After a round of rewards, everyone in Yanfu Palace will receive rewards.
Everyone sat down and ate the food and wine contentedly.
After drinking until they were tipsy, some people sang to their heart's content, some splashed ink wantonly, some were singing and dancing while holding wine bottles, and some were shirtless and competing with others in the temple, which is commonly known as sumo wrestling.
Sumo wrestling is not unique to Japan.
The records of sumo wrestling in our country can be traced back to the Warring States Period, spanning more than two thousand years.
The Liao people have been Sinicized for many years and have not learned the elegance of the Song people. Instead, they have a soft spot for sumo wrestling.
After getting drunk, they like to throw each other and play.
The people standing in the corner of the hall were two Liao people.
They were throwing each other, making loud banging noises, and shouting from time to time.
It attracted onlookers to cheer frequently.
Although they were all scolding them for being barbaric in their hearts, the smiles on their faces were extremely bright.
The two Liao men wrestled for a long time, and one of them, a strong man with a red beard, won.
He waved his hands and beat his chest, howling and yelling, showing off his bravery.
Except for Koji, no one thinks he looks like a gorilla.
On the contrary, everyone thought he was very brave and strong.
Zhao Zhen admired his bravery and threw him a gold ingot on the spot.
The Liao man picked up the gold ingot, put it in his arms, and said angrily: "Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, for the reward. May I ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, is there anyone among the people of the Song Dynasty who can fight with me?"
Provocative?
Kou Ji frowned slightly.
The officials were not surprised by this.
Every year, the Liao people would come to such a competition to show their bravery to the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zhen looked around, looking for someone to fight with the Liao people.
Liu E calmly ordered Guo Huai next to her, "Go and summon the others to come over."
Uchidōko is a sumo wrestler specially trained by the imperial court, also known as the left and right sergeant of the Imperial Guard.
Guo Huai left the palace and summoned a group of fat men.
People who don't know the truth may think that Nei Dengzi are all big men with bulging muscles, but this is not the case.
Neighbors are all big fat people.
Even the fierce generals who charge into battle on the battlefield are also big fat men.
Many people in ancient times were poor, and those who could raise their children to be fat were those from wealthy families.
Poor literature is rich in martial arts. Poor literature is easy to understand, but rich martial arts are always misunderstood by others.
Fu Wu not only means that martial arts practitioners spend a lot of money on the medicinal materials they use to strengthen their muscles and bones, but also the food they eat.
Similarly, many ancient people were poor, and those who could raise their children to be fat would mostly let them practice martial arts or work hard to avoid wasting so much food.
It is precisely because of this that in ancient times, obesity was a symbol of strength.
The fatter the person, the stronger they are.
A group of fat men entered the palace. After saluting Zhao Zhen and others, they all looked at the Liao people standing in the palace.
From the moment they entered the palace, they knew that the Liao man was their opponent.
There was no scrambling to compete with the Liao people.
Only one Nei Dengzi walked out of the queue, hugged everyone, and walked towards the Liao man.
When the Liao people saw Nei Dengzi, they looked contemptuous.
After bowing to each other, the Liao people pounced on Nei Dangzi.
The two fought for seven or eight rounds and were evenly matched.
The fight continued for a few more rounds.
Nei Dengzi's tight grip on Liao Ren's wrist suddenly loosened, and Liao Ren yelled angrily, threw up his elbow, and hit Nei Dengzi's temple.
Nei Dengzi groaned, fell to the ground, tilted his head, and died.
Then, a stream of black blood flowed from the corners of his eyes and ears.
Kou Ji stood up suddenly.
Kou Zhun heard the movement behind him and said calmly: "Sit down!"
Kou Ji asked hurriedly: "What's going on? It's just sumo wrestling, how can someone die?"
Kou Zhun sighed and said: "Maybe he lost his strength..."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Even if the Liao people are out of power and take advantage of the opportunity to win, why do they want to kill people?"
Kou Zhun turned around and glanced at Kou Ji, and said calmly: "Maybe I can't hold my hand anymore... Sit down..."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and sat on his seat.
The eunuch who was beaten to death was quickly dragged out of the palace.
The Liao people beat their chests and shouted: "Song people are vulnerable!"
Immediately, a nobleman came out and started fighting with the Liao people.
After a few more rounds, he was shot to the ground.
The third one...
The fourth one...
Four corpses were dragged out of the temple.
Kou Ji asked Kou Zhun with eyes blazing, "Grandpa, I can see clearly that this is not because you can't hold back, but because you sent people up to be killed by the Liao people. That third neijizi was obviously defeated."
The Liao people's power, however, let go of their hands at the critical moment and allowed the Liao people to beat him to death."
"Why?"
