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In the middle of the night, everything is silent, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky.

Imperial capital, imperial city, training ground.

Whew!

Zhang Chai held two sword flowers in his hand, then wiped the hot sweat on his forehead, and continued to practice swords alone.

Since a short confrontation with Chitong, Zhang Chai has been quite discouraged, although his combat experience is not bad, but the sword skills are relatively weak, so when he can't sleep at night, he will quietly come to the training ground, stuffy to specialize in swordsmanship.

In fact, a person practicing swords has little effect, Zhang Chai naturally knows this, but there is no way, his current identity is different, and he is embarrassed to find someone to spar.

"Your sword is fast, but there are flaws in your moves."

At this time, a burly middle-aged man wearing heavy armor suddenly appeared on the training ground.

Zhang Chai stopped swinging his sword, and swept it away, only to see this middle-aged man with an ancient face, short yellow hair, and two pinches of long hair in his ears, which looked both heroic and a little weird.

General Bude!

Zhang Chai's pupils tightened, and he recognized this middle-aged man as Bude, the supreme commander of the emperor, and one of the strongest generals in the emperor, who had commanded the royal guards before.

However, the Guards were now under his control, so in a sense, he and Bud were political enemies.

Bude strode over, looked condescendingly at Zhang Chai in front of him, and said bluntly: "It's really hard to rest assured that the guards are handed over to you." ”

Zhang Chai knew in his heart that Bude was honest and old-fashioned, only loyal to the emperor, and was the only person in the court who dared to openly oppose Minister Earnest, who was once called an old stubborn by Minister Earnest.

Thinking of this, he put away his sword without saying a word, and prepared to leave the training ground, after all, this kind of rigid old-school old minister is not easy to get along with, and he doesn't want to ask for trouble.

Bude clasped his hands, blocked Zhang Chai's way, and said, "Pull out your sword, and I will train you." ”

"Huh? You mean, you're going to be my sparring partner? "Zhang Chai felt unexpected, he didn't expect Bud to take the initiative to 'show favor', you know, he is nominally the Minister of Earnest's person, and he also 'seized' Bude's military power, Bude didn't directly scold him It's polite, but Bude now said that he wants to train him, what is this? Render good for evil? Or is it open-minded?

Soon, Bud answered the doubts in his heart, "You will be mistaken, I don't have the kung fu to be your sparring partner, but most of the people in the Guards are my old subordinates, and I don't want to see an incompetent person in charge of the Guards and let my old subordinates die in vain." ”

"Really?" Zhang Chai couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, anyway, it was the sparring partner who came to the door, and he didn't want to be polite, so he drew his sword neatly and said: "Then there is General Laubde." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Chai's body suddenly rushed out, and a sword slashed out, like a waning moon, blowing a whistling sword wind.

Bud bent down slightly unhurriedly, but grabbed the blade between the lightning and flint, and firmly suppressed the entire sword like an iron tong, making Zhang Chai unable to break free.

"If I were you, I wouldn't attack the enemy with such a fancy and weak move! You are deliberately creating a counterattack for the enemy! Bud said dismissively.

Zhang Chai couldn't help but complain secretly when he heard it, do you think everyone has as much strength as you?

However, Bud is right, he is used to the sword skills of the Sword Art Online period, and he always unconsciously performs some less practical moves, which is his shortcoming.

"Do it again!" Bud let go of his hand and stood proudly.

Zhang Chai took a few steps back, took a deep breath, locked Bude's hands tightly, and immediately rushed out, avoiding Bude's grabbed palm, and went straight to Bude's lower plate.

However, Bud's figure dodged at a strange angle and kicked out with lightning speed, almost kicking the sword in Zhang's hand away.

"It's foolish to pay attention to only one part of the enemy's attack! There are endless changes in battle, and you must always pay attention to all aspects of your enemies to gain your own time! Bud snorted coldly.

Sensing Bude's contemptuous eyes, Zhang Chai didn't care, he only regarded Bude as a humanoid target, concentrated on practicing sword moves, and began to look for the flaws in Bude's body.

Time passed imperceptibly, and after nearly three hundred battles, Zhang Chai's sword skills had improved significantly each time, and until now, even Bude had a hard time finding the flaws in Zhang Chai's moves.

At this time, Bud suddenly retreated, looked at the gradually brightening sky, and said in a deep voice: "You can quickly comprehend the mystery of the moves, and you can be regarded as a good talent." Don't treat my old subordinates badly, you can do it yourself. ”

With that, Bud turned and left the training ground.

After a long time of non-stop fighting, Zhang Chai was already sweating profusely, he couldn't put away his sword unsatisfied, and wanted to stop Bude to practice again, but he knew that Bude could spend a night guiding him, it was already quite difficult, he had to return to the minister's mansion, wash off the sweat of his body, and then go to the palace to participate in the early dynasty.

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In the palatial Golden Palace, the little emperor sat on the golden throne, and the important ministers of the court stood in two rows, but Minister Earnest stood unscrupulously beside the little emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Zhang Chai walked quickly to the middle of the Golden Palace, pretending to clench his fists and said: "The captain of the garrison, Ouka, was assassinated and died in the line of duty, I hope that Your Majesty will issue a decree to bury Ouka's body solemnly, and increase the subsidy funds of the garrison to appease those members of the garrison." ”

The little emperor turned his head to look at Minister Earnest and asked, "Minister, is it okay?" ”

Minister Earnest munched on the fresh meat and said vaguely, "I am very sad that Captain Oka was killed...... Then give a grand burial, appease the people below, and send more people to arrest the murderer with all their might, so as to show the grace of the emperor. ”

"Hmmm! I agreed. The little emperor nodded and said, "Do you have anything else to report?" ”

Without waiting for the other officials to speak, Minister Earnest took the lead and said, "Your Majesty! Recently, the imperial capital has been a little unpeaceful, and even the envoy of the First Emperor has been attacked by assassins, which can really be described as unscrupulous! Didn't take the majesty of the empire into account at all! If left unchecked, these damned assassins will run rampant! ”

The little emperor asked, "What should I do?" ”

Minister Earnest swallowed the fresh meat in one gulp, and said gloomily: "As far as I know, the culprit who caused this qiē is the killer group NightRaid that is at large!" ”

"NightRaid......" The little emperor frowned, "Have these killers not been captured all along?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, although NightRaid is just a group of thieves, this group of thieves is not something that ordinary security personnel can deal with." Minister Earnest folded his hands behind his back and said sharply: "I thought that before there was a stricter situation, we had to immediately annihilate all these thieves who did whatever they wanted!" ”

The little emperor agreed: "This group of thieves is indeed worth noting. ”

Minister Earnest's face was full of gloom, and he said calmly: "Then select an elite from each of the major legions, transfer it to the imperial capital, and form a new army, and we must make these thieves understand that the majesty of the empire is absolutely inviolable!" (To be continued.) )