Chapter 4 The Leopard Room

The leopard house is close to Xihua Gate and is also known as Xiyuan. It was Zhengde who was impatient with the stiff and depressing atmosphere in the palace, and moved to the leopard room in the second year of Zhengde. The major affairs of the imperial court are decided by the leopard room.

Zhu Houhuang got up early, rode a horse with four or five servants, and came to the door of the leopard room.

Qian Ning was wearing a flying fish suit, and after greeting Zhu Houhuang, he said: "Wait a minute, Your Majesty got a new beauty last night, and now it hasn't gotten up yet, how about I introduce this leopard room to the prince?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Thank you Commander. ”

The leopard house is on the west side of the Forbidden City, on the southwest bank of the Taiye Pool. Originally, it was a place to raise tigers and leopards in the palace, so it was called the leopard room, not that there were really a lot of tigers and leopards in it, although there were a few tigers and leopards, but more were other buildings. For example, the temple, the inner school, the palace where Zhengde lived, and the office space of officials at all levels who followed Zhengde.

The leopard room is essentially a palace.

Qian Ning took Zhu Houhuang to visit the leopard room and spoke very politely. made Zhu Houhuang feel flattered. Zhu Houhuang knew that this Jinyi Guard commanded Lord Qian Ning Qian, but he was a famous person, and his prestige could make children stop crying. Being so polite and courteous to him today made Zhu Houhuang unclear, but he didn't dare to slack off, and his attitude towards Qian Ning became more and more respectful.

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Channing's eyes. Suddenly, at this moment, a brocade guard came to Qian Ning's ears and whispered a few times.

Qian Ning frowned and said: "What nonsense, beat them out, this is not a place where cats and dogs can come." ”

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lord Qian doesn't know what's going on?" ”

Qian Ning said: "An envoy from a vassal country of the Buddha Langji, who does not know the height of the sky, eats a closed door in the Ministry of Rites, and actually dares to come to the leopard room to make trouble. ”

Zhu Houhuang was shocked when he heard the three words of the Franc machine, and suddenly felt that the world was not far away from me, and he couldn't remember for a while whether the Franc machine was Spain or Portugal, but he was sure that the Franc machine could reach Daming, indicating that the exchange between the East and the West had begun.

To be honest, Zhu Houhuang never expected that during the Zhengde period, there would already be envoys from the West.

For a while, he was in a trance.

"Shizi, Shizi." Channing exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Lord Qian, the beautiful scenery of this leopard room makes me see God?" Zhu Houhuang hurriedly said.

Qian Ning didn't chase after Zhu Houhuang's words, whether it was a shirk, and said with a smile: "No, otherwise Your Majesty wouldn't look down on the Forbidden City, and you have to live in this leopard room." Shizi, the time is almost up, Your Majesty is about to get up. Let's get there. ”

Zhu Houhuang followed Qian Ning to the backyard, but saw that Zhengde had already gotten up and was carrying a long sword to practice swords. Everyone was waiting.

Zhu Houhuang looked at Zhengde's sword light, like pouring snow. Go like thunder, close like a condensing wave. The kung fu on this long sword is not comparable to himself.

Zhengde let out a long breath, and his breath was like a white rainbow in the air, and Zhengde asked, "Zhou Daochang, how is my swordsmanship?" ”

An old Taoist priest was wearing a golden silk robe, holding a dust, with a childish face, looking in good spirits, and said: "Your Majesty's martial arts have reached the point where they cannot be improved. ”

Zhengde smiled and said, "I know you're lying to me, but it's a nice sound, so I don't blame you." He turned his head, looked at Zhu Houhuang, and said, "Brother Huang, you are here, come and play, and fight with me again." ”

As soon as Zhu Houhuang looked at the scene, he immediately felt a faint pain all over his body, the injury that Zhengde smashed on his body yesterday was not light, and there was still black and blue under his clothes. He hurriedly said: "Brother Huang's martial arts, if the younger brother is not as good as the minister, there is no need to compare." However, "Zhu Houhuang didn't want to weaken his momentum, he also figured out a little idea of Zhengde, in front of Zhengde, what to say, even if he collided with him, he was not angry, but if he was submissive and had no edge at all, Zhengde looked down on it. He continued: "However, manly man, what is the use of this man's enemy's kung fu, if you want to learn it, you must learn from ten thousand enemies. ”

Zhengde struck the festival and said: "Okay, a 10,000-strong enemy, in this way, the imperial brother will see how your 10,000-strong enemy kung fu is?" Lead the horse. ”

At the sound of the order, someone immediately brought the horses in.

