(2-in-1 chapter, more today and tomorrow)

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Time flies, time flies, four degrees of cold and summer, four degrees of spring and autumn, and the Doguland calendar has also turned from 516 years of the Huoyao calendar to 520 years of the Huoyao calendar.

In the past four years, Dogurand has undergone earth-shaking changes under the New Deal.

The land monopoly was broken, and the fiefs of the nobles in the whole territory had been bought back by the royal family and redistributed to every household, and everyone who could only send people under the fence had their own home.

The monetary system is unified, and the purchase range of the gold moon, silver moon, copper moon, and iron moon is limited, and the class system represented behind it will forever become history.

New schools and public libraries have sprung up all over the kingdom, and education subsidies and admission standards have been standardized, so that everyone from the aristocracy and the poor, men and women, young and old, full-time or part-time, have a place to acquire knowledge.

At the same time as the education reform, the outdated system of selecting officials was overthrown, and the positions of officials at all levels no longer enjoyed family inheritance, but were selected through fair examinations, and people with lofty ideals from all over the world were recruited.

In the past four years, countless capable people have entered the palace with their own efforts and held important positions in the kingdom's administrative bodies at all levels, and they are like sparks blooming everywhere, burning all over the kingdom with the momentum of burning the prairie weeds, waiting for the spring breeze that will eventually come.

There are still many problems in the face of the great changes, or many of the Qulands, but the old era will surely become history, and everything is moving towards a new era.

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As for the royal palace, according to the rules of the palace, the reserve of the imperial guards meets every four years

Carry out a personnel redeployment to ensure that there is enough fresh blood to replenish the official imperial guards in the event of casualties or retirement.

It's booting season, and it's time for reservists to be recruited, and the candidates who have passed the layers of selection not long ago have come to the royal city, waiting for the final test.

As is customary, Solandale took time out to come to the site today for a review.

Solandelle, who was born in 500 years of the Huoyao calendar, is 20 years old this year, and compared with her first accession to the throne, she has undergone a lot of changes in her appearance.

Lorna was standing behind Solandale with two badges pinned to her chest, one for the "King's Blade" and the other for the "Regnome Head".

Regarding the title of King's Blade, which should belong to the "strongest man in the kingdom", in fact, Lorna has never officially competed with Chino, and she doesn't know who they are the strongest today.

It's just that Chino never cared about the title, and this badge had a special meaning for Lorna, so he naturally gave it to her.

A short time after Solandelle sat down, slow footsteps sounded backstage, and a figure sat next to the seat belonging to the regent.

According to the Code, the "regent" is a special position, usually established as an auxiliary to the monarch during his minority, and should be removed when the monarch reaches adulthood and replaced by the division of powers between the "left hand of the king" and the "right hand of the king".

However, Solandale did not follow this rule when he became an adult, because Chino's position in the kingdom was too important for everything to do without him, and the position of regent always hung on him.

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It's not,

Some time ago, the border guards sent a war report, and the desert horse bandits were harassing the border again, and Chino personally went to inspect the border army's defense, and he left for more than ten days, and only came back late last night.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but I feel like I haven't seen you for several years." Solandelle looked at Chino's side face and suddenly snickered for some reason.

Chino looked over, "What's wrong?"

Solandale said in a joking tone, "It's okay, it's just that I have the impression that your appearance hasn't changed over the years... You never seem to get old."

Chino quipped, "I'm older than you, but I'm not old enough to describe it as 'old, right?'

While the two were talking, the palace selection began, and a total of 97 candidates passed the provincial test this time.

According to the elimination rate of more than 90% in previous years, I am afraid that there are only less than 10 people who can stay this time.

The chief imperial guard who is responsible for testing the candidates is the chief imperial guard, and this year's chief imperial guard is very interesting, it is none other than Shangguan Xue.

This quota was designated by Chino, because Solandelle, as the monarch who seized power, the imperial guards around her were not the henchmen she had personally cultivated, and they would eventually have to be replaced slowly and replaced with fresh blood.

As for how to cultivate newcomers, it is really a test for the chief imperial guard.

The first people who followed Chino died, and they walked, leaving only Hanyi, Niko, Shangguan Ba, and Shangguan Xue.

Winter clothes are people in the dark, shadows are invisible and everywhere, and they are not suitable for walking into the sun to do things.

