Chapter 266: King Ming of the Great Sui

On this side of the square, the closest to the Dianjiangtai stood two columns of golden gourd warriors. They were all burly and tall people selected from the forbidden army, and they were actually honor guards. However, because these people have to defend the emperor at close range, their own martial arts are also good.

Outside the Golden Melon Samurai, there was a row of Ouchi guards in flying fish robes.

The elite of the 500 forbidden troops who traveled with the emperor stood on both sides of the Dianjiangtai. And Fang Xie and the others were wearing the clothes of the forbidden military captains, so they could move around freely, but of course they couldn't run in front of the emperor and courtiers. They can go back and forth, but they must not go too far from the point.

And the eight masters who stood on the four corners of the emperor's imperial chariot before were also on the point general platform at this time. Fang Xie deliberately looked at the eight people, although they were wearing flying fish robes, they all covered their mouths and noses with brocade handkerchiefs, revealing only a pair of eyes. The distance was not very close, so Fang Xie couldn't even tell how old they were.

When killing Fang and hating water, Meng Wuxian's words Fang Xie still remembered very clearly. He said that the Ouchi Guards Office had now reached a difficult point, and the guard duties of this ceremony had been excluded. At that time, Meng Wudi's tone was full of desolation, and that kind of sadness could be understood. Today, it seems that Meng Wudi's words are true...... The flying fish robe of the Ouchi guard is on the outermost part of the emperor's guard, and it is even only used as an honor guard when traveling.

And the eight masters on the stage are obviously not from the Ouchi Guards.

The once incomparably beautiful Ouchi Guards has been reduced to the point where it is now, and it has only been a matter of the past few months when you think about it, and Hou Wenji's rebellion is the *** that the Ouchi Guards Office was abandoned by the emperor. Fang Xie could guess that the once terrifying love affair was now only afraid that it had been shattered.

Today, on such an important occasion, Fang Xie didn't even see Luo Weiran's shadow, which fully shows that the status of the Ouchi Guards has plummeted.

Good times don't last long...... Inconstancy.

Fang Xie retracted his thoughts and cast his gaze on the mighty Zuo Wuwei army in the distance. It was one of the most elite armies of the Great Sui, one of the six armies of the Son of Heaven defending Chang'an City, and this army was going to the northwest soon, but with this army, even if it was elite, how could it turn the tide?

He saw many things in his eyes and thought many things in his head. Since the emperor let Zuo Wuwei's general Yu Manlou go on the expedition, he must have trusted this person. And Yu Manlou led the troops to be inspected by the emperor today, there are tens of thousands of elites, how can Prince Yi succeed if he wants to rebel?

So now it seems that Prince Yi's methods should be mainly placed on the great cultivators. A group of people who were extremely strong in cultivation looked for an opportunity to sneak attack Dianjiangtai and kill the emperor before Zuo Wuwei's men and horses had time to close the siege. But look at the emperor's side, the guards are so tight, even a great cultivator can't cut the emperor down in an instant. Up to now, Prince Yi's plan didn't seem to show any signs of it, which made Fang Xie feel a little uneasy.

Fang Xie patrolled back and forth, and then shifted his gaze to the side of the red sleeve move. He was looking for the figure of the proprietress but looked carefully for a long time and couldn't find it. Not only did I not see the proprietress but I didn't even find the old lame man. Fang Xie suddenly frowned, and then sighed.

How could I have missed this!

He said a word of annoyance in his heart, and then he remembered that the old lame man also had great respect for Prince Yi. He persuaded the proprietress to follow the red-sleeved trick before, and he had already asked the old lame man to tell him to watch the proprietress and not to take risks impulsively. But he forgot that if the old cripple was impulsive, he didn't have to be the boss's wife at all.

As soon as he thought of this, Fang Jie's heart was in a mess.

The proprietress has a great kindness to him, and if something happens to the proprietress to relieve her unease.