Zhu Houhuang looked at the horses, all of which were selected Liaodong horses, and they were all first-class good horses.

Zhengde turned over and got on the horse, and the rest of the people followed one after another, and Zhu Houhuang also got on the horse.

As soon as Zhengde "drove", dozens of people raised their whips to catch up and followed behind Zhengde. Zhengde bypassed several large courtyards, entered a large school field, pulled the reins suddenly, and with a "whoosh", he stopped too fast, and suddenly pulled the horse into the air with his front hooves, and it took a while to fall.

When Zhengde dismounted, Zhu Houhuang and others also arrived.

Zhengde threw the reins down with a flick of his hand, and naturally someone came to place the horses. ”

"Your Majesty has an order, beat the drum." The eunuch heard his voice far away.

"Bang", on the edge of the stage, there are eight drums symmetrically, and there are eight wrestlers, who are shirtless at the moment, pick up the drumsticks, and knock them down fiercely.

The dull sound of drums exploded in everyone's ears.

I saw eight wrestlers raise their arms and smash them on the drum one by one, faster and faster, more and more urgent. In the end, they were almost all in unison.

With the sound of drums, on the school field, countless smoke and dust were raised, and countless soldiers rushed out from all directions, one by one, the armor was bright, the swords and guns were dazzling, and after a drum, on the school field, thousands of soldiers covered the entire point under the stage.

Zhu Houhuang looked down, horizontal columns, vertical rows. Even if it is not as good as the National Day military parade, it is still a first-class neatness.

This is a first-class strong soldier. It is the elite selected from the four outer armies.

At this time, unlike later generations, the requirements for the queue in later generations were only training obedience and discipline. But in this era, the queue, the formation, is the combat effectiveness to the letter. The army that can be assembled in this way, even if it is a showmanship, even if it has never seen blood, is much more powerful than ordinary soldiers.

At this moment, the two big men stepped forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhengde, and said, "The last general, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, meet the general." ”

Zhengde said: "The generals are exempt. ”

Jiang Bin and Xu Tai shouted: "General Xie." ”

The two of them stood on the left and right of Zhengde. Zhengde turned his head as if a child was showing off his beloved toy and said, "Brother Huang, what do you think of the way of these ten thousand enemies?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The imperial brother is naturally the elite of the world, but," Zhu Houhuang slammed it and said: "The younger brother thinks that he is not inferior to the imperial brother." ”

Zhengde said: "Okay, it's good that Brother Huang has this spirit, come and put on the prince of Yongwang." ”

Before Zhu Houhuang knew what was going on, someone put on the body mountain armor, along with the helmet and long sword. Zhu Houhuang was a little confused, and couldn't help but look up at Zhengde, but saw that Zhengde was looking at Zhu Houhuang with a smile, as if he was watching something very interesting.

Zhu Houhuang had no choice but to take off his coat and put on his armor. After he put on the armor, he only felt that his whole body was sinking, and it was a little inconvenient for him to walk.

He secretly thought about it and felt that this armor was at least more than thirty pounds. It was uncomfortable to press him.

Zhengde suddenly pulled Zhu Houhuang to the front and said, "Brother Huang, do you want to use the left or the right?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said suspiciously: "Please ask Your Majesty to solve your doubts, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhengde patted his head and said, "Yes, you haven't been here, Jiang Bin, you come to explain to Brother Huang." ”

Jiang Bin said: "Yes." "Jiang Bin is a burly man, with a scar on his face, which was an arrow wound he suffered during the rebellion of Ping Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and he looks even more hideous.

Jiang Bin stepped forward and said: "Shizi, Your Majesty plays martial arts, divides the soldiers into two pairs, uses wooden knives, wooden guns, bows and arrows to arrowheads, and the knives and guns are stained with white ash. Fight in formation, compare the winners and losers. ”

Then some details were explained to Zhu Houhuang one by one.

Zhu Houhuang sighed in his heart and said secretly: "Where is this martial arts, it's just a game." ”