Niko's introverted nature, especially after Roman's death, became more pronounced and contradicted the fortitude required of the chief royal guard.

Not to mention that the IQ of the official bully stays at 8 years old.

In the end, Shangguan Xue became Chino's candidate, although this girl was petite and didn't look majestic, but she was actually extremely strong in her heart.

Just imagine, how many people can be calm in front of the enemies of the door?

Far Eastern Emperor Sun Ye Lingchen designed to kill Shangguan Xue's entire family, she endured the humiliation and did not say a word, but she was a personal guard under Ye Lingchen for 10 years, and hid that hatred for a full 10 years, and finally seized the opportunity to rebel and push the enemy to death.

This kind of toughness is extremely rare, coupled with the fact that she has trained many new onmyoji as a three-clawed golden dragon before, and has experience in cultivating newcomers, so she naturally becomes the best candidate.

Shangguan Xue took off the onmyoji robe at this time, and stood in the center of the training ground wearing the uniform of the imperial guard.

Soon, the first candidate entered under the leadership of the guards, a well-groomed young man, he walked in front of Shangguan Xue, standing with his head held high in a military posture, looking quite temperamental.

can go to the court through layers of selection, they must be elites from all over the world, with a clean background, physical fitness, and no defects in appearance, after all, the imperial guards represent the image of the kingdom, and they can't let some crooked melons and cracked dates accompany the queen every day.

Shangguan Xue walked around the candidate, looking up and down with a cold gaze, and suddenly whipped him at his feet.

"Smack!" The piercing sound of striking rang out, constantly echoing in the training ground.

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This candidate has a very good psychological quality, and he was not frightened at all when he was caught off guard, and his military posture did not appear in the slightest

Slack.

Shangguan Xue asked coldly, "What is under your feet?"

The candidate was a little puzzled, and looked down, seeing nothing but the whip marks on the ground, and he hesitated for a moment, then replied tentatively, "Land?"

Shangguan Xue: "What land?"

This can stop the candidates, what kind of land is the land? He was dumbfounded for a moment, unable to answer.

Shangguan Xue didn't sell Guan Zi, and gave the answer directly: "What you have under your feet is the king's land. Dogurand is the queen of the king, and the land beneath your feet is great because of her."

"Now, to answer my question, why are you here?"

Without hesitation, the candidate replied, "In order to become a royal guard and protect Her Majesty."

His gaze went beyond Shangguan Xue to look at Solandelle on the stage, and said deeply, "I am willing to give my life for her!"

Solandale's appearance is not a secret, and it is often published in major newspapers, but it is impossible to outline a tenth of her true beauty.

Now he looked at Solandale, and Solandale was looking at him, and the meeting of his eyes made the young heart throb, and there was a longing in his eyes that was difficult to hide.

Unbeknownst to the candidate, it was the longing that was revealed in a moment that made all his previous efforts come to naught.

"Will you give your life for her?" Shangguan Xue's gaze gradually became cold, "Have you ever been on the battlefield?"

Candidate: "I was a soldier in the Molten Iron Legion, a commander of thousands."

Shangguan Xue: "Have you ever killed someone?"

Candidate: "I have killed a total of 87 enemies, and the rest have been killed and wounded more than 100."

Shangguan Xue: "Have you ever lost a battle?"

Candidate

"No, I have fought 54 battles with the legion, and I have not lost a single battle."

Shangguan Xue: "Have you ever faced death?"

This time, the candidate was silent.

He didn't have time to think of more feats worth boasting about, and he found that the cold wind was blowing around him, and a huge Yin Yang magic array appeared on the ground under his feet, and countless streams surged around Shangguan Xue, condensing into a Qingxuan sword.

Shangguan Xue's eyes were cold, the hem of her clothes was hunting in the wind, and her voice was full of deadly killing intent: "Have you been stabbed through your body by a sharp blade?"

"Poof-" A Qing Xuan sword suddenly burst through the air and pierced through the candidate's abdomen, and he froze in shock, staring blankly at the blood gushing out of his body.

Shangguan Xue: "Have you ever heard the sound of bones rubbing against the blade?"

The Qingxuan Sword twisted in the candidate's abdomen, constantly stirring the internal organs, and the bones made a twisting sound in the squeezing, which was harsher than all noise.