Just as he was thinking about these things, he suddenly saw a thin man approaching the side of the red sleeve. The man was wearing the costume of a red-sleeved recruiter, but he was certainly not a red-sleeved recruiter. It was a big dog, and Fang Xie recognized it at a glance. Before, he asked the big dog to hide in Chang'an City just to wait for today, the big dog can smell the murderous aura, this ability is unique, let him hide in other places, and he can detect the danger earlier than following Fang Jie.

And Fang Xie made an appointment with the big dog, and as long as he found something wrong, he would contact the person who recruited the red sleeves. And the little master of the red sleeve trick will let the dancer use the dance posture on the stage to make code words to remind Fang Xie to pay attention.

At this time, Zuo Wuwei's men and horses had not yet fully entered, and the big dog approached the red-sleeved move......

Fang Jie's mind was stunned!

In the crowd, the white-haired old man who was proud of himself before was once the captain of Zuo Wuwei, his face suddenly changed, and his wife, who was with him day and night, immediately noticed the change in him: "What's wrong?" ”

The old man frowned and muttered something wrong.

My wife asked what was wrong?

The old man was silent for a moment and then said, "According to reason, soldiers who are inspected by His Majesty can carry swords and lances, or they can bring bows...... But you must not bring feathered arrows, you see, whether it is cavalry or infantry, their quiver is full of arrows...... How could there be such a big oversight? If you are questioned by the emperor, even the general will be punished! ”

The old lady thought for a while and said with a smile: "You are too sensitive, isn't the army going to go out immediately, what if you bring feather arrows......"

The old man shook his head: "I hope so." ”

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The three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry of the left guards circled the square in half a circle, and then entered the square according to the regulations, and stood in a phalanx behind the stage where the red sleeves beckoned them to sing and dance. The army was more than 300 meters away from the Emperor's point and general platform, separated by a stage and a passage for the Emperor to review the army.

An Overseer Captain rode his horse around the army, shouting at the soldiers to stand still. Soon, more than 10,000 soldiers lined up in the square, and if you look at it from above, it is a neat square that will surely make people breathtaking, like the corners of sliced tofu.

After Zuo Wuwei's men and horses stood up, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were responsible for planning and arranging today's ceremony began to be busy again. They have to supervise the singing and dancing performances, and they must not make a mistake. Which one performs first on stage and what show is performed first must be verified, and there can be no mistakes in the order.

Huai Qiugong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood on the platform and supervised the actions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites with clairvoyance.

After the scene quieted down, Huai Qiugong turned around and bowed his head to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you have already prepared, can you let the people of the singing and dancing company perform?" ”

The Emperor hummed and ordered, "Go and inform the girls who are singing and dancing, and let them work harder." My army of Zuo Wuwei is about to set out, and this performance is not for me to see, but for them. If they play well, I will be rewarded heavily. ”

Huai Qiugong answered, and then turned around and ordered his subordinates.

In a short time, several large drums placed in front of each stage, a total of 72 large drums, beat at the same time. The sound of drums like war thunder resounded through the clouds, and the drums sounded, and the onlookers immediately fell silent. With the sound of the drums, the soldiers of Zuo Wuwei used their horizontal knives to neatly beat the shields in their hands, harmonizing with the sound of the drums. The atmosphere was immediately stirred up, and there was a kind of pride boiling in everyone's hearts.

Tens of thousands of elites, or beating shields or beating their own breastplates, in this way with the sound of war drums, this kind of melody is very monotonous, but it is definitely the most uplifting tune.

After nine war drums, a loud and distant trumpet sounded.

With the sound of the horn, the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to urge the people of the singing and dancing company to perform on stage. According to the regulations, more than a dozen singing and dancing lines performed programs in turn, and finally all the singing and dancing lines performed at the same time, breaking the west wind for the army. This song that breaks the west wind is said to have come from the hand of Li Xiao, a general during the Taizong period, who was originally a Confucian general and was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In his later years, he defended the northwest frontier for the Great Sui, and made this song in his spare time, the meaning of which is to tell others about his ambitions. Although Li Xiao is old, he still has the heart to fight for the country, and he breaks the west wind...... The target naturally refers to the Northwest Mongolian Yuan.

