Vermilion walls, vermilion gates. In front of the gate were tall and mighty guards in armor.

In front is a small square paved with square bricks in front of the palace, and further ahead is the Dao River, a river ten meters wide that surrounds the entire palace.

There are five arch bridges in front of the palace gate, and soldiers are on duty in front of each arch bridge.

Along the left and right sides of the river, the whole road is full of horse-drawn carriages.

Pan Wu, these two hundred and thirty people were waiting in the small square in front of the palace gate, wearing the same green robes, jade belts around their waists, and square hats, standing respectfully.

The palace has three gates, the main gate is closed. The left and right side doors opened, and Li Zhongzhou appeared in front of the palace gate on the left, smiling and looking at the two rows of monks, although they didn't speak, everyone felt that Li Zhongzhou was looking at themselves, and they all bowed slightly.

Of the two hundred and thirty people, few people knew Li Zhongzhou, but when he looked at him, he still couldn't help but salute.

To enter the palace, you have to check your identity, and you have checked it once when you have just crossed the arch bridge, and you have to check it again at this time. The guards at the front begin to check their identities.

When I entered the palace gate, I waited quietly again.

Li Zhongzhou had already left, as if he had come to see them.

After waiting for a while, the ceremonial officer spoke loudly: "Monks from all over the country are here. ”

The palace is spacious and clean, except for the forbidden army who are quietly guarded, and then they are the seminarians.

Straight forward is the court hall of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Chengtian Palace, the white jade stone stairs extend upwards, every nine steps there is a tardigrade, and the guardrail of each tardigrade platform is carved with fierce beasts.

The road is divided into left and right, and there is a copper tripod in the tardigrade.

There are a total of nine stairs, and there are nine bronze tripods that sacrifice to the sky.

The group was silent, only the rustle of footsteps as they walked up the stairs.

On either side of the stairs stood two columns of red-armored guards, watching the monks slowly ascend, and the ceremonial officer leading the way in front of them, leading everyone into the main hall.

It's really a big hall, it's too big, a single seat, three columns on the left and right sides, and there are a lot of empty spaces.

There was no one in the hall, and the seminarians paused for a moment at the door. The ceremonial officer looked at the time again, and also confirmed with his colleagues, and many palace attendants came from the other side of the main hall, came to the seminarians, and led them into the main hall one by one.

The seminarians sat cross-legged, the maids began to serve melons, fruits and tea, and a singer sat in the doorway, holding the harp and singing.

Qin Guanzhong came, not at all like the ruler of a country, and walked out of the back of the palace very casually, followed by Li Zhongzhou and another purple-robed official.

Qin Guanzhong suddenly arrived, the music immediately stopped, and everyone got up and bowed.

Originally, some people among the seminarians guessed Qin Guanzhong's identity, but when they found that the maids and palace attendants were all kowtowing and saluting, they also knew.

Qin Guanzhong sat on the throne with a big grin and said loudly: "Sit!"

Just one word, with irresistible majesty, has nothing to do with status, has nothing to do with this person, it is cultivation in the body, this is the realm pursued by hundreds of millions of warriors.

Of course, the seminarians had to bow down for their grace before they took their seats.

The maids also bowed and continued to serve.

Even the monks and maids, there were more than 300 people in the main hall, and it was surprisingly quiet. The trained maid didn't even leave a sound of footsteps, she came softly and went away gently.

Qin Guanzhong's gaze swept over the thirteen people in front of the first row of the left and right columns.

These twenty-six people are the favorites jointly selected by the four casinos in the capital, and Li Zhongzhou appeared at the door once, so he wanted to see the two hundred and thirty seminarians with his own eyes, maybe there was something missing?

No, the four major casinos are still very reliable.

When it comes to monetary benefits, many people will become reliable.

Li Zhongzhou came back to tell Qin Guanzhong, and Qin Guanzhong saved this trouble.

Why pay special attention to whether you will miss the masters, and pay attention in advance.

Because the top ten selected after the national competition will be sent to Guancheng, and the top ten of Jiang Chaoda will have a life-and-death killing, in a limited place and time, which side will have more people alive and which side will win.

If Qin wins, Jiang returns Dajingguan and Wurangcheng, if it loses...... No matter what price the Qin Dynasty pays, there is only one thing that is certain, Guancheng will immediately send troops to attack Wurangcheng.

This is the condition negotiated between Qin and Jiang, and it is announced to the outside world that it is still under negotiation.

Jiang Guo has been planning for a long time, and he made a plan early, first of all, to delay the time of the domestic competition, and secondly, this time the national competition cultivators, any of them are carefully selected and selected from the best.

Speaking of this incident alone, the Qin State was calculated, but so what? In order to avoid sacrificing innocent lives, it can be solved by ten people, even if it is calculated, it must be recognized!

When the envoys of the two countries met, Jiang Guo put forward the conditions early, and there was only one request, and it was your business whether to agree or not.

The envoy of the Qin State couldn't be the master, so he immediately asked Xinying to send back the news, but Qin Guanzhong didn't think about it at all and immediately refused. When the news came back, the envoy of Jiang Guo proposed this method, that is, the ten most powerful cultivators of the two countries would fight to the death, and whoever won would be listened to.

This is the only condition in the end, and there is no need to talk about it if you don't agree.

Qin Guanzhong had no choice, he had to agree to come down.

State affairs have always been like this, one set on the surface, and several sets behind it. After agreeing to the life-and-death battle between the two countries, they immediately arranged a variety of preparations, and no matter what the cost, they must recapture the Great Economic Pass and the Wuchuangcheng.

