Chapter 15: The Emperor is angry
Everyone saw Zhao Hong unexpectedly split the big scissors into two, and Huang Zhiming, who turned into two sharp knives, was caught off guard. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and Huang Zhiming's mood at this time was even more depressed, this woman's kung fu was good, although it can be seen that she has not practiced martial arts since she was a child, but that ruthlessness is incomparable to ordinary men.
Zhao Hong took advantage of Huang Zhiming's failure to react, and successively used several tricks that had been invincible in the past, and the moves were ruthless, specializing in the middle lane. In the end, Zhao Hong swept Huang Zhiming's lower abdomen with two sharp knives, and Huang Zhiming's stomach retracted backwards in a hurry, causing his upper body to lean forward slightly, but unexpectedly, Zhao Hong left a back hand in this move, kicked his right leg high, and kicked Huang Zhiming's chin and kicked him out of the circle.
Huang Zhiming is also a bachelor, after getting up from the ground, he patted the dust on his body, hugged his fists and said, "I lost in the next place, Miss Zhao's skills are extraordinary, I hope there will be a chance to learn from the girl next time." ”
When Zhao Hong heard that he was going to compete, he raised his eyebrows, "What, do you want to get back on the field?"
Huang Zhiming saw that she had misunderstood what she meant, and hurriedly explained, "Don't dare, Miss Zhao misunderstood, I really want to learn from the girl, and I have no intention of provoking and retaliating." ”
When Zhao Hong heard him say this, he gave him a blank look, "If you want to compete with me, you also have to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, I am the captain of His Royal Highness's personal guard, and I am very busy!" After speaking, he put the two sharp knives together with two hands, and he didn't know how to get it, only to hear a click, and then turned into a pair of scissors, and then walked towards Su Qingluan with a chic on his shoulder.
Su Qingluan saw that Zhao Hong had defeated the captain of the guard so quickly, although she didn't say anything, the expression on her face also let people know her mood at the moment. Then, Li Qianqian also ended the competition with the opponent, only to see that the person who was competing with Li Qianqian was already sitting on the ground outside the circle at the moment holding one foot and wailing, it turned out that Li Qianqian's last move smashed the sledgehammer on his foot. Except for the foot, I saw that he was covered in dust, and he seemed to roll on the ground for I don't know how many times. This is exactly the case, if it weren't for Li Qianqian's concern that she was competing in front of the palace, the guard would probably be broken on all fours at this moment, and he would not be able to move on the ground.
Li Qianqian's anger did not subside, but she still put away her weapon and walked towards Su Qingluan, ignoring the eyes of the guards looking at her, just standing silently beside Zhao Hong, without the joy of winning the competition. Zhao Hong patted her shoulder, they all heard the guard's words just now, but at this time it was in front of the emperor, and every move was watched by so many nobles, so they had to endure it. Although most of them came to the capital from the countryside, at least they still knew the rules.
Su Qingluan couldn't see that Li Qianqian was holding back her anger, and said seriously, "Li Qianqian, don't worry, your grievances will not be in vain today, I will naturally ask for an explanation for you!"
Li Qianqian saw that Su Qingluan attached so much importance to such an insignificant country woman as herself, and her eyes were a little moist for a while. Because of her appearance and figure, she has been ridiculed by the people around her since she was a child, even her own siblings and siblings will bully her, except for her parents, no one will protect herself like Su Qingluan. Today, no matter whether Su Qingluan will stand up for herself, but based on what she just said, she will be loyal to her in this life.
Su Qingluan couldn't see what Li Qianqian was thinking at this time, patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "Silly girl, until the day you stay, you are my sisters," said and turned to the female soldiers behind him, and continued, "We don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of it." As long as someone bullies you, I, the eldest princess of Dajing, Su Tianluan, will always be your backing and will definitely protect you, just as you protect me. ”
The people who said this were extremely moved, and most of them had red eyes, they were women, and they were a group of people who were not taken seriously. Although the people of Dajing are open and do not discriminate against women, in most remote villages, women can get far less attention than those daughters in big cities. So when they were able to get Su Qingluan's commitment and attention, they were all moved in their hearts.
At this time, Xu Wanwan also ended the competition, and the women's guards won two games in a row, but they lost here in Xu Wanwan. Although Xu Wanwan lost, she was not injured. At this time, he walked over to Su Qingluan and them angrily.
Su Qingluan saw Xu Wanwan's unwilling look, and comforted, "It doesn't matter if you lose, there is still one position of vice captain, and after today, you can have an internal competition to compete for the position of the remaining vice captain." At this time, not only Xu Wanwan's eyes lit up, but even the female soldiers behind her were cheering, Su Qingluan said this, which means that they all have a chance.
This is the chief eunuch beside the emperor who walked down and said respectfully to Su Jin, "On the orders of Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Xuanchang, Uncle Zhong Yong, and the three girls who competed just now are approaching." ”
Hearing the chief eunuch say this, several people walked to the emperor, and when they reached the emperor, they knelt down and saluted. Su Qingluan and Su Jin are okay, after all, one of them is the emperor's cousin, and they often walk in front of the emperor. One is the emperor's daughter, who naturally will not be nervous and afraid when facing the emperor. And Zhao Hong is different, before joining the women's guards, they never thought that they would be so close to the Son of Heaven in Dajing one day, so they couldn't help but be a little nervous.
