Shipin Dalizheng

The people of West Kunlun generally admire strong men. Women prefer to choose strong men as their partners, and the same goes for goddesses.

He was confident that after defeating Jian'anbo, the goddess Sarna would choose to submit to him.

"Okay, let's get started."

He started to fight again, as if ready to decide the outcome. Rong Tang raised his palm to stop him, "You and I are both people of status. It's too ugly to wrestle in a ball here. If you want to fight, let's do something more technical and bigger."

Yu Li tilted his head. Although he did not think there was anything shameful in wrestling in public, he also roughly knew that the men of Da Yue were shy and wanted to save face. They were afraid that it would be embarrassing to lose in public, so they wanted to avoid embarrassment.

What my father said was indeed true. The men of Dai Viet are cunning and like to use schemes and tricks, and they dare not fight with force.

There was a hint of disdain in his eyes. "Lord Jian'an, please don't compete with me in poetry or moon-viewing. We, the iron-blooded warriors of West Kunlun, are men of war, not coy rabbits."

Rong Tang cursed. Even the Rabbit God knew about this guy. Who conveyed this concept to him? It seemed that there were no real men in Daiyue.

"Your Highness, I'm going to compete with you in anything. You'll truly feel whether it's a man's game or not. How about this: we each list our strengths, and the other party can choose two. We'll draw lots for the last one. What do you think?"

"fair enough."

After it was settled, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was called over and they shook hands to seal the agreement.

Prince Yuli wanted to give him a warning, so he clapped his hands very hard. Rong Tang was pushed so hard that his body swayed and he barely fell down.

Prince Yu Li laughed heartily. He was certain and certain that Rong Tang's power was not as strong as his.

After leaving the State Guesthouse, Tang Tiantian was about to cry, but Rong Tang comforted her, "Don't be afraid. Even if I lose, as long as you firmly refuse to agree, no one can force you. I have my own way to make him sign a long-term salt supply contract."

Then he took her to Xue Sanniang's embroidery workshop.

With his care, Xue Sanniang's embroidery workshop became better and better. Now it is considered a well-known top-notch embroidery workshop in the capital. When they saw him coming in person, they warmly invited him to the VIP room and served tea.

"The other day, the lord sent us a dress pattern. Our embroiderer has already finished it and was about to send it to the mansion when the princess happened to come over. Why not try it out here? If there's anything that doesn't fit, we can change it right away."

Rong Tang asked Xue Sanniang to tailor the clothes for Tang Tiantian in the style of a noble lady from the Western Regions. The clothes were brightly colored and embellished with gems. The waist, chest and hips were all perfectly displayed. Her big wavy hair was spread out and fixed with a pure gold headband. Three peacock feathers were inserted on the left side. When she slowly turned around, she exuded a noble air.

"Oh..."

Xue Sanniang was stunned. The same person always looked out of place when wearing the costume of Dayue, but when he put on this outfit, people could not help but kneel down and salute him.

"It's true that clothes make the man."

It’s not that Tang Tiantian doesn’t look beautiful in Dayue clothing, but there’s a sense of incongruity that makes them look out of place.

Tang Tiantian was also shocked when she saw herself in the mirror, but she quickly came to her senses and said, "I can't dress like this."

Wouldn't that make Prince Yuli even more obsessed?

"Tiantian, listen to me. The goddess Sarna is a Western Kunlun belief. He only saw a passing resemblance to you before, and it made him think of you as a replacement. This outfit is what I saw in their ancient books. It's the image of a true goddess. You don't have to be afraid. Just be their goddess openly and have the intimidating power of a goddess."

Next, he taught Tang Tiantian in the VIP room of the embroidery workshop how to look at Prince Yu Li from different angles and with different expressions, so as to make the other party feel extremely pressured.

That night, Rong Tang invited Prince Yu Li to drink again. When he was one-third drunk and seven-thirds sober, Rong Tang used some hypnotic magic to make Prince Yu Li more afraid of Goddess Sarna.

