The tenth section of the Eastern Han Dynasty official school, known as the "North Pavilion and South Courtyard". The so-called North Pavilion refers to the Taigakukan in Kyoto, which was established by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. A large number of court officials were trained for the Eastern Han dynasties, and people often say that Guozijian usually refers to the Taixue Hall in Kyoto. Every three years, Guozijian will hold a big examination to select talents and send fresh blood to the imperial court.

When Emperor Rui, the eighth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Nanban Pajia at that time was "far away, and candidates were in difficulty for reference." The request for the establishment of the Southern Courtyard in Nanjiao is also nominally part of the Guozijian, so that "the emperor's grace is the world, and all students in the world have been tested". Rui Di is known as "Nanjiao is located at the border, and it is inconvenient to start a school." The request was rejected and the "Nanning College" was established in Nanning, Queensland.

It stands to reason that the North Pavilion and the South Courtyard are all subordinate to the Guozijian, and they should be of one heart and one mind to cultivate talents for the imperial court. But in fact, most of the Taixue Museum are the children of the royal family, and the teachers study scripture and history calligraphy. Entering the Taixue Hall is the glory of every bachelor. In addition, the previous Guozi priest must be the owner of the Taixue Museum, and the deputy sacrificial wine is the president of Nanning College. Therefore, the bachelors who came out of the Taixue Pavilion were born with orthodoxy. The Southern Academy, on the other hand, is mostly the children of ordinary people, and has added various disciplines such as geography, arithmetic, and even martial arts under the name of "learning for application". In this way, the north and the south do not like each other, and the scholars attack each other and insult each other, which is a common thing. "North Pavilion and South Courtyard" all sound like they belong to Guozijian, but they have become two different schools, which is estimated to be unexpected even by Emperor Rui.

Praying for heaven and praying is also a rule handed down from Gaozu, and every year before the Chinese New Year, the emperor will get a speech from the prince of Daguo, encourage the backwards, and pray for the prosperity of the country. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become a common practice.

Tao Yu's prayer for heaven was held in Nanning Academy. Maybe it's a beautiful day, but last night there was a light rain, and in the early morning, the day was clear. But as the New Year approaches, even if the weather is sunny, it is still very warm, and the winter wind blows, and it is cold, still with a biting chill.

The entire Nanning College is now full of people, but the ground is swept clean and spotless, and the students are neatly lined up and standing densely in the courtyard. Everyone's face was filled with pride. The country's prayer for heaven has always been held in the Taixue Hall, but in Nanning Academy, it is the first time, although the little son of heaven has not yet been born, and even the mother is inconvenient to show up because she is pregnant with a dragon seed. But none of this can affect the joy of all students.

To Wu Ming's surprise, the dean of Nanning College turned out to be Zhu Huai, which made him a little surprised. Tao Yu was unwell, but he came to the top of the bright yellow sedan chair and stopped, and this ceremony of praying for heaven and prayer became a stage for Zhu Huai to perform alone.

Wu Ming took more than 100 soldiers from the Guards Battalion to protect Tao Yu's bright yellow sedan chair, watching Zhu Huai talk endlessly on the stage. There is nothing new in what he said, it is nothing more than "learn too much, report the emperor's favor as soon as possible." "Cultivate diligently, protect the family and defend the country" and so on. In the past, when Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was there, Wu Ming, as the head of the Xuanwu team, participated in two prayers for the heavens, and these words had long been heard out of the cocoon, so he naturally had no interest. But the students below were like being beaten with chicken blood, and bursts of thunderous applause broke out from time to time.

"Cultivate diligently and defend the country." This sentence made Wu Ming's heart sink, this sentence is in the Taixue Hall, which is full of literati, the emperor will definitely not speak, hearing Zhu Huaiyi say, he couldn't help but glance at the Wusheng who was standing on the right side of the courtyard, dressed in green clothes, these people are now dressed no different from Wensheng, except for the difference in color and Wensheng's white robe, there is no other difference. But Wu Ming swept it and found that most of the people in it were already martial artists, and there were many masters of more than three stages in it.

However, "diligent cultivation and hard work, defending the homeland and defending the country" naturally sounds different in the current delicate situation. I just don't know what kind of home and country I am defending.

Nanning College is usually under martial law, and non-college students are prohibited from entering. But today, in order to expand his influence, Zhu Huai temporarily lifted the ban. Outside the courtyard wall, there are three floors inside, and the people on the outer three floors surround the entire Nanning College. But Zhu Huai's voice was clear and loud, but it was like a giant tree hitting a bell, and it came out far and wide. The fourth section of the martial artist can "gather sounds into a line", Zhu Huai has obviously reached the fourth stage, he stood on the stage, and talked calmly for nearly half an hour, still neither humble nor arrogant, obviously has spare strength, Wu Ming can't figure out the specific rank of the other party.

This governor of Jiangnan, I'm afraid it's not as kind as he looks on his face.

He was there, and his mind was almost a mess. Suddenly, a loud bell rang, this one was so loud and loud that it was like a scorched thunder on the ground. In the dreary, there is a shocking force. He came to his senses and turned his head to look behind him, it was a large bell in the middle of the academy, at this time, several martial artists were shirtless, holding a huge hammer log, they took a few steps back, and then slammed forward, hitting the bell again.

"Knock-" There was another muffled thunderous sound, and those martial artists seemed to be shaken a few times. This sound was even louder than just now, like a giant Lang slapping a reef, and the entire academy echoed endlessly. Zhu Huai's clear singing voice rolled in the gap of the bell:

"There is rain in the sky, it is so weird and indefinite, and there is a death in the world, so yin and yang are separated.

