching the top three in the group stage." Ding Kui found that the new lottery rules are not good for the traditional strong states.
unfavorable.
"It is said that it is related to the previous wars with Cao State and Qi State. The two local legions in Zhongwangzhou have earned a lot of military exploits, while other states have gained nothing. The royal family decided to balance this knight competition and reduce the future of Zhongwangzhou in disguise.
Resources allocated in four years." Xun Yue made a gesture of sharing information.
"Then Wangzhou was also reduced?" Ding Kui didn't understand.
"Half of King Zhuzhou is the royal territory. The resources reduced by the Knights Guild can be replenished by the clan government. The kingdom belongs to the Shaodian family. How can they still suffer?" Xun Le has been educated in this field since he was a child and analyzes the political situation through policy changes.
"Has the format of the finals been changed?" Ding Kui was more concerned about the finals and not too interested in the group stages.
"It's still under discussion and changes should be made." That's all there is to know about Xun Yue.
"According to my guess, the Cavaliers Association should have made a decision long ago, but it will not be announced before the end of the group stage. Since the decision is to target China, then it is completely possible to play tricks on the competition system.
The current group drawing method may put us into a group. In order to lead the opponents with similar strength in points, it is inevitable to form a group in the same state to play games.
In the finals, small points suddenly need to be calculated in the finals, and the players in the group stage are blinded. Such a competition system will not affect the strongest players, but it will have a great impact on the rankings in the middle section." Ding Kui shared.
I also took out some valuable information about other people's information.
Ding Kui has witnessed many intrigues and tricks and tricks in the audience at international competitions, and he has been fully vaccinated with different types of vaccinations.
"Hey, that makes sense. We must guard against this move." As expected of a member of the Xun family who was good at strategy, Xun Yue agreed with Ding Kui's conspiracy theory.
The Xun brothers and Ding Kui shared intelligence and exchanged views on issues of mutual concern, laying a foundation of trust for their future friendship.
Interactions between young people like them have often appeared in Zhenjing City recently. There is certainly promotion from the family, but also friendships made by like-minded people.
This is in line with the incidental purpose of holding a knight's competition, which is to promote communication and unite some people. As long as you don't unite into one big group, the more small groups you establish, the more beneficial it is to the royal family's rule.
The Cavaliers Federation changed the competition system in line with the principle of royal division. On the surface, it was aimed at Zhongwangzhou, but in fact it divided the ten dukes into two camps.
The interests of the Yang family, Jiang family, Gongsun family, Long family and Xun family in Zhongwangzhou were harmed, and the other five families in other states got a share of the pie. The ten families will definitely not be able to unite in this knight competition.
Only big aristocratic families would care about this kind of thing, small families don't have to worry about it at all. Anyway, it won't make much difference if it's in their hands.
Ding Kui was caught between a big family and a small noble, so he didn't care. Even if he could win the national championship in the Knights Competition, the Ding family's annual salary would not be a single copper penny more.
He doesn't train completely by himself behind closed doors. He does many events with his friends in the Protector's Mansion, including endurance running, pile jumping, swordsmanship, spearmanship, riding, etc. Everyone can practice together.
That day, Ding Kui was demonstrating to Jiang Cao the footwork of Feng Liang's improved plum blossom pile. When Jiang Cao tried the barrel plum blossom pile for the first time, he crushed half of the barrel under his feet, and he became obsessed with it.
A new type of footwork training.
Ding Kui quickly ran back and forth on the barrel, frequently making extreme changes in direction, which made Jiang Caoqing couldn't help but admire him, and the little vanity in his heart was highly satisfied.
With a "pop" sound, the next barrel that Ding Kui landed on was hit by a stone. When he stepped on it, the barrel tilted to one side, causing his center of gravity to become unstable. His upper body was swaying, and he was about to fall off the barrel.
bucket.
I saw Ding Kui suddenly lift his breath, bend his knees, remove half of the inertia, twist his waist and turn around in the air, quickly step on the wooden barrel next to him with his other foot, lift his body upward, and finally the golden rooster is independent
Standing on the barrel.
"Okay, hahaha, Ding Datou is so handsome now!" At this time, a slim figure emerged from behind Ding Cai.
Ding Kui took a closer look and knew that this figure was responsible, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed and said: "Oh my, you finally came to see me. I thought you, little apple, had forgotten me."
After saying that, he rushed up to her and gave her a big hug, regardless of the figure's resistance.
"Hey, she is a big girl, how can you hug her casually?" Lu Ying said this, but she acted coquettishly in Ding Kui's arms.
"Tch, you've grown a lot taller, but how do you look like a big girl anymore?" Ding Kui kept rubbing Lu Ying's head.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop rubbing. There are a lot of people watching. It took a lot of effort for me to dress up beautifully." Lu Ying then remembered that he had combed his hair for a long time.
"No one here knows you. Even if you don't dress up, everyone knows that you are our beautiful little apple. Oh, no, there are really two of you." Ding Kui thought of Jiang Cao and Jiang Yu beside him, "She is my master's daughter.
, called Lu Ying, and he grew up with me."
"Hello, my name is Jiang Yu. You are my cousin's younger sister. How should I call you?" Jiang Yu looked confused.
"One code equals another code. You can call her Xiaoying or Little Apple." Ding Kui couldn't figure it out, so he just ignored his cousin's identity.
"Hello, Miss Xiaoying, I'm Jiang Cao." Jiang Cao felt relieved and avoided the embarrassment of another elder.
Jiang Cao would not call Ding Kui's other senior brothers and classmates strictly by seniority, but this new girl has been Ding Kui's playmate since childhood, and their relationship must be like that of biological brothers and sisters. If Ding Kui does not express his position, Jiang Cao
Fuck, I really don’t know what to call it.
"Wow, I have a beautiful sister and a handsome brother. Hello, I am Lu Ying." Lu Ying is becoming more and more like a noble daughter.
"Junior sister, you can't ignore us when you see outsiders. We have been waiting here for a long time." Zheng Yun was jealous.
"Hehe, hello, Senior Sister Yun. Ding Datou is dragging me. I can't move, but it's not that I don't want to say hello to you." Lu Ying immediately showed a pure giggle.