A few days later, the headquarters of the small station town of Jindi Prefecture.

The main ring of the Hongwu General Election is extremely grand, the length and width of the ring are 100 zhang, and the east and west of the ring are connected with eight-foot-high steps.

The ring is set up according to the specifications of the Beijing Shenji Camp Martial Arts Arena, which is built by layers of bluestone and gray stone cut into blocks, and the surface and steps are tightly wrapped with a layer of Xuanjing produced by the Immortal Xuanling Minerals of the Jade Emperor Mountain.

The north of the ring, is a towering into the sun of the martial arts parade platform, there is a huge round cover on the reading platform, the platform body rises obliquely to the north layer by layer, the layer, the row of seats are staggered and spaced and not crowded, each row can accommodate 100 people.

At this moment, Zhu Yanqun, the nephew of Emperor Zhu Shijing and the chief judge of the general election, was sitting in the middle row of the Guanwu parade, but he did not occupy the most central position in this row.

On the central throne, there is an old man with long crane hair and long beard, graceful posture, a small number on his right, there is a green jade disc on it, there are various tea sets and fragrant tea on the plate, and there is one person on the left and right beside him, a man and a woman, waiting respectfully.

The old man is fiddling with the teacup and lid in his hand at the moment, releasing a wisp of fragrance from time to time, closing his eyes and tasting lightly, quite leisurely.

Zhu Yanqun, the king of Qijun, sat on his right, and Zhu Shikai, the prince of Han, sat on his left.

Although the two looked at the first assistant of the current dynasty from time to time, more often, they still focused their eyes on the general election competition in the ring at their feet.

The Hongwu general election, which is facing the four seas, has been launched so far, and the primary election process has exceeded half of the process.

Although this main arena is still used for dividing the competition at this time, today's Guanwu parade platform is no longer as deserted as it was a few days ago, and there are only a few judges and officials sitting. Instead, from the middle row down, it was full of judges and local officials, and the rows above the reading stand were still vacant.

The fighting in the ring below was also more intense than in previous days, and there was no more tedious war of attrition and fight-like weapons in the market.

The overall strength of less than half of the selected participants in the general election is also significantly stronger.

Zhang Hongyi and others have been watching on the stage for a full morning, but although today's fight is generally fierce, it is not a particularly brilliant battle, basically either unilaterally crushing and winning, or both are mediocre.

And the outstanding ones who performed brilliantly in the fight were basically either from the army or from the Imperial Wind Gate of the National Sect, and there were very few strong people from the rivers and lakes and the sect.

Seeing that the competition under the stage is over again, and the winner is the captain of the city guard of the East China Sea Mansion.

Seeing this, Zhu Yanqun, who was beside Zhang Hongyi, couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Today's Jianghu sect, after all, no one can compare with the strong in the army......

Zhang Hongyi, who was sitting in the middle, did not speak, and Zhu Shikai, who was sitting on his left, laughed first:

"Don't worry, although more than half of this primary election has been made, there are still tens of thousands of selectors in the remaining half. And most of the applicants at the general office are the defenders of Jindi and Gyeonggi provinces, and the strong people in the private sector must be scattered in other rings at this moment, and in a few days, there will be outstanding heroes. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yanqun nodded and arched his hand:

"What the imperial uncle said is extremely true, it is the nephew who said it hastily and lightly......"

Zhang Hongyi, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, suddenly interjected at this time:

"Shikai, how are the garrisons of each county and each prefecture arranged?"

Zhu Shikai replied solemnly when he heard this:

"Taishi rest assured, Shikai knows that the place of the general election, Jindifu, is located next to Gyeonggi, and now there are tens of thousands of foreign people from all over the world, so he does not dare to be sloppy.

In addition to the soldiers of the battalions and guards of the Green Battalion of the Northern Army who have been stationed in the counties of Zhili, Shikai has sent additional soldiers and personal soldiers to defend Wangji and cooperate with the Dragon Guard to garrison it, and the imperial city must be safe and Taishan at this moment.

