In the Governor's Mansion of the Praetorian Guard, Nangong Xiongba was worried about the princess's competition at this time, and there were almost more than 100,000 people who came to participate in the written examination to recruit relatives, and in addition to all kinds of unqualified candidates, there were 70,000 or 80,000 people participating in the competition.

After detailed screening, according to the age limit, the conditions for the fame of the seven grades, and the lineage of the official eunuch family, there are only about 50,000 people left who meet these three identities, and the forbidden city is still crowded.

Nangong Xiongba is the chief examiner in charge of the preliminary competition to recruit relatives, a few days ago, the emperor and the crown prince hinted at him, let him come up with a perverted and harsh exam question, try to cut off half of the candidates in the preliminary round, understand the will of the royal family, Nangong Xiongba racked his brains to ponder the exam questions.

Because he was worried about leaking the content of the exam questions, Nangong Xiongba did not find any confidants and family members to give advice, he locked himself at home to study the exam questions, and after several days of hard thinking, this afternoon, he finally came up with an unbelievable exam question.

Sitting at the stone table in the garden, sipping a cup of fragrant new tea, Nangong Xiongba used a brush to write down the exam questions he came up with on the paper, just as he finished writing the exam questions with a proud look on his face, suddenly, the soldiers at the door ran in to find him, saying that Ling Xia wanted to give him a fate.

"Who's going to give back their lives? Ling Xia? What for? As soon as he heard Ling Xia's name, Nangong Xiongba didn't come back to his senses for a while, he thought for a while, he came to his senses, stood up with a "whoosh", and ordered with an excited face: "Quick, bring Ling Xia in." ”

Seeing that the Metropolitan Governor was so excited, the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran outside, and after a while, several soldiers escorted Ling Xia in, and as soon as they met, Ling Xia greeted Nangong Xiongba familiarly: "The last general will meet the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Nangong Xiongba didn't pay attention to Ling Xia, but looked around at Ling Xia, and after looking at it, he frowned and asked, "Why is it just him?" Didn't he lead a team of hundreds? Why didn't you see those people? And what about that Peng Lie? Why didn't you bring it in? ”

"Qiyu Dadudu, only Ling Xia himself came to restore his life, he didn't see anyone else accompanying him, he and others looked for this Ling Xia all the way, but he didn't expect him to appear in the imperial capital, he searched carefully, he wasn't with Peng Lie." A Praetorian Guard commander reported.

After hearing the Praetorian Guard's reply, Nangong Xiongba shifted his gaze to Ling Xia, looked Ling Xia up and down, and Nangong Xiongba asked in a deep voice: "You are Ling Xia:" What about Peng Lie?" Where are you hiding him? ”

"Peng Lie was hidden by me in an absolutely safe place." As he spoke, Ling Xia stretched out his body that was tied up by five flowers: "Governor Dadu, I was escorted Peng Lie into the imperial capital by the military order of the commander of the Nangong Bo Legion, why was I tied up as soon as we met?" ”

"What do you say?" After asking rhetorically, Nangong Xiongba asked Ling Xia with an unkind face: "Since Nangong Bo sent you, why didn't you hand over Peng Lie to me, I sent dozens of Praetorian Guards to meet you along the way, but you never showed up."

If you really want to hand over Peng Lie to me, just give Peng Lie to the Praetorian Guards who went to pick it up, but you didn't do it, but disappeared all the way to hide your whereabouts, do you know how many Praetorian Guard brothers are tired of lying down here in order to find your traces? ”

"My lord, I have a hard time, when I took over Peng Lie, I felt that something was wrong, as if someone was secretly peeping at me, in order to complete the instructions of the commander of the Nangong Army, I had to be cautious.

Later, I found out that in addition to the Praetorian Guards looking for me, the War Guards of the War Department were also looking for me, and there was also a force of unknown origin also chasing and killing us along the way.

The gang of people who chased and killed us kept changing their identities all the way, sometimes pretending to be war guards, sometimes pretending to be fast trappers, sometimes pretending to be high-rollers, and even pretending to be Praetorian Guards a few times, and once I almost fooled Peng Lie into handing over to those people.

It was because that group of people were good at disguise and makeup that I was worried about sending Peng Lie to the wrong person, for the sake of insurance, I simply was ruthless and decided that no one would believe it, and I sent people directly to the imperial capital, but I didn't expect that when I came to the imperial capital with all my hard work, this kind of treatment was waiting for me. ”

"Oh? You're saying someone is pretending to be a Praetorian Guard to hunt you down? After thinking for a moment, Nangong Xiongba pondered for a moment, and then he whispered to himself: "Could it be that those people are Wu Zhenshan's comrades?" ”

After whispering, Nangong Xiongba glanced at Ling Xia and motioned to the soldier to untie the rope on Ling Xia's body, and after the soldier untied the rope, Ling Xia took out a letter and a token from his arms, and he handed the letter to Nangong Xiongba, saying that it was a handwritten letter written by Nangong Bo.

