Scheme of the Official Descendant

In the past dragon boat races, it was almost always the Yun family and the Su family who were competing for second place. The Lei family has always kept a low profile, but this year they were eliminated by the Yun family and the Su family. surprising. Fortunately, everyone's attention was attracted by the final match between the imperial court and Yanbei Palace, and no one was thinking too much about it at this moment.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the sound of the gong sounded again amidst the noise, and the only three dragon boats left on the river shot out like arrows. At first, the golden dragon and the green dragon were slightly ahead, and the Lei family was biting behind. . But when one came back and forth, and at the last moment to speed up the sprint, the red dragon of the Lei family actually surpassed the golden dragon and the green dragon several times.

This scene surprised everyone watching the race on the shore. You must know that every year in the past, when the court boats were not competing, the Yanbei Palace took the first place. The dragon boats of the Yun family and the Su family had never won the Yanbei Palace. dragon boat. But what's going on with the Lei family now?

At first, everyone thought it was the boys on the Lei family's dragon boat who slipped their hands, and accidentally rushed to the front, but the closer the dragon boat got to the finish line, the more surprised everyone was. It means a showdown.

The noise on the river bank gradually subsided, and the scene was unprecedentedly quiet. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the three dragon boats on the river. Of course, there were also people secretly looking at Lei Ting, the Patriarch of the Lei family who was sitting on the high platform, trying to find out what kind of medicine he was buying in his gourd.

Lei Ting still sat upright with a calm expression on his face. Although his eyes were fixed on the three dragon boats, he didn't seem to be infected by the weird atmosphere around him.

At this moment, King Yanbei, who was sitting at the top, turned his head and said a few words to Lei Ting. Lei Ting replied respectfully. Not knowing what Lei Ting said, King Yanbei laughed out loud. King Yanbei smiled. The originally quiet scene became lively again, and the three dragon boats rushed past the finish line amidst King Yanbei's laughter.

When the results came out, the scene became more lively than ever.

Red boat first. Qing Zhou is second and Jin Zhou is third. In other words, the Lei family not only won the Yanbei Palace, but also the court. And Jinlong, who represented the full momentum of the imperial court, not only lost to Yanbei Palace, but also lost to a certain family in Yanbei.

This result stunned everyone. Of course, after the stunned shock, many people reacted and began to howl. There were many bets on the shore before, almost all bets were green dragons and golden dragons. No one expected that the dark horse of the Lei family would be killed.

The faces of the two officials of the court were very ugly, but King Yanbei did not look unhappy. He even reached out and patted Lei Ting's shoulder, looking at the gentle elder who was very optimistic about the younger generation.

Mrs. Xu smiled and shook her head: "I lost again this year."

Xu Wanli comforted her and said, "Ma'am, don't be depressed, I didn't win either."

The couple looked at each other and smiled.

Mrs. Xu glanced at Xiao Jingxi, sighed and said with a smile: "I never thought it would be this result." She opened the rice paper in front of her. It reads Qinglong, Jinlong and Bailong in turn. On Xu Wanli's piece of paper, there are green dragon, golden dragon, and red dragon written on it.

Mrs. Xu looked at Pei Zhiyan and Ren Yaoqi again: "What about you?"

Pei Zhiyan smiled slightly, and spread out the paper in front of him, but it was blank and nothing was written on it.

Mrs. Xu froze for a moment, then smiled and shook her head. Didn't say anything either. Although Pei Zhiyan didn't write anything, the meaning was very clear. He felt that the Golden Dragon could not win, but his standpoint was that it was impossible to bet on a dragon boat other than the Golden Dragon. Otherwise, if someone with a heart knows about it, they will surely join him for a copy.

Even someone as idle as Pei Zhiyan cannot but abide by certain rules.

Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi, and asked in a low voice, "What did you write?"

Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, and handed the paper in front of her to Xiao Jingxi.

Xiao Jingxi took it apart and took a look, raised his eyebrows in surprise, then looked at Ren Yaoqi and smiled.

Mrs. Xu laughed and said, "What kind of charade is this?"

Pei Zhiyan glanced at Ren Yaoqi: "Miss Ren guessed right?"

Xiao Jingxi unfolded the paper in his hand and showed it to Pei Zhiyan who was sitting next to him. Pei Zhiyan glanced at it and was also a little surprised. Then he praised: "Good word! You guessed it right too."

I saw red dragon, blue dragon, and golden dragon written on Ren Yaoqi's paper impressively.

Mrs. Xu said in surprise, "I really guessed right."

Pei Zhiyan joked with a smile: "No wonder it is said that the teacher taught apprentices and the master starved to death. It seems that the selection of students has to be mediocre, otherwise it will be shameful to be a teacher."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Ren Yaoqi: "..."

Ren Yaoqi thought sullenly, when Pei Zhiyan punished her every three days, did it turn out that she disliked her for being too talented?

Xiao Jingxi tilted his head and asked Ren Yaoqi in a low voice, "How did you guess that?"