Kou Zhun gritted his teeth, closed his eyes in pain, and whispered: "This was decided by the late emperor when he was in power. The purpose is to please the Liao people so that they will not cause trouble to us.
I tried to persuade you, but I didn’t persuade you.
The late emperor said that it only costs a few lives.
If their death can bring peace between us and the Liao people, their lives will not be in vain.
I thought that after the death of the late emperor, the palace would disperse these people, but I didn’t expect that they would still be left in the palace.”
Kou Ji was furious. As soon as he stood up, Kou Zhun turned around and held down his arm.
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said anxiously: "I know you are angry in your heart, but you have to suppress it. If you encounter this kind of thing in the past, even if you go out and cause earth-shaking, I won't care.
But not now."
Kou Ji asked with red eyes, "Why not?"
Kou Zhun grabbed Kou Ji's arm tightly and said in a very low voice: "You know, the Liao people have already sent troops. They can conquer Xixia in the west, and they can also go south to conquer our Song Dynasty.
We want to take advantage of the war between the Liao and Xixia to take advantage of the situation.
Rather than wanting the Liao people to fight me against the Song Dynasty, let Xixia take the opportunity to cut our flesh on the Song Dynasty."
Kou Zhun threw away Kou Ji's arm, pushed Kou Ji down on the seat, and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for this, I would have slammed the table and got up. Is it still your turn?"
"What are you two, grandfather and grandson, whispering to each other? Your face is so red that your neck is thick."
Xiang Minzhong came over at some point and asked with a low smile.
Kou Ji was feeling angry. Hearing Xiang Minzhong's words, he looked at Xiang Minzhong.
When Kou Ji saw Xiang Minzhong leaning on the palace lady who was serving him in his arms, with his hands inserted into her clothes, he stared and growled, "You're not ashamed!"
When Xiang Minzhong heard this, instead of being angry, he looked at Kou Ji with a strange expression and said loudly: "Boy, don't you know that these maids who serve us in the palace are all rewards from the palace?
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As long as you take a fancy to them and take the opportunity to touch them, the palace will send them to your house tomorrow."
Xiang Minzhong's voice was so loud that the officials sitting around them heard it. They all turned their heads to look at Kou Ji, shrugging their shoulders, covering their mouths, and snickering.
Cao Wei glanced at Kou Ji and laughed softly: "I'm probably still a young child and don't know the joys of women."
When everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing.
Xiang Minzhong even shouted: "Boy, you don't have a problem, do you? If you have a problem, tell me early, so that I can take the opportunity to give up the idea of marrying my granddaughter to you."
When everyone heard this, they laughed even louder.
When Kou Ji heard this, he said coldly: "In front of you, there are people from the Song Dynasty who were beaten to death by the Liao people. It was the people from the Song Dynasty who were sent there to be beaten to death. Faced with this scene, the princes still
It’s really fun to have fun with someone else.”
As soon as these words came out.
The smiles on everyone's faces froze.
Only Wang Qinruo held Gong'e in his arms and said quietly: "So what? They died tragically at the hands of the Liao people. It's because their skills are inferior to others."
Wang Qinruo glanced at Kou Ji and smiled calmly and said: "If you feel unfair, you can go up and challenge the Liao people. If you can kill the Liao people, I respect you as a man. When you go to court in the future, you Kou
When Ji spoke, I would never speak.
If you are defeated by the Liao people, I will place a longevity tablet for you at home for generations of descendants of my Wang family to worship during the holidays."
When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't speak yet.
Kou Zhun was angry first. He stared at Wang Qinruo with a pair of eyes, gritted his teeth and growled: "Wang Qinruo, do you want to die?"
Who is Kou Ji?
young people.
Young people are inevitably reckless and will get angry if someone provokes them a few words.
Wang Qinruo encouraged Kou Ji to go up and fight with the Liao man. In Kou Zhun's view, Wang Qinruo was encouraging Kou Ji to die.
In the past, Kou Zhun might have considered the status of his colleagues and just glared at Wang Qinruo and called it a day.
But today, when the medicine-haired puppet exploded, Kou Ji ignored his own comfort and stayed in front of him, which really broke Kou Zhun's heart.
In Kou Zhun's eyes, Kou Ji is now his second life.
If anyone wanted to kill Kou Ji, he would kill the other person first.
Seeing that Kou Zhun was really angry, Wang Qinruo narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Kou Ji for a moment, slowly lay on his side on the seat, and said in a neutral tone: "I just said it casually, Grand Master
Why get angry?"
Seeing Wang Qinruo relenting, Kou Zhun glared at him and looked at Kou Ji.
But he didn't expect that Kou Ji had already stood up and walked out.
Kou Zhun became anxious and suddenly stood up from Kou's bus and shouted: "Kou Ji!"
