Although Zhu Qianwei felt that Wu Zhongyuan's move was not appropriate, he had to accompany him forward, just because Wu Zhongyuan was the Yellow Emperor, and no one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do.

It was windy and snowy outside, and the temperature was very low, so they left the palace and walked to the west gate.

Wu Zhongyuan wore a dark purple cloak, embroidered with a golden dragon, and Zhu Qianwei wore a dark purple cloak.

"How many people did you pick?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.

"About two thousand four hundred. Zhu Qianwei replied in a low voice.

"How did you pick them?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Zhu Qianwei replied, "Because the time is too tight, there is no time to carefully select, and most of the young men selected are brave and strong. ”

"What percentage of men and women are there?" Wu Zhongyuan moved forward.

Zhu Qianwei knew why Wu Zhongyuan asked, "Eighty-two, but I don't recommend that the saint leave too many women." ”

"Why do you say that?" Wu Zhongyuan nodded at a blue-robed warrior on the side of the road who saluted him as he spoke.

"Girls are outgoing, if they are emotional, they will inevitably be at the mercy of their influence, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to be loyal to the monarch at that time," Zhu Qianwei said in a low voice, "Besides, women's physical strength is not as good as that of men after all. ”

"Since there are many disadvantages for women to act as janissaries, why do you still have to choose two percent?" Wu Zhongyuan asked with a smile.

Zhu Qianwei smiled and said nothing, he laughed at Wu Zhongyuan asked knowingly, Wu Zhongyuan had secretly appointed Wang Xinran that day, in order to hide people's eyes, he couldn't just pick Wang Xinran a woman.

The relationship between people is gradually established, between men and women, and between men and men, Wu Zhongyuan originally admired Zhu Qianwei, and Zhu Qianwei sacrificed himself to save him at a critical moment. And Zhu Qianwei was originally just a low-level warrior, who was carried by Wu Zhongyuan, a dragon halberd, Taixuan cultivation, a blue-eyed golden eagle, all generous gifts, gentlemen and ministers, mutual respect and speculation.

"Who can see if they are strong, how do you judge whether they are brave or not?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"It comes from the heart. Zhu Qianwei replied.

"I can't see that you are still proficient in the art of physique, what do you think of her?" Wu Zhongyuan asked with a smile.

At this time, the pronunciation of him and her was different, Zhu Qianwei knew who Wu Zhongyuan was asking, but he didn't answer immediately, but tilted his head to look at the expression on Wu Zhongyuan's face, and only after pondering did he whisper, "Holy old man, master of the middle palace." ”

"Huh?" Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head sideways.

Zhu Qianwei knew that Wu Zhongyuan wanted to listen to the basis of his judgment, but he just smiled and did not elaborate on the reason, a smart subordinate would not evaluate the woman who was the leader, even if he made a positive evaluation.

There is a bear city is very large, it takes a short time to walk to the west gate, the wine shops and inns on the streets along the way are crowded with people, most of these people are envoys who come to pay tribute, because there are too many people to come to the audience, the post house can not live, and those who come later can only invest in the shop from the city.

Because Wu Zhongyuan's clothes and cloak were different from others, an envoy recognized him and knelt down from the inn to salute.

I didn't go far, I was recognized again, and I had to stop and perfunctory.

After the two of them got out, Zhu Qianwei took the opportunity to persuade, "The saint still doesn't want to go, just go from the humble position and invite her into the palace, or you can be more secretive." ”

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, nor did he stop, there were many reasons why he was in a hurry to see Wang Xinran, one was that he hadn't seen Wang Xinran for a long time, and he missed it very much. Second, it was freezing outside, and he was worried that Wang Xinran would suffer from sleeping outside the city. The third is that he didn't want to be sneaky, which made Wang Xinran feel cold.

