Yesterday evening, the capital of Jiang Guoguo was Chaohua County

As evening approached, the midday heat gradually dissipated, and the setting sun cast a warm and charming orange glow. From the gate of Chaohwa-gun, there is a straight road paved with white rocks, which leads to the palace. Occasionally, horse-drawn carriages drove on the road, loaded with fine wine, to be transported to the major restaurants and inns in the capital, as well as the green buildings in the land of fireworks. It is a sign that the lights of the night are about to begin.

The streets, still bustling with pedestrians, shouting, shouting and selling one after another, many hawkers set up stalls before dawn, and will not close their stalls until late at night, which also represents the prosperity and liveliness of the national capital, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and live a rich life.

The evening breeze blows the flag sails of the restaurant, and the store unveils a jar of fine wine that has been treasured for ten years, and the air is instantly filled with the aroma of fine wine, and people are intoxicated by the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

Seven years have passed since the last war. After the war, Jiang Guo's national strength was greatly damaged, nearly half of the army casualties, tens of thousands of people were displaced, at that time, countless refugees poured into the national capital, and homeless beggars could be seen everywhere on the streets.

A hiss pierced the peace of the national capital.

Everyone frowned, and said dissatisfied: "Who is so bold and dares to be so unscrupulous in the national capital?"

Countless eyes looked at the city gates, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, a motorcade of horse-drawn carriages galloped along the white rock-paved road, and pedestrians and vendors fled to both sides of the road. Many pedestrians knocked over the baskets in their hands because of fright, and many vendors' stalls were also pushed to the ground by dodging pedestrians, and fruits and cloths rolled to the ground.

However, the driver didn't care about all this at all, and still moved forward arrogantly.

"Damn, who is so bold......"

The people in the street shouted and cursed, but when their eyes saw the flag of the carriage, everyone was stunned, and their eyes showed disbelief and anger.

The lead carriage was led by three tall brown horses, and next to it stood a flag embroidered with a fox motif, fluttering in the wind.

The fox pattern of "Rongguo?" is the totem of Rongguo, which means that this carriage is from Rongguo. Because of the war seven years ago, Jiang and Rongguo broke off diplomatic relations, and after the war, the people of the two countries have not interacted, and even trade has stopped. Why did Rongguo's carriage appear in the capital of Jiang Kingdom? And judging from the gorgeous costume of the carriage, the person who came must have a great identity.

When I think of the war with Rongguo seven years ago, all the people are furious, and many of the people's relatives died in that war. When they saw that it was Rongguo's carriage, many people picked up the gang in their hands, eggs, bricks, and baskets. In short, they take whatever they have in their hands. When the people were about to throw their belongings at the Rongguo carriage, the people in the crowd who were still sane suddenly pointed to the center of the convoy and exclaimed: "Everyone stop, look, isn't that the flag of Liang Guo......"

Following the sound, I saw a carriage pulled by six white horses in the middle of the convoy, and a tiger flag was erected next to it, which was majestic and inviolable, and it was daunting.

The six white horses were even more muscular, their coats were moist and shiny, and they marched in unison, stepping on the white rock road, making a loud sound, whether it was the flag or the sound of horses' hooves, which made the people of Jiang Kingdom in awe, and they retreated one after another.

The Tiger Banner is the totem of Liang, a great country in the East.

The fox flag flutters in front, and the tiger is behind, and there is really a fox and a fake tiger.

After the carriage drove by, there was a lot of talk.

"Why did Rongguo's carriage come to the national capital?"

"What matters now is not Rongguo, but the Liang State behind him, do you know what kind of country Liang is? Liang Guo is one of the three major countries in the East, a superior power, compared with Liang Guo, our Jiang State is just an inferior country. “

"I've heard people say that Rongguo formed an alliance with Liang Guo last year, so it seems to be true. “

"Fart, what an alliance, it's just a father. “

"However, what is the carriage of Liang Guo and Rong Guo coming to Jiang Guo for?

......

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, it was divided into feuds, and a total of more than 800 vassal states were established to guard the territory of the Quartet. In the eastern frontier, there are two hundred and forty-eight vassal states, although they are all called princes, but the strength of the countries is different. The most representative of the strength of the country is the number of troops, so people divide the 248 vassal states in the east into three ranks: upper, middle and lower. Those with an army of less than 50,000 are considered inferior countries, those with an army between 50,000 and 100,000 are considered medium-class countries, and those with more than 100,000 are considered superior countries.

