Xiao Jue looked at Tangning with a surprised look on his face and asked, "I have been in the Yulin Guard before, and the Yulin Guard is definitely not that powerful. Why did we lose the first game on purpose?"
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Do you understand showing weakness to the enemy?"
"It's not necessary..." Xiao Jue shook his head and said: "Even the Yulin Guards are no match for them. They can completely crush them all the way. Now is the chance for the Knight Riding Guards to stand up."
Competition is just a way, making money is the purpose. Xiao Jue obviously didn't realize this. Tangning looked at him and said: "Anyway, this is a ploy, so don't worry about it. If you still have something to talk to Lu Ya about, go ahead...
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Xiao Jue thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go see you in the afternoon."
Originally, she and Xiao Jue made an appointment to discuss tactics in the afternoon, but Xiao Jue never came back, and Tang Ning didn't see him until the next morning.
"Too much!" He limped out of the camp and gritted his teeth: "This crazy woman, I just asked her if she knew any good sisters from the generals..."
"A woman's heart is like a needle in the sea." Tang Ning patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry about Lu Ya, the Cavalry Guard will be on stage soon..."
Xiaoqi Camp is the venue for this Sixteen Guards Competition. In the next nearly half a month, sixteen teams will compete here for victory.
The first thing to do is the group stage. The sixteen teams are divided into four groups according to the rankings of previous years. The four-to-two group round-robin competition requires six games, four games per day, and six days.
Zuo Xiaoqi Wei is the first match today. Their opponent is Zuo Yu Lin Wei, one of the favorite teams to win the 16th Guards Competition.
The Ministry of War has already announced that the first place team in this competition will each receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver, and the leader of the team will receive a reward of one thousand taels. For these people, most of whom are from the poor,
For people in the family, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, and the enthusiasm for participating in the competition team is far greater than in previous years.
The people from Zuo Yuwei haven't arrived yet, but there are already many people in the venue.
Ticket sales for the group stage are not open to the public, but it does not prevent people from the Sixteenth Guards from coming to watch, including some dignitaries in Beijing and the generals' disciples, who can also watch from the sidelines.
Zuo Yuwei is led by Lu Teng. Logically speaking, a captain is not enough to represent Zuo Yuwei in battle. However, the status of the Lu family is not low. The children of the family are all promoted in the army, and there is no shortage of appearances.
Chances are, once you have enough qualifications, you can easily move up to the next level.
Xiao Jue stood next to Tang Ning and finally couldn't help but ask, "Is it true that we can't win today?"
Tangning knew that he didn't want to lose to Lu Teng, so she looked at him and asked, "Do you want money or a moment of face?"
Xiao Jue thought about it and felt that money was more important, mainly because he no longer had much face in the capital.
He was silent for a while and couldn't help but said: "Do you think I owed them the Lu family in my previous life? How come they are always against me?"
Thinking of him being ravaged by Lu Ya all day long, and looking at his current state, even Tangning couldn't bear it. She shook her head and said, "Actually, it's not impossible to win today..."
Xiao Jue said happily: "Do you have any idea?"
Tang Ning approached him and whispered a few words, and Xiao Jue's eyes gleamed.
As a friend, Tang Ning sympathized with Xiao Jue's miserable experience and couldn't help but ask: "Have you ever thought about why Lu Ya always likes to beat you? As long as you mention other girls in front of her, she will beat you up."
More ruthless?"
Xiao Jue said full of resentment: "Because she is sick!"
Tang Ning said: "We might as well make a bold assumption."
Xiao Jue said: "What are you assuming?"
Tangning continued: "Suppose she beat you just to get your attention, and suppose she was jealous of those girls and was rude to you... Wouldn't it be easier to understand?"
Xiao Jue thought for a while and said, "Then she is still sick!"
Tangning followed the temptation and said, "If we assume that she likes you, wouldn't all this be explained?"
Xiao Jue was silent for a long time, looked at him, and said: "Your assumption is too bold..."
As a friend, Tang Ning felt that he had already exhausted his kindness and righteousness. Such a blatant hint..., no, such a blatant explicit statement that if he didn't understand, it would be understandable that the incense of the old Xiao family would be cut off from him.
He glanced at Xiao Jue one last time, waved his hand, and said: "There are still things to do at the Ministry of War, so I'll leave first..."