Then, Ling Xia put the token on the stone table in front of Nangong Xiongba, and when he put the token, Ling Xia inadvertently saw the exam questions on the paper, glanced at it, he pretended to be indifferent and returned to his place, and then said with a respectful expression towards Nangong Bo:

"The last general was sent by the commander of the corps, Nangong Bo, and was ordered to escort Peng Lie to the imperial capital for trial, which lasted three months and seven days, and the last general finally brought Peng Lie to the imperial capital.

"You mean to give me a fate?" Although Nangong Xiongba looks rough, he is very careful in his mind, not like Xia Yuanxiao who is so foolish, he doesn't eat Ling Xia's set at all, after listening to Ling Xia's words, Nangong Xiongba said lightly: "What about Peng Lie? Did you send him to the Three Divisions? ”

"Made, this guy deserves to be the Grand Governor in charge of the Praetorian Guard, and he goes straight to the point when he opens his mouth, he has a very bright brain." Muttering secretly, Ling Xia shook his head: "Qiyu Grand Governor, Peng Lie is still in the hands of the last general, and he has not been sent to the Three Law Divisions for the time being." ”

"The military order is very clear, let you hand over Peng Lie to the Imperial Capital Three Law Division for trial, and now you have not sent Peng Lie to the Three Law Division, which means that you have not completed the task, even so, how can you say that you have returned to the fate?" Nangong Xiongba's thinking is very clear.

"I originally planned to stuff Peng Lie directly into the Three Law Divisions, but I thought that there was a sentence mentioned in the notice issued by the Lord before, saying that if I handed over Peng Lie to the Lord, I and my subordinates would be promoted to one level."

Speaking of this, Ling Xia paused deliberately, and then continued: "At present, the Praetorian Guard and the Ministry of War are in the same situation, and the military membership and establishment of the 100-man team of the last general are on the side of the Ministry of War.

With all due respect, the last general handed over Peng Lie to the adults, which was tantamount to offending the military department, and the last general would hand over Peng Lie, but the governor of the capital could not promote the position and rank of the last general and others.

Forgive the last general to be brave, please fulfill his promise first, and after the last general and his subordinates are all promoted in rank and position, the last general will naturally hand over Peng Lie, in this situation, the last general really does not dare to choose blindly, and hopes that the metropolitan governor will forgive his sins. ”

"Hehe------ so you're worried about your future." After understanding the scruples in Ling Xia's heart, Nangong Xiongba laughed loudly: "You not only look down on the military department, but also underestimate the general, if I want to be promoted to a military general, I don't need to ask for the opinion of the military department at all." ”

After speaking, seeing that Ling Xia had a look of disbelief on his face, Nangong Xiongba didn't say much, he sat back at the stone table, put away the exam questions on the table, wrote a note with a pen, and then handed the note to a personal soldier: "Send it to the ministry." ”

"Yes." After the soldier took the note, he carefully rolled it into his arms, then turned around and ran outside, and then, Ling Xia heard the sound of horses' hooves and drove into the distance.

After about half an hour, there was a sound of horses' hooves at the door again, and then, the pro-soldier ran in from outside, and after walking to Nangong Bo's side, the pro-soldier took out a token and a folded book, which was ordered to write the words "Promotion Order".

Fiddling with the token casually, Nangong Xiongba didn't look carefully, and threw the token to Ling Xia.

After catching the token thrown by Nangong Xiongba, Ling Xia took a closer look, the token is made of a non-gold and non-jade material, the front is printed with the words "Thousand Commander Ling Xia Order", and the back is engraved with a lifelike tiger head pattern, it is said that this tiger head is painted by the founding emperor himself, implying that the army general is the "tiger general" of the imperial court. ”

While Ling Xia was playing with the token in his hand, Nangong Xiongba opened the promotion order issued by the Ministry of Officials, and read in a nonchalant tone: "From now on, Ling Xia, the centurion under the command of the S.H.I.E.L.D., has been promoted to the rank of Seventh Rank Martial Artist, and his official position has been promoted to the commander of the Hundred Guards Thousand Commanders-------!" ”

Thinking of this, Nangong Xiongba suddenly stopped, he looked up at Ling Xia, his eyes showed a trace of doubt: "On the note I gave to the Ministry of Officials, I just asked the Ministry of Officials to promote you and your subordinates to one level, you were only a centurion before, after being promoted, you should be from the seventh rank, and the position should be a general officer, but why would the Ministry of Officials give you a two-level promotion?" Could it be that the officials are mistaken? ”

"Ahem...... ahem" Ling Xia laughed dryly, and then told Nangong Xiongba with a shy face: "The Ministry is not mistaken, I was indeed a centurion of the Eighth Rank before, but before I came to the Metropolitan Governor to surrender, I first went to the Ministry of War."

In view of my excellent performance, Lord Shangshu specially promoted me and my brothers to one level, and after receiving your note, the officials promoted me to one level on the basis of the original, so that I am a seventh-rank martial artist, and my official position also happens to be promoted to the commander of a thousand commanders. ”

"What? You went to the military department before you came to me? And also got promoted? After hearing this answer, Nangong Xiongba was stunned at first, and then he glared at Ling Xia with an angry face: "You, unexpectedly, dare, play, me!" ”