In the eastern territory, there are twelve superior countries, especially Liang, Zhao, and Wei, the number of armies of these three countries is the largest, and they are called the three major countries in the East, according to the number of troops reported by the three major countries to the Great Zhou Dynasty last year, Liang has an army of 220,000, an army of Zhao has 280,000, and an army of Wei has 350,000, compared with the three major countries, the number of armies of other superior countries is only just over 100,000, not to mention the middle and lower countries. This shows how terrifying the strength of the three major powers is.

Now the dynasty is in decline, and the princes everywhere are ambitious. In the face of national strength, it is really difficult for small countries to compete with big countries, so some small countries begin to wag their tails and beg for mercy from big countries, and they do not hesitate to lower their national status and bow down to their subordinates in order to win the protection of big countries. Last year, Rongguo paid a tribute of 100,000 taels of gold, 50,000 stones of grain, and countless pieces of cloth to Liang, which led to an alliance with Liang. Last year, Rongguo only paid a tribute of 1,000 taels of silver and 500 stone of grain to the Great Zhou Dynasty, which shows that among the small countries in the East, the majesty of the Great Zhou Dynasty is no longer comparable to that of a big country.

But the discerning people know in their hearts that although it is nominally an alliance, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is Rongguo who recognized a powerful father. With Liang Guo as his backer, Rong Guo's courage also increased, and his eyes were on Jiang Guo again.

The horse caravan drove along the main road to the post house in the city, which was dedicated to receiving foreign envoys. After the horse team stopped at the post house, there were guards galloping to the palace and telling King Jiang,

"Report ...... The envoys of Liang and Rong have arrived at the post house...... I hope to meet the king tomorrow to discuss the matter of Jiang Guo and Rong Guo jointly holding the merit selection examination. “

That night, King Jiang urgently summoned the ministers to enter the palace overnight, and even the son Jiang Shaobai and the county lord Jiang Xin'er also rushed back to the palace from the Xiuwu Academy to discuss the state of the country.

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In the streets, people gathered around when they heard the noise. I saw two teenagers in Rongguo costumes who were embarrassment for a pair of young men and women, the two Rongguo teenagers were obviously much taller, and they should be fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although the other party has a height advantage, the twelve-year-old boy who looked at them did not flinch at all, a pair of black eyes were bright, and the young man stood in front of the girl, quite masculine.

"Hmph, stinky girl, don't you have long eyes when you walk? One of the two teenagers said, in a very arrogant tone.

Originally, it was indeed Cai Yin's fault, and he bumped into someone's house. Yang Minggang wanted to apologize for Cai Yin, but when he saw that the person he bumped into turned out to be Rongguo's person, the young man swallowed back the words of apology. And judging from the uniforms they were wearing, the other two should be students of the Rongguo Martial Arts Academy.

The young man first asked the girl gently, "Caiyin, you didn't hurt yourself, did you?"

Cai Yin shook her head gently, looking very well-behaved, "No." Yang Ming, they are so fierce. ”

After confirming that Cai Yin was not injured, the young man turned around, raised his head, and said to the two: "Hmph, this is the road of Jiang Country, and the people who walked were all from Jiang Country, because there was someone who should not have appeared, so I bumped into it." Cai Yin, hit it well, people like these who casually invade other people's countries should hit it hard. ”

"Oh. ”

Cai Yin's smart eyes blinked lightly, although the girl didn't understand Yang Ming's words very well, but as long as she was a teenager, she felt that it was right.

After listening to Yang Ming's words, the corners of the two teenagers on the opposite side twitched, their fists creaked, and their eyes stared at Yang Ming fiercely.

"Stinky boy, look for death. ”

"Hmph, it's you who are looking for death, you are from Rongguo, why do you appear in Jiang Guo?" Yang Ming asked, his scrutinizing eyes full of vigilance.

"Oh, look at what you're wearing, you're a student of Jiang Guo's Martial Arts Academy. The other party noticed the hospital uniform that Yang Ming was wearing, and a red horse was embroidered on his chest, guessed Yang Ming's identity, and said, "Why, don't you know? ”

Hearing this, Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and then asked again: "Don't talk nonsense." Why did the people of Rongguo come to Jiang Guo to participate in the merit selection exam?"

"Hehe, you really don't know. The other party shook his head lightly and said helplessly, "This year's merit selection examination will be held by Rong Guo and Jiang Guo together, and there will also be envoys from Liang Guo to notarize this exam." ”

Yang Ming was surprised again, he had never heard that Rongguo's students would participate in this meritocracy selection exam, but looking at the way the other party spoke, it didn't look like he was lying, was it true? But why? Rongguo wasn't Jiang Guo's enemy? Why did they hold the meritocracy selection exam together?