The emperor just watched the whole competition between the women's guards and the palace guards, and he was already very satisfied with them, plus he watched the individual competition of Zhao Hong and several people, and now he is even more impressed with them, so he has a smile on his face, "Get up." ”
Seeing Zhao Hong and the others standing aside with Su Qingluan, the emperor spoke again, "Your performance today is very good, which really surprised me and everyone who watched together, and also won glory for the Dajing woman." Then he instructed the chief eunuch beside him: "Today, all the eldest princess's personal guards will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!"
The chief eunuch immediately stood on the steps and loudly conveyed the emperor's will: "Your Majesty has a decree, reward the eldest princess and the personal guards with one hundred taels of silver each, and admire this." ”
Zhao Hong and the others hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and the rest of the members of the pro-guard team under the steps also knelt down and shouted long live. You must know that they used to be at home, and the annual expenses of a family of five or six were only twenty taels of silver, and the emperor's reward was enough for their family to live for five years.
The emperor asked Zhao Hong and the others, "You just competed with the guards, so that I and the others can see your strength, and then each will be rewarded with a jade pendant." Immediately after speaking, a little eunuch held a tray of rosewood, on which was padded with bright yellow brocade cloth, on which were placed three egg-sized, identical mutton fat jade pendants.
The jade pendant looked like it was a high-grade precious jade, and it was extremely precious, and several people didn't know whether to accept it for a while, and they all looked at Su Qingluan. Su Qingluan didn't know what they were thinking, it was nothing more than that she felt that her status was low, and she was not worthy of such a precious treasure, so she smiled and said, "You are the guards of this palace, and since your father has rewarded you, you can naturally accept it." ”
Su Qingluan's words seemed to make them feel at ease to accept the jade pendant, but they understood that Su Qingluan was telling them that they were now her personal guards, and they were no longer the rural peasant women who were not valued before, and they were worthy of these things.
"Yes. Several people understood what Su Qingluan meant, and also understood that the emperor was not only rewarding them today, but also rewarding Su Qingluan, after all, they were Su Qingluan's people, and rewarding them was to give Su Qingluan face, so they no longer shirked and accepted the jade pendant.
The emperor looked at Zhao Hong and the three of them with satisfaction, turned his face to Su Qingluan and said, "Luan'er, you have trained your men very well. "The most important thing for a group of guards is not to listen to the master, but only to listen to the master.
Su Qingluan couldn't help but feel proud when she heard the emperor praise herself and her personal guards in front of so many people, "Father Xie praises the emperor, they and their sons need more experience." After Su Qingluan said modestly, he put away the smile on his face, and said solemnly, "Father, although these female soldiers of Erchen are from various rural areas in Dajing, Erchen has never looked down on them. Moreover, Erchen believes that the people of Dajing are all kind people, but he never thought that these female soldiers of Erchen today would be insulted by people like this!"
As soon as Su Qingluan said this, Su Jin knew that this matter could not be good, and today this guard was not only unlucky, but also very likely to implicate him, and he hated the guard just now for a while. The selection between their guards is very strict, and I really don't know how such a grain of rat could be selected.
Of course, the emperor knew what Su Qingluan was talking about, so he immediately said, "I already know what you said. After saying that, he turned to the chief eunuch and said, "Go, order someone to take down the guard who spoke ill of you, and I will see for myself what he has to say." ”
The chief eunuch took two guards with knives in front of the emperor to protect the emperor and walked down, and when the emperor saw this, he turned his head to look at Su Jin, "Uncle Zhongyong, I don't know what you think about this?"
Su Jin didn't expect the emperor to ask him, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and bowed down to the emperor and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, is this matter Weichen's, Weichen didn't expect that such scum would be mixed in with these 60,000 palace guards, and he asked His Majesty to calm his anger." ”
Su Qingluan couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard Su Jin's words, what a Su Jin, worthy of being an old fritter who has been in the mix for many years, and picked himself up cleanly after a few words. Yes, no matter who does his position, it is impossible to strictly scrutinize every guard. But today's incident is not something he can hide if he wants to, even if he doesn't blame him, he has to get rid of a few of his henchmen. Otherwise, he really regarded these 60,000 palace guards as his own personal soldiers.
Everyone who came to watch the battle today didn't understand how Su Jin could be blamed for being so good, and at this time, the chief eunuch had already led someone to escort the pair of guards who were insulting Li Qianqian. Suddenly, there was whispering in the crowd. Some people couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't that the third son of the Duke of Cao Guo's mansion? I heard that he went to the barracks to join the army two months ago, how did you arrest him?"
As soon as the man said this, everyone's faces were a little strange, everyone knew that the guards in the palace were responsible for the security of the entire palace, and each guard was carefully selected from the barracks, and there were regulations in the palace that only soldiers who had been more than one year old could be qualified to be recruited as a fifth-class soldier, and only those who had more than two years could be promoted to a fourth-class soldier, and those who had more than three years could be promoted to a third-class soldier. And what I said clearly during the competition just now is that this person only joined the army two months ago, and today he is competing as a third-class soldier. The truth is not to mention that everyone understands it.