Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

The celebration takes place on a hot winter afternoon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Early in the morning, the king, scholars, and others returned to the palace and invited the queen mother, the prime minister, the governor, the princess, and Ying'er to the meadow in the forest of the Taocun River. Although it is a harsh winter, the weather is cold, but here the wind is beautiful, and the spring is strong, because the hot river turns north here, and the northwest wind can blow the warm steam on the river bay like mist. A red cloth banner was hung on each side of the front of the venue, with "Hero Competition" written on one side and "Princess Chooses Son-in-law" on the other. The spacious meadow is filled with farmers from all over the world who come to watch. It can be said that this is an unprecedented event in the kingdom of heaven in many years.

The king, the queen mother, the prime minister, the scholar, the captain, the princess, the Ying'er, and the owners of the villages were seated in the front row, and I and Father Takaraya served as the conductor and presiding. The Queen Mother, the princess and Ying'er are all dressed up very beautifully today, which is particularly eye-catching. These three nobles in the palace can be described as the stunning beauties of heaven, and their clothes, beauties and bearings all show their elegance and nobility. However, if you notice it carefully, you can see that Ying'er's complexion is not very good, and she is a little melancholy and sad. Although the Queen Mother is graceful and elegant, she is no longer as old as a girl. Therefore, in comparison, the princess is the most gorgeous and dazzling. Although it was the season of severe cold and deep winter, the cold wind was cold and seeping, but she was wearing a rose-colored long dress, a pure white belt tied around her waist, long and wide sleeves, elegant and chic bun on the top of her head, a slight peach on her beautiful cheeks, the fragrance of red clouds on her lips, her slender and white neck was high and straight, and her eyes were straight and calm, giving people a sense of nobility and dignity.

After a while, the singers began to play, and in the midst of the singing, a group of beautifully dressed and delicate-looking girls began to dance. This is the prelude to the start of the event. Then, Father Gao Liang announced the beginning of the competition. The competition is conducted according to the single-elimination system, and for safety, the contestants use the bladeless long swords used by the students of the school village in their daily practice. The sixteen young guards who participated in the competition were divided into two groups to fight each other. On the field, long swords collided, and iron weapons were sonorous. The audience on the grass was in high spirits and shouted loudly. Looking at their exquisite swordsmanship and martial arts, I was really emotional, and I wondered when I would be able to show myself like them in front of the princess, Yingzi, and everyone in the kingdom of heaven.

The results of the first group of four pairs were not long in coming. The loser fell out in mourning, and it seemed that he didn't even have the courage to raise his head. The winner shouted triumphantly. Then a beautiful girl came running and put a wreath of flowers woven from branches on their heads. After the competition between the two groups, a song and dance of the girls was interspersed in the middle, and then the next round of knockout began. The eight people fought each other again, and the scene was more exciting. In the end, only Yunbu and Du Wei were left. I especially hope that Yunbu can give the lieutenant some color and see. However, Yunbu was quickly defeated by the sword of the captain. It made me feel very uncomfortable. Watching a beautiful girl put the most beautiful and largest flower crown on the head of the captain, my heart was very sour.

So I went to the king's side and whispered to Beze, who was to be on a par with the captain. The king summoned Gao Liang and asked him to announce that he would let Beze perform with the captain. Don't be the owner of the village, so he was unable to participate in the guard's competition. Beze didn't want to show off, but knowing that this was the king's intention, he had no choice but to ask for the long sword used in the game. Perhaps the lieutenant felt that he was a step above Beze, and as soon as he came up, he launched a rapid attack on Beze. Don't know if it was because after becoming the owner of the village, he was negligent in swordsmanship, or he was in a bad state, and he was killed by the captain in a panic and retreated again and again. This made me and the king sweat together. I really can't imagine that Beze, who was called a proud disciple of Yafu Gaoliang, would behave so weakly and disappointingly. I said to Gao Liang beside me, "Father, how do you say that the owner of the village behaves like this?" Gao Liang just smiled and said, "Childe, look down." ”

After several strong attacks, the lieutenant saw that it did not work, so he was a little breathless, and howled and swung his sword and pounced on Beze. Beze blocked the two swords, his body flashed, and then he swept his leg lightly at the rushing Du Wei, and then swept Du Wei's mouth and gnawed on the mud, and even rolled and crawled to the grass, and the long sword was thrown far away. The lieutenant took a breath, touched the bleeding on his mouth with his hand, and slowly got up from the ground, looking at Beze viciously. Beze picked up the long sword on the ground quite calmly, and said, "The captain accidentally misses, and if you don't count, you will win." As he spoke, he threw the long sword at the captain, who took the sword, held back his anger, and began to fight with Beze steadily and steadily. At this time, Beze became more and more courageous, and his speed became faster and faster, forcing the Captain to retreat without stopping, until he forced the Captain to the edge of the forest at the end of the meadow. So that the king, Gao Liang and others sitting in the front row couldn't help but follow to the edge of the forest to watch.

Maybe it's because Du Lieutenant is older, and because of the continuous competition, his physical strength seems to be a little weak, or maybe Du Wei's swordsmanship is indeed inferior to Beze, and under Beze's increasingly fierce attack, he is more and more powerless to parry, so that the long sword is beaten away by Beze again. Seeing this situation, Father Gao Liang hurriedly stopped between the two and said, "Du Wei and Beze are masters of the Heavenly Sword, and the two of them are excellent in martial arts, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. ”

After the guards' competition, there was a song and dance performance by the young descendants. The participants in the performance are all outstanding young people from various villages. Of course, their performances are mainly to celebrate the princess's coming-of-age, and if they can be selected as the princess's son-in-law, it will be extremely honorable. Young students perform wrestling, weightlifting, and handstands, but more often than not, swordsmanship and singing. Yesterday afternoon, the princess made a special trip to the Winter Palace to see me privately, and asked me to play a song "Prairie Love Song" for her during the celebration. In order not to disappoint the princess, I practiced this piece dozens of times last night so that I could perform it for her in public.

But I have concerns. The princess came to the Winter Palace yesterday to tell me again and again, I am afraid that she was secretly interested in me. I have deep respect and admiration for the princess, but her coldness and arrogance are beyond my reach. Because her coldness and beauty always make me feel inferior and cowardly. I think that if she chooses her husband, it means that your whole life will be changed because of this, so that you can match your nobility and dignity. It was this thought that made me nervous and hesitant. Because her image in my mind is so noble and dignified, that I dare not think of her in any way.

Don't push me on the stage again and again, saying, "Usually the princess likes to listen to your music, why don't you take the opportunity to present a song?" "Of course, I knew what Beze meant, so I mustered up the courage and prepared to give a. However, a young father in the school village took the lead and played the "Heavenly Requiem" with a long flute. His flute voice is low and melodious, mysterious and distant, as if it is not unique to the world, but floating from the sky. The music is so magical and beautiful, it keeps lingering and echoing in my heart, and I am amazed and feel inferior. At the same time, it also swept away my confidence in wanting to play the. Yes, in a country where everyone can blow the flute, my performance may only seem mediocre and ridiculous.

At this moment I noticed that the princess was looking at me with a gloomy and unhappy gaze, full of reproach and annoyance. As she looked at each other, I felt more and more confused. So, I hurriedly and timidly turned my head to the side. After a while, when I looked up at her again, I found that she had already turned her gaze away, and did not even look at me, and there seemed to be a hint of anger in her gloomy face.

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