Xiao Jue stood there with a stunned expression, as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he shook his head violently and murmured: "Impossible, this must be impossible..."
The venue for the competition was at the Xiaoqi Camp, and the people responsible for the management and refereeing were the Ministry of War.
Tangning walked over and did her usual inspection, saying hello to everyone in the Ministry of War. Not long after, people from Zuo Yuwei arrived.
"Master Tang." Lu Teng came over half an hour before the competition started and took the initiative to say hello to him.
"Sir." Following Lu Teng was Chen Zhou. This time he came back and was promoted. He was in charge of dozens of people and was now Lu Teng's deputy.
Xiao Jue walked over, glanced at Lu Teng, and asked, "What are you doing here? Do you want to bribe the military referee?"
Xiao Jue was naturally hostile to the person named Lu. Lu Teng glanced at him, looked behind him and said, "Sister."
"You still want to scare me with Lu Ya?" Xiao Jue sneered and said, "Don't say she's not here, even if she is really here, I..."
Lu Ya came over from behind Xiao Jue and asked, "How are you?"
"I will find a good seat for you." Xiao Jue pointed to a stand at the front and said: "The seat there has the best view. I will let someone keep it for you. During the finals, that is only available to the prince.
Qualified seat..."
After a long period of torture, there is no doubt that Xiao Jue has evolved a perfect desire to survive. The location where he took Lu Ya was the best place besides the emperor's location.
The saying that a man is capable of bending and stretching is well interpreted by Xiao Jue.
"As a man, I don't have the same experience as her." Xiao Jue glanced ahead and said, "Now that she's here, let her see how I defeated Zuo Yuwei..."
"Haha, beat Zuo Yuwei, when did the Knight Cavalry Guard become so powerful?" Several figures came from behind. The person at the front looked at Xiao Jue and laughed: "How can you win? With your mouth Xiao Jue
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Xiao Jue frowned and asked, "Ling Feng, you have nothing to do here."
The young man smiled and said: "Haha, Lieutenant Xiao is so majestic. If the Cavalry Guard wants to defeat Zuo Yuwei, what else can they rely on except your mouth?"
Xiao Jue looked at him calmly and said, "Say one more thing."
The young man crossed his arms and said, "Let me tell you one more thing, what can you do to me?"
"You guys, come here." Xiao Jue waved, and immediately a group of guards trotted over, stood still and said: "Colonel Xiao!"
Xiao Jue looked at the young man and said, "Go ahead."
The young man named Ling Feng looked at the group of guards and then at Xiao Jue. Then he remembered that this was the Xiaoqi camp and Xiao Jue's territory. He slowly lowered his hands from his chest and whispered.
He said: "It's a joke, I'll tell it if you ask me to, but I won't tell it..."
He looked back and said, "Let's go..."
Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue and asked, "Have you had any issues with him?"
"No." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "He is Ling Yun's younger brother. The Ling family members have never dealt with us."
Tang Ning knew something about the generals in the capital. The Xiao family, the Liu family, the Huang family, and the Mu family all belonged to declining aristocrats. Xiao Jue, Liu Jun, and Mu Yu belonged to one circle, while the prosperous families like the Ling family and the Lu family belonged to another group.
First, the actual situation of circles is even more complicated, but friction and conflicts between circles have always existed, so that every time they meet, there will be no harmony.
In front, a man behind the young man who was tit-for-tat with Xiao Jue just now said: "Master Ling, there is no need to be angry with Xiao Jue..."
"What a joke, will I be angry with him?" Ling Feng sneered, with a sarcastic look on his face, and said: "What Xiao Xiaowei is just relying on His Majesty's favor. He is not even a man, he might as well be cut off.
Enter the palace... Ouch!"
As Ling Feng was talking, his foot suddenly tripped, his body leaned forward, and he fell hard to the ground.
"Who doesn't have eyes..." He got up from the ground in a panic, looked at the figure beside him, and was about to curse, but stopped abruptly.
Lu Ya stood up from her seat, her face as cold as frost, she squeezed the joints of her hands until they creaked, and said in a cold voice: "You stepped on my foot and you dare to scold me..."
A trace of fear appeared on Ling Feng's face, and he defended: I didn't step on it, I was far away from you!
Lu Ya approached step by step, her voice became even colder, "You still dare to quibble..."
