Chapter 20 Finalists

Gonggong Chen submitted the list of adults to the Golden Emperor, and the Golden Emperor began to look at it in turn, his eyes were frowning, his eyes were like torches, and after looking through a few copies, he skimmed his eyes, looked at the heavy list in front of him, frowned, and impatiently dropped the copy of the fold that he was flipping through in his hand. looked at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military lords in the hall.

"The list you submitted, I just read it, it's the same as the martial arts show in previous years, there is nothing new at all, I close my eyes and know who is being elected in each of your mansions." The Golden Emperor stared at everyone's every move in the hall, and even some micro-expressions seemed to be in full view. "Okay, I won't look at it anymore, you can tell me, according to the ranking of previous years' martial arts, who should be assigned this time."

When Emperor Jin said this, the hall was silent for a long time, perhaps because there was no innovation in their respective mansions, and whoever pushed out their juniors now was tantamount to pushing them onto a road that only allowed success and could not fail. If this contest is a victory, it must be a rich reward, but if it fails, it will be Dajin's sinner for the ages, not only will the Golden Emperor be angry, I am afraid that there will be no future days.

"Don't even say it? Is there no suitable candidate, or are you afraid that if you lose to the Northern Wei barbarians, it will ruin your good future? Seeing that no one spoke, Emperor Jin suddenly became angry, and slammed the gold-covered rosewood four-corner case in front of the seat, shaking the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the case in vain.

The adults in front of the hall immediately bowed their heads and knelt down, Gong Jin's hands attached to the ground, trembling with fright, and replied in unison, "Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers are guilty." ”

"Guilty? Do you really feel guilty? You only think of the interests of your own gate valve, which one puts the interests of Daikin in the first place? Emperor Jin angrily rebuked His Highness's courtiers.

"Your Majesty's ministers think that our Dajin still has the certainty of victory, and the adults are not afraid that they will be punished by Your Majesty if they lose the battle, but because they don't want to take credit." Seeing that His Majesty was still angry, Liu Mu was the first to speak.

"Grab the credit? Are you old and foolish? What do they think, I still don't know? Emperor Jin pointed at Liu Mu and said. Okay, since Aiqing said that Dajin is sure of victory, it must be that there is already a suitable candidate in his heart, so he might as well talk about it. The Golden Emperor's anger gradually dissipated, leaning sideways on the throne of the gold-covered dragon, and glanced at Liu Mu, who was kneeling in front of the hall, and his voice was slightly gentle.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Wei Rui, the prince of King Jingfu, can go to war, although the prince is young, he has already made military achievements, and he has a knighthood, and his martial arts are strong, and he can fight General Sima." Liu Mu looked up at Emperor Jin with a cunning face.

When Emperor Jin heard the name Wei Rui, he seemed to be very pleasing to his heart, the corners of his mouth changed from the angry color just now, and he turned up slightly, but his face was still gloomy, "What about the other two?" ‘’

Liu Mu lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and then said, "General Mu Yuan." Immediately, his eyes swept to the resolute and upright figure standing under the right side of the Golden Emperor's throne.

Mu Yuan is the leader of the personal guards beside the Golden Emperor, and he is also the leader of the Praetorian Guards in the imperial city, and his martial arts can be called superb, even if he can't be said to be the first in the world, but among the countries, he can fight with him, and there are few people who will not be defeated within ten moves. Mu Yuan's pinnacle in martial arts, not only can he dominate the crowd in this golden court, but he has never met an opponent even in the rivers and lakes, but he is not good at deceit in the officialdom, and he is not good at those soft rejections. Hearing that Liu Mu recommended himself, he immediately knelt down, and replied neatly, "Your Majesty, the minister will ask for the war, and the minister will do his best not to disappoint Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Jin's eyes were deep, and he looked at Mu Yuan kneeling in front of the hall, he did not immediately respond to Mu Yuan's invitation to fight, nor did he signal anything else, but continued to sit on the throne steadily, his brows were deep, and his eyes were deep, so that people couldn't guess what he was thinking. He ignored Mu Yuan, who was kneeling under His Highness, but lowered his forehead slightly, motioning for Liu Mu to continue.