And the provinces of Beiyang have been deployed to control tightly, as for the small station where we are also hand-picked by His Majesty Shenji Battalion as a guard, in addition to the king also transferred more than 10,000 elites of the Beiyang Navy Division to maintain the order of the general election, so the preparation must be foolproof, and please don't worry too much. ”

Zhang Hongyi first nodded when he heard this, and then frowned lightly:

"In this way, although the election is foolproof, but in this way, the coastal defense is afraid that it will become empty, there is Ji Yun here, there is no need for the Shenji Battalion, the order will be transferred back to the capital, and send 5,000 sailors to the elite back to defend the Tiangu Fort. ”

Zhu Jianqun was puzzled when he heard this:

"Taishi, the wall where the Tiangu Fort is located, but the Xuanjing Immortal Wall of Fengxun Zhenren is indestructible, even a bird can't fly, the foreigner has been fighting for a long time without results, and has been repelled by our army's Xuanwu cannon, and the foreigner is not going to attack at this time, is it necessary to increase the number of troops?"

Before the Taishi could answer, Zhu Shikai waved his hand and replied first:

"The virtuous nephew doesn't need to ask much, everything is subject to the arrangement of the master. ”

Then he said:

"Taishi, this king will arrange people to arrange and dispatch ...... according to Taishi's instructions."

Zhang Hongyi nodded and said:

"Well, it's so natural...... However, the old man still has to bother one more time. The prince is the governor of Zhili, and the king of the county is the king of Jindifu, and the two have been in charge of the government for many years.

But the two princes are not only the people who are in charge of the government and the military plane, but also need to be more shrewd and meticulous, and must not be compromised in the details.

The wonder of the foreigners' naval guns is incredible, and it is always beneficial to increase the number of troops to defend the Beiyang, even if it is just one person's strength, it can change the ammunition more quickly, shoot a shell, and it may have a miraculous effect at a critical moment.

If there is a riot in Tianjin, we can suppress it at any time, even if this group of Biao people and fierce people are highly cultivated, but after all, they are a rabble of unorganized and disorderly, and if Beiyang fails, we will be greeted by advanced military and well-trained foreigners.

Sixty years ago, our Beiyang Navy Division also boasted that its defense was perfect, but the enemy landed first on this Tiangu Fort.

You must know that there is no heavenly clothes in the world, how can it be said to be seamless?"

Zhu Shikai smiled and nodded when he heard this, it was not the first time he had heard Zhang Hongyi preach.

However, Zhu Jianqun, the king of Qijun, could not react as casually as his imperial uncle, he never thought that his casual and unintentional question would lead to such a large series of preachy words as the silent Taishi in his impression, and he immediately said solemnly:

"It's the gradual group of contempt and shallowness, the old lady's earnest teachings, and the gradual group will be firmly remembered in the future. I will not dare to look down on foreigners in the slightest......"

"Well, that's very good, King Qi doesn't have to be too restrained, the old man just relies on his old age to speak freely, let's continue to watch the election......"

Zhu nodded hurriedly, turned his head and continued to watch the election.

Huang Qisheng, who has been at the end of the competition since he was a child, also came to the main ring of Dongshi Square, and at this moment he looked north with a look of longing.

If you are an ordinary person, unless you are standing in the ring, you will naturally not be able to see the situation on the high stage of watching the martial arts, let alone see who is sitting on the stage under the round lid.

But this iron rule is not suitable for Huang Qisheng, who practices the "Na" character of the Imperial Wind Immortal Method, has strong internal strength and constantly tempers the limbs and hundreds of acupoints, and has amazing eyesight.

Although he had never seen Zhang Hongyi sitting in the middle and Zhu Yanqun on his right, after he came to Zhili, he went to the palace of the Han Dynasty to pay homage and present the letter entrusted by Xu Tianzhang to Zhu Shikai, the prince of Han.

Now that he has the dignity of Zhu Shikai, he can only accompany him, and the identity of the old man is naturally revealed, and he must be Zhang Hongyi, the assistant of the dynasty!

Huang Qisheng's excited face trembled a little, he never thought that he would be able to see the appearance of the legendary Zhang Taishi today, and when he thought that the legendary veteran of the Celestial Dynasty and the Great Ming Pillar Stone was close at the moment, and he was sitting on the top of his head on the martial arts parade, he was looking forward to it and was extremely happy.

He can't wait for the ring he signed up for is this main ring, and he can't wait to end the election as soon as possible, and immediately follow Taishi Zhang to saddle up the horse and horse......