The two people who were both enemies and friends each reported the games they were good at. The two sides exchanged choices. After half a day of heated argument in the State Guest House, they each chose two items from the other.

Rong Tang had no other options, as the Western Kunlun faction only offered three: wrestling, horse racing, and archery, all combat-oriented. He absolutely didn't want to cuddle and wrestle with him, so he could only choose horse racing and archery.

Among the five items he proposed, three were power games and two were intelligence games. Prince Yuli chose weightlifting and field combat.

Everyone knows that weightlifting is a pure test of strength and there are no shortcuts.

As the name suggests, a field battle is a small-scale battle, with each side sending out fifty people. The specific details of the competition will be discussed later.

As for casualties in battle, you are not allowed to kill people maliciously or damage the opponent's limbs. As long as you take the marker above the opponent's head, the opponent will be considered dead.

For the last item, Prince Yuli insisted on mixing them together, and let their honorable goddess Sarna draw lots to decide personally. They firmly believed that goddess Sarna would favor and be partial to her people.

There was no other way, Tang Tiantian had to show up in person. When he appeared at the State Guesthouse again, he amazed everyone.

The Dai Viet official was fine, no matter how beautiful she was, she was just a Hu woman. However, the West Kunlun delegation, including Prince Yuli, all knelt on one knee, crossed their hands on their chests, lowered their heads and dared not say a word when Tang Tiantian stood in front of them.

Tang Tiantian looked straight ahead, holding Rong Tang's hand as she walked past them arrogantly, reaching out to pull out the final competition option from the box.

Rong Tang took a look, and everything in front of him went dark, and then there was a fight!

Tang Tiantian was a little trembling, "Have I gotten into trouble?"

"fine."

Rong Tang calmed down. He didn't think that Tang Tiantian was in trouble. It was all fate.

When Prince Yuli heard that the final result was a wrestling match, his eyes brightened even more, and his admiration for Goddess Sarna increased several times.

"You are worthy of being the patron goddess of our West Kunlun. I hope our West Kunlun nation will win."

How could Rong Tang let him be so proud? "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe the goddess wants you to admit defeat with conviction."

The next step is to discuss the details of the competition. Because of the prior agreement, the other party will finally determine the rules of the competition options proposed by you. Once the rules are determined, the competition order will be re-drawn.

When all the discussions were over, Rong Tang returned to the Earl's Mansion and found many people waiting for him.

It was Nangong Jing who showed various signs of favoritism towards Rong Tang when he first came to the capital. Because of the occasional awkwardness between Rong Zhan and Nangong Jing, Rong Tang had long speculated about the relationship between them.

But he also made it clear that he would not participate in party struggles. Whether Nangong Jing supported a certain prince or had his own ambitions, he would not participate or interfere. From the current perspective, Nangong Jing did not show any intention of seizing the throne, or perhaps he just wanted to protect himself.

Nangong Jing said, "I really can't help you much. There are several fine horses in the Han Palace. I can lend them to you as a helper. I can even be a knight myself."

Rong Tang thanked him.

Then came Zheng Changzhi, "We have a few good horses in our mansion, but unfortunately I can barely walk and can't control the horses. If you need me, Jiuan can come forward."

Rong Tang also knew Zheng Jiuan's abilities, but he really couldn't trust this person, so he declined.

"You can send the horses over for inspection, but there's no need for the people."

Zheng Changzhi opened his mouth. He wanted to say that if he only borrowed the horse, the man and the horse would become one, and it would be difficult to control them.

He only knew that there were some misunderstandings between his second brother and Rong Tang. After asking people around Zheng Jiuan, he found out that it seemed to be related to a woman. He really couldn't figure out how two people with such a big age gap could become rivals in love.

"If you need anything, just tell me. We'll come to the yamen tomorrow and solve it together."

After sending the two away, the rest were all military officers under his command.

"Uncle, let's go on stage and fight the enemy!"