The candidate for this third person is really difficult for Liu Mu, although he is like a roundworm in the belly of Emperor Jin on weekdays, but after all, this time he not only has to guess what Emperor Jin thinks, but also has to make a comprehensive assessment of Sima An of the Northern Wei Dynasty, after all, this is a martial arts competition, for a Wenchen, it is indeed a little difficult for him to consider his attainments in martial arts. However, since accompanying the monarch is like accompanying the tiger, it must not be the first time that Liu Mu has encountered a similar situation, and to become a hot celebrity around the emperor, he must not only have a unique vision of judging the situation and a sharp mouth that is good at greeting, but also have an absolute henchman in the court. He looked around, glanced past the ministers of the court one by one, and saw that his gaze stopped at the corner of the west side of the main hall, and in an instant, he returned to the bright face of the Golden Emperor. "Your Majesty, the ministers have no way to teach their sons, and the courtiers Liu Chun are not good at arching and riding horses, nor have they had military merits, and they can't fight Sima An. Tears broke down in his eyes.

Seeing Liu Mu so sad, Emperor Jin also suddenly felt emotional, "Liu Aiqing, I know your loyalty, but Liu Chunben is not good at martial arts, so you don't have to be too sad." Emperor Jin said in a gentle voice.

Under the main hall, several imperial historians passed a disdainful look to each other. In fact, the father and son of the Liu family are well-known for their sloppy slaps, so I'm afraid that the adults in the palace are already extremely disgusted with his excellent performance.

Liu Mu saw that Emperor Jin was very moved by his performance, and he must have been extremely satisfied, he covered his long sleeves and wiped the tears on his face, but there was an unknown weird smile on his face. "Your Majesty, this third person, the old minister recommended Liu Zhi, the son of Liu Zhi, to fight."

"Liu Hui?" Emperor Jin was stunned, obviously this name did not appear in the range he expected at all. "Liu Aiqing, since you are recommended, can Liu Hui have something extraordinary?"

"Your Majesty, Liu Hui is the son of Liu Zhi, the cousin of the old minister, although he is not the son of the heir, but Liu Hui has studied martial arts in Wuyi Mountain since he was a child, and he is the third place in this year's martial arts test, and his martial arts foundation is definitely not bad, besides, he is the nephew of the old minister, and he can be regarded as loyal to His Majesty for my Liu family." Liu Mu then knelt earnestly in front of the hall and begged Emperor Jin to allow Liu Hui to fight.

"Your Majesty, it is Weichen who is not good at learning and art on weekdays, so that Sima of the Northern Wei Dynasty challenged, and the minister could not go to the battle, Weichen was ashamed of his love for His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to allow his cousin Liu Hui to fight on behalf of Weichen." Liu Chun knelt in front of the hall with a "plop", and sang and harmonized with his Lao Tzu to perfectly interpret a scene of loyal ministers swearing allegiance.

Maybe the high ones are easy to be in chaos and don't know it, Emperor Jin looked at the singing and harmony of the father and son, and actually allowed Liu Hui to fight.

And General Mu Yuan, who had been kneeling in front of the palace and was closest to Emperor Jin, was left to the side, and no one cared.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that General Mu Yuan can fight Sima An, and in terms of martial arts and titles, General Mu is better, and it can be regarded as giving them enough face in the Northern Wei Dynasty." The Marquis of Zhenguo really couldn't stand the cozy attitude of the Liu family and his son, so he spoke first, so that everyone's eyes were focused on General Mu again.

Emperor Jin looked at the Marquis of Zhenguo, and then looked at Mu Yuan. Still just looked at it, and after a stick of incense, Emperor Jin finally responded, "Hmm." This third choice, I have to think about it again. After that, his head was slightly on one side, and his forehead motioned for Gonggong Chen to step forward, "Okay, let's get here today, Zhong Aiqing will disperse first, and we will discuss it tomorrow." Then the Golden Emperor glanced at Mu Yuan with the tail of his eyes, "Mu Yuan, you should also be flat." Then with the support of Gonggong Chen, he slowly walked towards the harem a little staggeringly.