There are many reasons why he did not canonize Wang Xinran immediately, the biggest reason is that he does not want to expose Wang Xinran's identity, and he is worried that Wu Di's heart will be unhappy and fall second, mainly because being the queen is risky, and it is an out-and-out target, if the enemy wants to plot and cause harm, the queen will bear the brunt. Then there is Wang Xinran, who has just arrived, does not have a clear understanding of the current situation, has not made military achievements, and is not even familiar with the language and writing at this time, he has to consider the problem of serving the public, although his principle of employment is nepotism, but he does not want his subordinates to find out that he is nepotism.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan had made up his mind, Zhu Qianwei did not persuade him again, and accompanied him out of the city gate and came to the edge of the woods where the candidates were camping.

More than 2,000 people did not come from one direction, there were three gates in the east, west and south of Xiongcheng, and there were about 1,000 candidates gathered outside the west gate.

Some of these candidates came on horseback, some on foot, Daze was Wu Qin's territory, and life was better than other walled cities, and the candidates all came on horseback.

Before the two approached, the candidates spotted them, and the leaders of the major walled cities hurriedly gathered their headquarters, left the woods, and lined up from the open area to meet them.

Camping in the summer is fine, but sleeping in the wild in the winter is not a pleasant thing, and the candidate does not carry a decent tent, at most he carries a blanket with him, and shivering in the daytime, which is bound to be even more difficult at night.

When the two of them walked within ten zhang, the candidates knelt down under the leadership of the team leader, "Meet the Yellow Emperor." ”

Wu Zhongyuan originally wanted to say that he was free of courtesy, but after thinking about it, he only said that he was flat, and everyone knelt down, and he had already finished the ceremony, and he was free of a fart.

"The wind and snow are bitterly cold, and you are sleeping in the wild, and the widow is not at ease, so I came to visit. Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look around while speaking, looking for Wang Xinran, although there were many people, but he still found that familiar face in a very short time, when he made eye contact with Wang Xinran, Wang Xinran winked at him, others didn't know why, but she knew that Wu Zhongyuan couldn't rest assured that she was her.

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, everyone was so moved, but when the Yellow Emperor spoke, they couldn't interrupt at will, not even thanks.

Wu Zhongyuan looked up at the sky, determined the hour, and then turned to Zhu Qianwei and said, "Summoning the other candidates here, the selection originally scheduled for tomorrow will be held in advance." ”

Wu Zhongyuan's decision was obviously a whim, but a smart subordinate would never give advice to the leader in public, let alone question the leader's order, because this was tantamount to challenging the authority of the leader, although Zhu Qianwei was very surprised, he did not hesitate, immediately nodded yes, and went to summon.

It takes time for the candidates from the south gate and the east gate to arrive here, during which Wu Zhongyuan stepped forward and had a brief conversation with those candidates gathered at the west gate, most of these people selected by Zhu Qianwei are ordinary people who have no aura cultivation, and there are also a small number of low-level warriors, probably considering that the Praetorian Guard's personal soldiers represent the royal majesty to some extent, and most of these people are tall and dignified.

Thousands of people, always not talking one by one, Wu Zhongyuan made a brief stop in front of the candidate teams in each walled city, asking mostly about the current situation of the people's livelihood in the besieged city, and saying mostly caring greetings.

Most of these people are from the bottom, and in the eyes of everyone, the besieging city lord is already an unattainable existence, and now he has close contact with the Yellow Emperor, who commands the three clans, so he can't help but be nervous and tremble.

What made everyone feel the huge pressure was not the noble Yellow Emperor costume on Wu Zhongyuan's body, nor his profound aura cultivation, but his confidence and calmness between his gestures.

When talking to everyone, Wu Zhongyuan did not make frequent eye contact with Wang Xinran, it was already three o'clock in the Shen hour, and it was dark early in winter, so he had to select six hundred people from the two thousand four hundred people as soon as possible, which was the number of guards he had agreed with Zhu Qianwei before.

Out of 2,400 people, there are 600 people, the proportion is exactly a quarter, one round of literary examinations, one round of martial arts examinations, and basically the same.

Not long after, other candidates came from the east gate and the south, and after saluting Wu Zhongyuan, they lined up in the walled city, waiting for Wu Zhongyuan to personally select them......