Chapter 136 Chariot Race

Meng Ke was really angry. Qin Changwei was not assassinated early but not assassinated late. But he was assassinated at this critical moment. It was really annoying. Whether it was done by Jia Wudao or someone else, it was an indisputable fact that Qin Changwei died in Luojing. Meng Ke could not explain it to Qin Lan!

It is not impossible to cause a war between the two countries because of this.

"Wu Ming." Meng Ke's eyes turned to Ji Wu Ming and asked in a narrow voice, "What do you think about this?"

Ji Wuwei pondered and said with a serious expression: "Prince, there are three possibilities for this matter. One is the act of the spy of the Mingyue Empire, the other is that Jia Wudao himself is a spy of the Mingyue Empire, and the other is that Qin Changwei had the intention to kill Jia Wudao, but Jia Wudao had no choice but to fight back and instead killed Qin Changwei."

Meng Ke said: "In other words, it will be difficult to find out if Jia Wudao is not found."

Ji Wumou nodded and said, "Prince, Bei Zhi thought the most important thing now is not to investigate Jia Wudao's whereabouts, but how to explain to the Xinghe Empire? Qin Changwei was assassinated in the middle of the night, but it was already this morning when he was found dead in Jia Wudao's residence. It is difficult to guarantee that there is no leak of news in the middle of this period, so Bei Zhi thought that this matter could not be hidden, so Prince should think about how to explain to Qin Lan."

"Explanation?" Meng Ke frowned, "How do you think I should explain?"

"Tell me according to the truth." Ji Wumou said, "If you believe it or not, it depends entirely on Qin Lan."

Meng Ke was in a dilemma, but at this critical moment, Meng Ke really didn't want to have trouble. If he annoyed Qin Lan at this time, even if it would not trigger a war between the two countries, it would inevitably affect the upcoming Western Expedition. At least the four divisions of the Imperial Guard Corps would not be able to participate in the Western Expedition again!

But if it is concealed, the result will be even worse. As Ji Wumou said, the assassination of Qin Changwei cannot be concealed. If Qin Lan got the news from other channels, Meng Ke and the Guanghui Empire would be even more difficult to explain, and Qin Lan had more reason to suspect that Meng Ke deliberately instigated the assassin to kill Qin Changwei.

"Oh." Meng Ke hesitated for a long time before sighing, "Then let's inform the capital of the Snow and Snow truthfully."

Ji Wumou bowed to Meng Ke very much and said respectfully: "The prince is wise."

Meng Ke turned to Meng Wu again and returned to his cold and solemn expression, and said in a calm voice: "You can't make a big fuss when tracing Jia Wudao, but you must search closely. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must pull Jia Wudao out!"

Luojing City East, Guzhou.

Before dawn, two figures appeared outside the Third Squadron's garrison. The whistleman outside the camp gate flashed and blocked the way. When he was about to question him, he found that the figure in front was carrying two large iron halberds on his back. The whistleman's expression suddenly eased, and he greeted with a smile on his face: "So it's Brother Ba."

The one who came was Zhang Xingba. During the time he came to Luojing from Xiling, Zhang Xingba and Huangdan's Guards Squadron were familiar with each other. No soldier in the third squadron had known Zhang Xingba, and he was even more familiar with the pair of double iron halberds in his hands.

Zhang Xingba muttered coldly, and the whistleman looked at the person behind Zhang Xingba and asked in a low voice: "Brother Ba, who is this person?"

Zhang Xingba turned around and glanced at the covers behind him, a hint of coldness flashed through his eyes, and replied: "This guy is related to the Tiandang Mountain assassination case. The general told me to take it to your base and take it seriously!"

The siege immediately made way. Since General Meng Hu said that this person was related to the Tiandang Mountain assassination case, they certainly would not doubt anything. The Tiandang Mountain assassination case involved Meng Hu, the empire hero and Meng Yan, the empire princess. That was a huge case, and it was definitely not something that they were able to interfere with.

Zhang Xingba took Jia Wudao, who was covered in his face, straight into the third squadron's headquarters, and then locked him up in a small dark room.

Jia Wudao was covered in his head and had no idea where he was taken to. He couldn't help it and asked, "Brother, can you take away the hood on your lower head?"

Zhang Xingba ignored it at all, took the iron door and locked it, moved the bench to the door and sat upwards, and then stopped moving like a sculpture, allowing Jia Wudao to break the sky in the small black layer. Zhang Xingba just ignored it because Meng Hu had already given the order, and this man was so clever that Zhang Xingba absolutely couldn't pay attention to him!

In addition to the magnificent and magnificent palace complex in the northern part of the city, Luojing City also has four world-famous buildings outside the city, namely the Temple of Light in the east of the city, the tombs of emperors in the west of the city, the large arena in the south of the city, and the giant racecourse in the north of the city.