This is the negotiation process between the two countries, and the seminarians do not know it for the time being, they only know that they will fight with real guns, but they do not know that they will have to face a more cruel life-and-death duel after winning.

Now, two hundred and thirty monks are sitting in the hall, and everyone is looking at Qin Guanzhong, watching the Great Qin Dynasty as the first person.

Other people's cultivation is all realm, for example, Li Zhongzhou is a sixth-level cultivator, for example, Fang Zi is a sixth-level upper cultivator, but no one has ever known what kind of cultivation Qin Guanzhong is? No one has ever seen him compete with anyone, only know that there are more than 100 sixth-level cultivators in the Great Qin Imperial Court, and none of them dares to challenge Qin Guanzhong.

Qin Guanzhong is so powerful, everyone is looking at their goal.

Qin Guanzhong was also looking at them, more precisely, looking at the twenty-six people at the front. One of the most dazzling Pan five.

It's not that it's handsome, it's the lowest cultivation. In the entire hall, even the maids are counted, and there is no one lower than Pan Wuxiu.

Qin Guanzhong was a little curious, although Dongshan Province has never been a master, but it will always make people curious to let a cultivator who was still a first-level cultivator win the first place in the province.

What's more, this guy was originally the first in the academy exam, and he was able to enter the Dadu Martial Academy, but he entered the worst martial arts academy?

Qin Guanzhong was a little curious about Pan Wu, took a few more looks, and began to speak loudly.

Qin Guanzhong is not like the emperor of the kingdom, whether he dresses and eats or acts and speaks, he always acts casually, for example, now, according to the etiquette officials, he should say some difficult official words. Qin Guanzhong didn't, and spoke lightly: "This time I'm sorry for you." ”

The seminarians were busy saying that they didn't dare.

Qin Guanzhong smiled: "If you are embarrassed or not, you are actually embarrassed." This was said to the twenty-six people in front of him.

The monks collectively said that they did not dare to do so.

Qin Guanzhong laughed: "Eat." ”

It should be said that the banquet was given, but the lord of Qin refused to say it, so let's eat, let's eat together.

There is one table per person, and there is no alcohol, but all kinds of dishes are good things that can improve cultivation.

Qin Guanzhong didn't eat much, and after raising a glass to toast, he paused for a moment and got up to leave.

The lord of the country is gone, and the seminarians still have to eat slowly, Li Zhongzhou stayed for a while, and soon left to find Qin Guanzhong in the imperial study.

Qin Guanzhong really doesn't look like the emperor, the door of the imperial study is wide open, and there are two guards standing at the door. Li Zhongzhou came over, no one needed to report at all, Qin Guanzhong said come in.

Li Zhongzhou should be, walking into the house in small steps.

Qin Guanzhong didn't read a book, there were six pairs of black armor hanging on one side of the study, and he was looking at these six pairs of battle armor.

Li Zhongzhou stepped aside and bowed down.

Qin Guanzhong suddenly sighed: "If it's just what I saw today, I should lose." ”

Li Zhongzhou hurriedly said: "The lord of the country should not grow the morale of others to destroy his own prestige. ”

Qin Guanzhong chuckled: "Jiang Guoda's list is on the table, it's not that you haven't seen it." ”

Li Zhongzhou was silent for a moment and said, "Why don't you transfer Fang Shuai to the north?"

Qin Guanzhong said softly: "You and I both know that Fang Shuai must not leave without permission, not only Fang Shuai cannot leave, but Tang Qi also has to guard the west." ”

Tang cavalry is not a person, it is the name of an army, and the number is not too much, with a full strength of 6,400 people, but such a cavalry team is an important combat force in the entire western battlefield.

The origin of the name of Tang Qi, because the commander of the army is Tang Banmu. Tang Banmu is one of the five great war gods in the world.

It can be said that half of the national strength of the Great Qin Dynasty was thrown at the thirteen levels of purgatory, and it was never seen that the soldiers marched westward, and it was rare to see the western soldiers retreat.

Li Zhongzhou was silent for a while: "What did the Mu family say?"

Qin Guanzhong looked at him and didn't speak.

Li Zhongzhou was a little abrupt, the Mu family was a queen's family, so he shouldn't have asked like this. But he did it on purpose.

Qin Guanzhong flicked his finger on the black armor in front of him, flicked it a few times, and suddenly said, "You say, is there a miracle?"

Li Zhongzhou was silent for a while: "It depends on how much the lord intends to spend. ”

Yes, what matters is how much money you are willing to pay! If he had the ability to equip all ten cultivators with six-rank treasure armor and six-rank treasure swords, he wouldn't have to fight this one, and he would win!

The question is where to find so many six-grade treasures?

Ever since he knew that he was going to have a competition with Jiang Guo, Qin Guanzhong was preparing to be able to take the position of the lord of another country and have the power of a country, so that he would make up six pairs of five-grade treasure armor.

It is said that it should not be, but there is another reason, although the fifth grade is good, can the third-level cultivators use it?

Li Zhongzhou said: "Otherwise, it will be ......"

He didn't finish his words and stopped, because Qin Guanzhong was looking at him with a slight anger in his eyes.

At this time, an attendant came to report: "The lord of the country, the princess is here." ”

Qin Guanzhong sighed lightly: "If you can't do it, just fight." ”

Li Zhongzhou said yes.

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall woman in white walked into the imperial study, and she was a good girl's house, and she actually hugged her fists as a salute: "I have seen my father, I have seen the prime minister." ”

Qin Guanzhong said helplessly: "Why don't you want to change?"

The woman in white asked, "Why do you want to change it?"

Li Zhongzhou hurriedly bowed down and spoke: "Weichen retires." ”