With blood dripping from his mouth, the candidate looked at Shangguan Xue in horror: "You... What are you doing?! ...」

Shangguan Xue didn't answer him, like a god of death who judges life, and kept asking:

"Have you ever seen all your comrades die in front of you?"

"Has anyone ever rolled through the pile of corpses?"

"Did you ever cry out helplessly when you were dying?

"Have you ever seen the contemptuous gaze of the enemy as they trample you under your feet and reap your life?"

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The candidate's mouth and nose were bleeding, he tried to cover it, but he couldn't cover it at all, and the passing vitality made him fall to the ground softly, his face desperate: "For... Miscellaneous... What... Why... You want to kill me..."

Shangguan Xue looked down at him coldly and said without emotion

"You said it yourself - willing to give your life for Her Majesty the Queen."

"Right now, Your Majesty wants your life. Cause? There is no reason, what His Majesty says is above all else, and you can only obey it."

The candidate suddenly looked at the high platform, and in the fishy wind, the originally extremely dignified figure twisted, like a demon disguised as a human slowly shedding human skin, and his scarlet eyes exuded a cold glow thicker than blood, and fear came to his face.

"No... No! At this moment, the candidate completely collapsed, crawling desperately out under the survival instinct, dragging long blood streaks on the ground.

Shangguan Xue stepped on his back mercilessly, and a Qingxuan sharp sword also moved to the top of his head: "Now, give your life."

The candidate kept fluttering like a loach, and the edge of the sword was reflected in the side eye, and the whole person shouted in tears, "No!! No!!!"

"Poof!" The blade pierced through his skull.

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"Shhh

Looking around again, the training ground was breezy and light, there was nothing unusual, Shangguan Xue stood in front of him and looked down on him, there was no trace of Qingxuan's sword around, only a charm in her hand quietly turned into green smoke.

If you have studied the Far Eastern Yin-Yang Technique, you will know that this is a hypnotic charm that can drag people into an illusion, and the effect of the illusion depends on the power of the Onmyoji, as well as the power of the spell-bearer.

With the above Guan Xue's magic power, if you use a hypnotic charm to spell a person of Chino's level, I am afraid that it will not be effective even if the blood is boiled up, but it will be prepared in the face of mere preparation

Candidates for service are naturally hand-to-hand.

Obviously, everything that happened just now was an illusion of a hypnotic spell.

After all, no matter how cruel the selection of the Imperial Guards is, it will not really kill the losers, and applying illusion to the test is the closest to the real and safest way.

And now this candidate is clearly unqualified, because he is facing death

Shaken at the time of death.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this test method is very unreasonable, not to mention that it is a personal shock to suddenly come to ask for their lives.

But there is no way, the imperial guards are such a group, you can not be so strong, but the will must be strong enough, and you must be absolutely obedient, because the king stands in a higher dimension, and many orders are incomprehensible to the guards.

Hesitation or resistance cannot be tolerated in the face of incomprehensible orders, and only silent acceptance is a qualifying sign – even if there is no reason for them to give their lives.

In fact, when this candidate showed his longing for Solandale, Shangguan Xue had already eliminated him in his heart, and the queen needed loyal guards, not intimate admirers.

The reason why he still has to use illusions is just to make him "die to understand", so as not to be unconvinced afterwards.

Shangguan Xue looked at the frightened candidate and said coldly, "Go out, are you still waiting for me to help you?"

The candidate gradually came back to his senses and understood that he had been eliminated, he hung his head gloomily, didn't say anything, saluted and said goodbye to Solandel and Shangguan Xue on the stage, and left silently.

The candidates in the back entered the field one after another to accept the trial, and the result was, of course, tossed by the illusion to death, and most of them waited with the first one

The Elector, like that, collapsed directly on the brink of death and was eliminated.

But there are also a few wolves, although they don't understand why they were "killed", but they can grit their teeth and say nothing, accept their fate calmly, and give their lives to the queen wholeheartedly.

These people have passed the test, Shangguan Xue will sort out their list, organize people to review it for a second time, as long as the background is absolutely clean, they can officially enter the reserve, and one day become a real imperial guard.

Time passes slowly, those who pass stand tall and high, and those who eliminate them hang their heads.

Eventually, the last candidate came.

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