The racecourse in the north of the city is built against the mountain, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, and the main buildings are all made of huge marble.

The entire racecourse is oval, and there are more than a dozen huge marble sculptures standing in the center of the site along a straight line. The emperors of the Middle Earth world are keen to use sculptures to record their glorious deeds, so each sculpture has an epic story. The entire sculpture group is almost a history book of the living glorious empire!

Surrounding the statue group is the huge elliptical chariot track. The wide track can accommodate twenty four chariots at the same time. The runway is nearly kilometer long from east to west and nearly 300 meters wide from north to south. The stands are close to the outer edge of the runway. The entire stands are also oval, and can accommodate 300,000 people to watch the competition at the same time gradually rise in a step-like shape.

The people of Luojing were very keen on entertainment activities, and the emperors of the empire, including the current Regent Meng Ke, were always keen on holding various competitive entertainment activities. Every once in a while, a large gladiatorial arena in the south of the city or a racetrack in the north of the city would hold gladiatorial competitions or chariot competitions.

Today, the highly anticipated large-scale chariot competition will be held at the Racecourse in the north of the city.

Before dawn, people in Luojing City rushed into the north racecourse, looking forward to this unprecedented chariot race. When the sun was noon, the stands were already crowded with people. At least 500,000 people were flooded into the audience, which could accommodate 300,000 people. The entire racecourse was full of fire, and the noisy sound could almost overturn the entire sky.

At the entrance of the racecourse is a huge rest area, which is specially designed for contestants to rest, and the final preparations before the race are carried out.

In the independent luxury lounge area, two imperial guards are nervously wearing armor on Meng Hu. In order to improve the viewing of the chariot competition, all participating horses and knights will choose brightly colored robes and armor, and the participating chariots will also be painted with gorgeous color patterns in advance.

As usual, Meng Hu's wearing bright red battle robe and golden armor, and a bunch of big red cockscombs were paired with a helmet.

Amid the low neighing of the war horses, four pure white horses led a gorgeous chariot into the rest area. Meng Hu recognized the chariot at a glance. Isn’t this Meng Yan’s luxurious chariot that was so strong that it was a bit perverted? But it seemed that it had been modified, and several key locations had undergone subtle changes.

Two rows of sharp spikes were installed on the side edge of the chariot, and the axles carrying the body were also modified. The original circular modifications at both ends were sawed off, but three twisted blades distributed in a spiral shape were installed.

This is a genius modification. When the chariot gallops at high speed, the axle will drive these three blades to rotate at high speed. The blades distributed in a spiral shape will produce the effect of a drill bit. The high-speed rotation can remove most of the impact force imposed on it, thus producing great destructive power. This thing is simply a chariot killer!

An imperial guard suddenly ran in and said loudly: "Your Excellency General, you can enter the field."

"Um."

Meng Hu nodded slightly, put his helmet heavily on his head, and pulled off the gilded mask. In an instant, he was completely wrapped in golden armor. Then he strode into the chariot, took the reins from the groom's hand, shook his hands gently, and the four horses slowly walked out of the closed luxury rest area with neat steps.

The other nineteen chariots participating in the competition also slowly drove out of the rest area. Under the guidance of the racecourse guards, they first lined up in a spacious aisle, and then entered the venue at the same time and barely drove out of the aisle. The huge noise suddenly poured into Meng Hu's ears like a tide. He looked up suddenly, and all the eyes were filled with crowded heads and crowded waves.

Seeing such a large audience, Meng Hu couldn't help but be shocked. He thought that the power of the Glorious Empire and the prosperity of Luojing City were really not a fanatical person. Without deep foundation and sufficient accumulation, a chariot competition would not have so many fanatical audiences. Think about it, hundreds of thousands of people came to watch a competition at the same time, which is simply crazy!

The racecourse guards were in front, and twenty-four chariots drove side by side behind, slowly circled around the field to greet the audience in the surrounding stands. Every time the chariots passed, the audience in the stands would stand up one after another, and then shouted like a tsunami. The situation was so intense that the blood on their bodies would burn.

When the chariots circled around the field to greet the audience, the figure of the royal family finally appeared in the main stand.

King Mengke of Yan, wearing a four-clawed dragon robe, walked in the front. Following Mengke were two young men in their early thirties. The two young men looked arrogant, but there was a faint black air between their eyebrows. They were also wearing the same four-clawed dragon robe as Mengke. Needless to ask, these two people were obviously the eldest prince Mengxing and the third prince Mengkong.

Behind the scene was the infamous coquettish princess Meng Yan. The slut was obviously dressed up carefully. Regardless of the cold weather, her clothes were still pitifully thin, but she showed her devilishly seductive figure to the fullest.
Chapter completed!