Ren Yaoqi glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "I heard you say, 'Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Besides, this is just a dragon boat race. There is fun in winning, and there is fun in losing.'"

It has to be said that Ren Yaoqi knew Xiao Jingxi very well, just based on such an ambiguous sentence, Ren Yaoqi thought of such a result. Of course, there are more elements of luck.

Xiao Jingxi froze for a moment, and then a pleasant smile appeared in his eyes.

Although Xiao Jingxi had a pretty smile, but with so many elders present, Ren Yaoqi didn't dare to look at him too much, lest the elders see her and say she was frivolous, so she could only turn her head to look at the high platform on the shore.

When Yan Bei came, the court and the Queen Mother were naturally unhappy. A eunuch sent by the queen mother standing behind the official murmured dissatisfiedly, "What a shame!"

Although his voice was not loud, the eyes of King Yanbei still swept towards him. The eunuch seemed to feel a sudden coercion, which made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart, and he was instantly out of breath. coming.

King Yanbei casually comforted the frowning court officials: "It's just a dragon boat race, so what does it matter if you win or lose? The most important thing is that everyone is happy. Look, the king is still happy when he loses. "

What are you upset about? Isn't the Lei family still from Yanbei? Wasn't it the court's face that was swept in the end? Everyone will only read the court's jokes, and they will never laugh at you, King Yanbei!

Moreover, the Lei family not only won the court's ship, but also the Yanbei Palace's ship, and lost to his subordinates on their own territory. The Yanbei King expressed very generously and clearly, "It's okay to lose, Lei The family is doing well!" With a tolerant attitude, if the court wants to investigate the Lei family's crimes, it will appear narrow-minded. Even if the queen mother and the emperor were present at this moment, they could only grit their teeth and admit defeat.

Therefore, although the two officials had a headache about how to write a note to report this matter to their superiors after returning home, they still smiled reluctantly: "What the prince said is true, what he said is true. Winning or losing is not important, it is not important."

After that, King Yanbei personally rewarded Lei Ting and the young men from the Lei family who participated in the boating today. The scene was very lively and enjoyable. People from the imperial court stood by with a stiff smiling face from beginning to end, very out of place.

King Yanbei finally spoke: "Dragon boat races are meant to pray for good fortune in the coming year. It is also a great joy to share with the people. Winning or losing is not important. This year the Lei family won, but the rest of them lost. You guys don't have to be depressed, just win it back next year!"

King Yanbei's words made everyone cheer. It used to be boring for everyone to watch Yanbei's palace win every year. Now that King Yanbei has spoken, it means that next year's dragon boat race will definitely be more lively.

King Yanbei said some more words, and then left with his guards.

This year's dragon boat race is over, and the people on the shore are also arranged to leave one after another.

The few people on the boat are in no hurry to leave now when there are many people, Mrs. Xu said: "I haven't been on a boat for a long time, and I'm not in a hurry to go ashore anyway, why don't we let this boat take us around the Liyang River? "

Mrs. Xu spoke, Xu Wanli naturally had no objection, and Pei Zhiyan agreed. Of course, Ren Yaoqi would not disappoint, so Xiao Jingxi ordered the boat to sail to the center of the river, and then go downstream along the Liyang River.

"Shall I ask someone to talk to your mother and send someone to take her back first?" Xiao Jingxi said to Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaoqi nodded.

At this time, a servant girl came in to report: "My lord, some ladies from the capital are on the shore, and they said they want to see the rivers and mountains of our Yanbei."

All eyes turned to Xiao Jingxi.

The meaning of these ladies from the capital is obvious, and they want to go on a painting boat. Everyone in Yanbei knew that this painting boat belonged to the Second Young Master Xiao. It was really hard to say whether the ladies in the capital came for the so-called river and mountains, or for someone else.

With a calm expression on his face, Xiao Jingxi ordered: "Let them go to the pleasure boat of the princess, and send more people to follow, so as not to cause any trouble."

The servant girl led the order and went out.

Pei Zhiyan took a look at Xiao Jingxi, and said leisurely while drinking tea: "This painting boat is quite big, why doesn't Mr. Xiao let them come up?"

Mrs. Xu was on the sidelines but smiled and said nothing.

Xiao Jingxi glanced at Ren Yaoqi, smiled calmly and said, "I thought Mr. Pei liked to be clean."

Pei Zhiyan pondered for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Then it's better to be quiet."

Yun Qiuchen, Yan Ningshuang, and Zhao Yingqiu stood on the river bank and looked at the painting boat that was about to leave not far away, with different moods.

Yan Ningshuang asked with a smile: "This painting boat is quite big, why do we need to work on the princess painting boat? We just want to see the scenery along the Liyang River."

The servant girl who replied was very respectful: "Young Master is entertaining distinguished guests on the boat, and I am afraid that I will neglect the ladies. Our Princess's boat is parked not far away, and it will be coming soon. Please wait a moment for the ladies. "RO