But what is ridiculous and sad is that Li Xiao's descendants colluded with the Mengyuan people to seize the three northwestern provinces of the Great Sui. That was the place where Li Xiao guarded, where the legendary man spent the rest of his life.

This song is so widely spread that even the children of the Great Sui can hum it.

This kind of choreography is obviously thoughtful, think about a dozen delicate women singing and dancing, performing a sonorous song of breaking the west wind before the ten thousand armies, it must be very effective in encouraging the soldiers.

The horn fell, and the first song and dance line to perform a very classic song and dance line was the south bank of the Spring Breeze and Green River. The author of this piece is none other than the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Huai Qiugong. Huai Qiugong is a native of Jiangnan and has been poor since he was a child, but now he is a recognized teacher among Jiangnan students, and he must be called Mr. when he mentions it. Therefore, the lyrics and songs made by Huai Qiugong are widely spread in Jiangnan.

As soon as this familiar tune was played, Huai Qiugong couldn't help but smile.

When he made this song, it was after he was named the champion by the emperor at that time. He returned to his hometown in red and colorful clothes, and when he returned to Jiangnan, it was early spring, and he made this spring breeze on a whim and the south bank of the Green River. In the blink of an eye, decades have passed.

On the stage, several women with beautiful postures danced like willows blown by the wind and were admired, and Huai Qiugong seemed to have returned to the past all of a sudden.

He looked back at the Emperor and saw that the Emperor was also looking at him.

The two men looked at each other and smiled.

The performance of the red sleeve move is put at the end, so it will have to wait for a while. Because of this, Fang Xie was a little anxious, and he was eager to know what the big dog had found. Fortunately, he and Xiao Dingdian also agreed on a second set of code words. Just when another song and dance company was performing the spring breeze and the south bank of the Green River, Xiao Dingdian suddenly walked onto the stage and seemed to inadvertently arrange the flags on the stage.

That was the flag language that Fang Xie taught her, not the flag language of this era, but the flag used by Fang Xie in the navy in his previous life. Fang Xie was fascinated by the naval flag for a while in his previous life, and when he was young, he once tied a red scarf to a stick and waved it back and forth stupidly, feeling powerful and domineering.

I didn't expect it, but now I use it.

When he saw Xiao Ding's waving flag, his heart immediately tightened!

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Martial Arts Academy

In front of the library building

Next to the stone table

Dean Zhou fell lightly, his face calm. Sitting in front of him was a very tall but thin old man, with a beard that hung down to his chest. Wearing a black robe, solemn and solemn.

"Zhou Gong is calculating"

This old man in a black robe can naturally only be Xiao Zhenren who is in Qingle Mountain!

He held a white child in his hand, and hesitated for a long time to fall: "This hand is so wonderful that it has forced me into a dead end......"

He sighed a little disappointed, and then put the chess pieces back in the box: "No, I lost." No matter how you calculate it, it's a loss. ”

"If you know that you will lose no matter what, why do you want to be paranoid?"

Dean Zhou asked.

Xiao Zhenren smiled and said, "The victory or defeat on the chessboard does not count as a victory or defeat." This chessboard seems to be unfathomable, but in fact it is just a thing to relieve boredom. ”

Dean Zhou hummed and asked, "Give me a reason?" ”

Xiao Zhenren picked up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and said in a flat tone: "Your Majesty values my Taoist Sect, and I am grateful to Dade." When I was lonely on the streets, it was no different from begging. Your Majesty took pity on me and made me the leader of the Taoist Sect. It stands to reason that I should be content, so even I feel that it is too much, why should I turn my back on His Majesty's love? I sat late at night and thought about it before I realized that it was just a greedy word after all. ”

"A man sits at the foot of the mountain, looking up and not seeing the top of the mountain. But when a person sits only a step away from the top of the mountain, he always thinks that it would be wonderful to sit on the highest place. ”

He asked, "Does the Duke of Zhou know how the Great Khan of Meng Yuan succeeded to the throne?" ”

Dean Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly, sighed and said, "I understand, it turns out ...... You want to be the Great Wheel King of the Great Sui. ”