Kou Zhun shouted loudly, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the palace.
Everyone's eyes fell on Kou Zhun's grandparents.
Kou Ji had already walked around Kou Zhun's desk. When he heard Kou Zhun's call, he turned around slowly and said to Kou Zhun firmly: "Grandpa, your grandson has his own concerns. He will never take risks before you are 100 years old."
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Kou Zhun's eyes were a little red and he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He knew that Kou Ji was a man who made decisions and acted accordingly. Since he dared to go out, he must have his own ideas.
But now he was only concerned about Kou Ji's comfort, so he couldn't afford to think so much.
When the Liao people saw Kou Ji standing in front of the palace, they were slightly startled, then grinned and said, "My child, do you also want to compete with me?"
Yelu Angkor was originally drowsy, but when he saw Kou Ji appearing in the temple, his eyes lit up.
He went on several missions to the Song Dynasty and had long seen through Zhao Heng's tricks.
It's just that Zhao Heng was willing to give people away for the Liao people to kill for fun, so he didn't expose the trick and acted with Zhao Heng.
Today he specially sent people out to sumo wrestling, just to test and see if Zhao Zhen was as virtuous as his father. He sent people to kill for fun to please them.
In the end, Zhao Zhen did not disappoint them and actually sent people to kill for fun.
Although Liu E had the idea, Yelu Angkor would never blame Liu E for this matter from beginning to end. He would only blame Zhao Zhen.
The affairs between countries are all conversations between emperors and emperors.
It never involves women.
The only top-level exchange between men and women between the Song and Liao Dynasties was when Zhao Guangyi wrote a letter to seduce the Queen Mother Xiao.
And he paid a heavy price for it.
Seeing that Song Guo was still playing the same tricks, Yelu Angkor lost his desire to watch any more. Just when he was about to take a nap, Kou Ji jumped out and he became energetic immediately.
Kou Ji had some issues with him.
Originally, he wanted to brag about Kou Ji to his father after returning to the Liao Kingdom, and ask his father to find ways to trick Kou Ji into coming to the Liao Kingdom, so that he could torture him for fun.
Now Kou Ji took the initiative to jump out and seek death, which saved him a lot of time.
However, it was not only him who paid attention to Kou Ji, but also Liu E, Zhao Zhen and his mother.
After Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji standing in the palace, he felt a little panicked.
Four inferior men who were highly skilled in his eyes died tragically at the hands of the Liao people. He felt that Kou Ji, who had low martial arts skills, was definitely no match for the Liao people.
If Kou Ji confronts the Liao people, he will definitely be beaten to death by the Liao people.
He didn't want Kou Ji to die.
Zhao Zhen hurriedly grabbed Liu E's hand and said urgently: "My eldest lady..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu E clapped his hand and said calmly: "The Ai family knows... The Ai family will not let anything happen to him."
After comforting Zhao Zhen, Liu E stared at Kou Ji standing in the palace, with a look of admiration flashing in her eyes.
He is a bloody man. It's a pity that you are Kou Zhun's grandson, otherwise the Ai family would definitely promote you and make you the right-hand man of the official family...
Liu E was thinking about something and didn't stop her hands.
She waved to the other eunuchs standing in the hall.
Immediately, a traitor came out and blocked Kou Ji's way.
Nei Dengzi clasped his fists at Kou Ji and said, "Brother Kou is willing to take risks for our brothers, and our brothers accept this intention. But you have a noble status and you are not obliged to take risks yourself for the lives of our brothers.
Brother Kou still has a bright future, but our brothers will stop here in this life.
Instead of living in vain, it is better to give up my life and strive for greater wealth for my wife and children."
Kou Ji raised his head, stared at Nei Zhengzi, who was two heads taller than him, and asked, "If you take action, will you take his life?"
Nei Dengzi hesitated for a moment and said nothing.
Obviously, he won't.
If he dies, his wife and children will enjoy wealth and honor.
But if he wants to kill a Liao man, it will be a question of whether the whole family can survive.
Kou Ji cursed loudly: "Since you don't know how, tell me you're going to give me a hammer! You and Chen Lin are both eggless."
Nei Dengzi was not annoyed by Kou Ji's words.
Chen Lin was not annoyed by Kou Ji's words.
When Nei Dengzi saw Kou Ji bypassing him and going to find the Liao people, he stopped in front of Kou Ji and said urgently: "Brother Kou!"
Kou Ji raised his head, stared, and growled fiercely, "Get away!"
Nei Dengzi trembled all over and froze on the spot.
Kou Ji's eyes are so terrifying.
He saw crazy killing intent in Kou Ji's eyes.
He had only seen that kind of look on one person.
Once on the Star Observation Tower, Zhao Heng beat many members of the Zhao clan to death with his own hands.