Zhang Hongyi, who was in the middle of the reading platform, didn't know what Huang Qisheng was thinking, most of the locals had seen and knew King Qi Jun from the newspaper, and some people could even identify Prince Han.

Therefore, even if Zhang Hongyi never appears in the newspaper, and his low-key life makes people think that he has passed away, but just because Zhang Hongyi sits alone on the throne, there are more than 10 million people who project the burning eyes from the audience, and of course Huang Qisheng is not the only one who stares at Zhang Hongyi's eyes like fire.

Zhang Hongyi naturally won't look down, that kind of fiery gaze will be panicked after all.

He was looking intently at the stage at this time, and it was the appearance of a new round of candidates, this pair looked a little extraordinary, at least the appearance was successfully eye-catching, which made this old lady with a good eye also pay attention.

Today's referee is the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, everyone saw this prefect this morning, at first they were surprised, the spectators have been staring at the prefect of Hejian Li Guangying and the people on the reading platform to look at and discuss, pointing.

However, with the general election competition in the morning, everyone's attention was naturally attracted by the fierce competition.

From the west side of the Xuanjing steps jumped up a biao man, this person is nine feet long, wearing a blue-faced beast swallowing head ring armor, holding a green steel moon blade halberd, waist slashing horse scimitar, feet on steel boots.

Compared with the full armament of his body, he did not wear a hairpin, his hair was scattered, and he let his long hair flutter messily on his face.

At this moment, he jumped up from under the stage, jumped directly over the eight-foot-high Xuanjing long steps, and the steel boots smashed on the Xuanjing ring, the ring trembled slightly, and the ground was shaken.

Although his face is expressionless, it gives people a sense of not being angry and self-prestigious, the whole person looks extremely brave and powerful, and his aura is quite domineering Xuanhe, he stands in armor, holding a halberd in his hand, like a ghost.

Zhang Hongyi and the three of them couldn't help but praise him when they saw that this person was powerful and powerful.

As soon as he took the stage, the one on the east side had just come from the crowd towards the steps, and where he passed, everyone hastened to avoid three feet.

This kind of avoidance is not because the comer is big and hideous, which causes everyone to be afraid and retreat.

On the contrary, because of its graceful demeanor and peerless face, people can't bear to be close to blasphemy and defilement, so everyone avoids a road and stands side by side on both sides, both men and women, all of them are fascinated and watching.

Zhu Shijing, the prince of Han, looked at the commotion in the crowd and was surprised, so he looked down the stage and saw a woman wearing a vermilion cheongsam on a black background.

The woman slowly walked out of the crowd in the east, and the first thing that caught Zhu Shikai's eyes was the woman's face, her eyebrows were like a crescent moon, her temperament was elegant, her face was like snow, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be chuckling, but it still gave people a feeling of cold as frost, which made people frown.

Her figure is slender, curling and tingting, her waist is swaying, and she has already walked up the steps, and her feet are lightly touched on the Xuanjing steps, like dragonflies dotting water, bees and butterflies with flowers.

A jade belt is tied around its waist, a red tassel inlaid with white jade jade jade pendant is hung on it, the woman's footsteps overlap back and forth on the steps, the jade pendant will sway with its skirt dance, and the long skirt tail with the slit at the bottom of the cheongsam is slit on its warm and white long legs and slit back and forth, covering and covering the room, attracting everyone's infinite reverie.

The woman stepped into the ring, flipped her slender jade hand, and pulled out a long folding fan from her hip and waist, which was different from the jade belt. Its right hand is flipped, then the fan surface is unfolded, it is an iron fan, there is no word in the fan, there is no painting, only a word is engraved on it.

The woman did not look at the opponent, but turned her head to look in the direction of the north platform, when Zhu Shikai looked at the dementia, the woman actually smiled, her eyes were pregnant and charming, the light and shadow in her eyes were bright and vulgar, with an iron fan to half cover her face, it was really the color of the country and the city.

At this time, all the officials on the stage were shocked by the heavens, and they were all fascinated, as if they had lost their shape.

Zhu Shikai looked at this graceful beauty, and his eyes seemed to be thrown at him, and he didn't know whether to dodge or not for a while, and he was in a trance......