Looking at Yang Ming's puzzled look, the other person on the other side held his chin and looked at the young man carefully, his eyes flashing with ill intentions, "Wang Zhi, anyway, we are idle, so it's better to learn from this student of Jiang Guo, even if it is a warm-up for the exam." ”

The young man named Wang Zhi nodded and said in agreement: "Hehe, Li Gang, you still have more ideas." ”

After that, Wang Zhi took a step forward, approached Yang Ming, faintly coerced, and said: "Boy, since you are also a student of Jiang Guo, today's matter, we will compete in the way of a national soldier, if you win, I will no longer care about hitting me, if you lose, I want you to kneel down in public to apologize." ”

Although there were still doubts in his heart, Yang Ming knew that this exchange could not be escaped from the provocation of the other party at the moment, so he responded: "Okay, I will discuss with you on behalf of Jiang Guo." ”

"Okay, you're guts. Wang Zhi grinned, with great intention that the conspiracy had succeeded. I thought in my heart, seeing that I taught you a lesson like this, I just took this opportunity to give Jiang Guo a dismissal.

There were more and more crowds of onlookers, and seeing that Yang Ming accepted the other party's challenge, there were worried discussions in the crowd.

"Oh no, this young man from our Jiang Guo was fooled, why is he so unbreathable, the other party clearly wants to teach him a lesson, and then take this opportunity to humiliate Jiang Guo. ”

"Yes, I see that this young man is only twelve years old, he should be a freshman in the academy this year, Rongguo and the others are a few years older than him, how can they be able to fight." ”

"Hey, I think this boy is doomed. ”

"Damn, I really don't want to see the people of Rongguo win. ”

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One side is a twelve-year-old boy, the other side is fifteen years old, but the height is a head apart, in the eyes of ordinary people, which is stronger and which is weaker, at a glance. Naturally, they were not optimistic about Yang Ming, and they all sighed and said.

"Yang Ming, I believe in you, you have to work hard, don't lose. In the crowd, only the girl believed in Yang Ming.

Glancing at Cai Yin, the young man smiled and said, "Well, you go to the side to rest first, it will be over soon, and I will continue shopping with you later." ”

Nodding, Cai Yin obediently stepped aside.

Wang Zhi sneered and said, "Okay, let me teach you a lesson, an arrogant boy." ”

After speaking, Yang Ming and Wang walked straight to the middle of the road, and the people around them retreated one after another, making way for a vacant land.

Wang straightened his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth raised a contemptuous sneer, obviously, he didn't take this twelve-year-old boy seriously, he thought that this was a sure victory.

Ignoring the other party's ridicule, Yang Ming politely raised his hand and said, "Please." ”

"Huh. Wang Zhi felt that the young man's serious appearance was a little ridiculous, and he laughed wryly, but he still replied politely, "Please." ”

When he spoke, Wang Zhi didn't even look at the young man, but just glanced at Yang Ming with the corner of his eye, showing contempt.

Looking at the other party's casual posture, without the slightest defense, and full of flaws all over his body, Yang Ming pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, and then ran the dragon source vein, Wu Yao flowed rapidly, and his right hand was held in the air, and the broken sword appeared in his hand.

The young man's pupils tightened suddenly, and the moment he held the sword, his body flashed, and all the onlookers, including Wang Zhi, did not react at all, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Ming's sword blade was already against Wang Zhi's neck, only a millimeter away from his throat.

Suddenly, the audience was silent, everyone was stunned to see the incredible scene in front of them, some people had just found a suitable place, and when they were about to look up, they didn't think it was over, and their faces of astonishment with their mouths open were extremely wonderful. I thought that Jiang Guo's teenager would lose very badly, but he didn't expect the teenager to win, and win so quickly, for everyone, the teenager's victory was just a blink of an eye.

Wang Zhi was even more frightened, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, and he didn't dare to gasp, for fear that his throat would be stabbed by the young man's sword blade as soon as he moved.

Yang Ming said lightly: "You should be serious." Didn't Rongguo's academy teach you? You must always be vigilant when fighting. ”

After that, the young man slowly removed the blade of the sword, then walked back to his original position, faced Wang Zhi, and said again: "I just gave you a reminder, now let's start again, this time I won't put away the sword." ”