The body is dead and will be buried in Shanyang from then on, and the soul will return here to defend the family forever. ”

In the past, the last step of the emperor's sacrifice was to comfort the ancestors. But this year, due to the special circumstances, the emperor was not there, so he became the agent of Zhu Huai, and it was changed to pay tribute to the dead soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and to mourn the deceased Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty and the crown prince. Wu Ming also knew about this, he was thinking about other things just now, but he didn't expect that the sacrifice had already reached the last step.

He opened his mouth, and was about to make a sound, when he saw the few Wu Sheng who hit the bell let out a loud shout, and then hugged the hammer wood in his arms, and at the same time exerted force, and slammed into the giant bell again. "Knock-" The last blow, like a huge thunder on the head, seemed to shake the ground, although the sound was muffled, but there was a force that penetrated the clouds, for a while, the sound resounded to stop the clouds, and the whole sky seemed to be echoing.

Wu Ming only felt that his heart was hot, and he involuntarily opened his mouth and sang along with Zhu Huai. Then, the soldiers of the Guards Battalion behind exerted their strength at the same time and sang in unison. Below, thousands of academy students standing neatly also sang along. In the end, the citizens of Nanning, who were watching the festival outside, also couldn't help themselves and echoed in unison.

For a while, the whole world reverberated with this stirring funeral song, turning into a heroic spirit that resounded all over the city. In mid-air, dark clouds remained in the sky, rolling in the winter wind. It was as if he was whimpering in the wind with the singing.

Zhu Huai's move, although it is mostly a move to attract the hearts of the military. But those soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army who died in battle are eternal heroes and worthy of respect. Wu Ming sang and sang, but tears couldn't help blurring his eyes.

After participating in the ceremony, the rest of the time was free time, and Nanning College suddenly became noisy, and many Nanning residents took advantage of this rare opportunity to pour in from the outside. After today, this Nanning College is going to be closed again, so everyone naturally wants to seize this opportunity to come in and visit.

The entire Nanning Academy is now full of people, and Wu Ming felt a little stuffy in his heart, so he asked Yang Xiong to take dozens of soldiers from the Guards Battalion to escort Tao Yu back to his home first. He himself was surrounded by Dai Yu with a large number of military generals. These people were enthusiastic, and they all said that they would take Commander Wu to visit, which was already agreed, and he couldn't shirk it. What is rare is that Lu Fang, who has not been seen for several days, finally appeared, and he is now being pulled by Liu Ze, talking endlessly. The two were coerced in a large group of people, and Wu Ming looked for a long time before he saw it.

These civil and military generals seemed to be the leaders of Nanning Academy in the past, and everyone surrounded Wu Ming and walked for a while, vying to introduce the layout of the academy and some allusions. Today's prayer for the heavens, everyone is wearing brand new official uniforms. This group of people is naturally quite eye-catching. Dai Yu's life is tall and strong, and his voice is also the loudest, and he was first discovered by the martial arts students of Nanning College, who shouted "Senior Dai", "General Dai", and "Master Dai", and then pulled Dai Yu out of the crowd. This suddenly started, and more Wen Wusheng discovered this special team, and they rushed over, and in a compliment, this group of people was pulled clean after a little leaning. Liu Ze hid left and right, and in the end, he couldn't escape the eyes of those scholars. was also forcibly pulled out. Before leaving, Liu Ze stared at Lu Fang and said, "Lord Wu, I'll accompany you another day." Then, in the smug laughter of more than a dozen scholars, he turned around and walked away step by step.

Wu Ming couldn't help but want to laugh, it seemed that Lu Fang was much more valuable in his eyes than himself, Lord Wu. He turned his head, looked at Lu Fang, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, your kid's charm is still quite great." ”

Lu Fang's chest straightened, and he said proudly: "Just kidding, don't look at who we are?" The twenty-third generation grandson of the dignified Lu Gongzi, the genius of the family in recent years, hum, how can he ......be compared to the declining kid of the Black Iron Gate" Wu Ming heard him say this, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "Liu Ze is really a person from the Black Iron Gate?" ”

This is a coincidence that the book is not written, he only mentioned the matter of the Black Iron Gate to Lu Fang a few days ago, but he didn't expect Liu Ze to be really a person from the Black Iron Gate, he was naturally surprised.

The corners of Lu Fang's mouth hooked, and he said with a smile: "It's true that kid is a person from the Black Iron Gate, but it seems that he is not doing well, and there is a senior brother above who will fight with him for the right to be in charge of the Black Iron Gate." But with that kid's tricks, without my help, I guess I really can't get past his senior brother's level. ”

The position of the master of the Black Iron Gate has always been inhabited by capable people, but Lu Fang himself is a big child, and he also shouts Liu Ze as a "kid", according to age, Liu Ze is his father, which is more than enough. Wu Ming was a little speechless when he heard this, but he also knew that his own ability was indeed as powerful as his mouth, so he didn't refute him, just frowned, and said: "With Liu Ze's ability, he is still pressed by his senior brother, who is his senior brother?" ”

Liu Ze's own ability has nothing to say, his official position is even more Jiangnan Governor, his ability and power are terrifying, and he may not be able to find a few people who can overpower him, so Wu Ming has this question. Lu Fang leaned over and said mysteriously: "My lord, if you say it, you will definitely be scared half to death, and his senior brother is the current Shangshu Yiguan of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court." ”