CHAPTER XXI
Outside the hall, the sky was full of stars accompanied by a bright moon, and the moonlight and starlight sprinkled on the clean and empty inner palace road, and the high walls and eaves cast dim and blurred shadows on the ground. Two hundred Dragon Monarch guards stood quietly in the shadows, surrounding the Spirit Hall layer by layer. Guarding outside the hall today are Wan Cheng and Guo Xuan. At this moment, they also looked nervously at the group of people on the Inner Palace Avenue who were staring at the eagles and striding forward.
She could see the second uncle from a distance. The general hugged each other, walking on the inner palace avenue with great momentum, and no one would fail to recognize him. The soldiers behind him numbered about a hundred, dressed in white iron armor, their swords and spears shining with cold light, and a tense atmosphere filled the air around him.
Wan Cheng noticed her, "Third Princess, please stay away." We've got it all in our hands. Guo Xuan, go up and stop them and ask them what they want. ”
Guo Xuan was a lean man with a dark face, forty-one years old, with a fierce face, and when he heard the words, he greeted the comer.
When people approached, she saw that not only the second uncle, but also the third uncle was among them, and there was also a tall and handsome man, probably about the same age as Teacher Yu Jian, and among the others, she also recognized a man named Yan Chonghu, who was a general.
Guo Xuan, who was dressed in silver armor, looked majestic in the moonlight and starlight, and he held the long sword at his waist in his hand, blocking in front of the more than a hundred people.
It was her third uncle who took the lead, Long Yingtian, the military pavilion reviewer. "What do you mean by that, and that the general is not allowed to enter the Spirit Hall?"
Guo Xuan did not back down, his voice was as fierce as his appearance: "Anyone who dares to lead troops into the palace is against the law and is an act of trespassing! Why can't I stop it?"
When the handsome man behind Long Chengtian heard this, he stepped forward and shouted, "What are you, dare to shout in front of the general?"
Guo Xuan sneered: "Your voice is louder than mine, I should ask you this." Do you want to wake up the first king with a loud voice?"
The man pulled out the long sword at his waist with a "swish", the sword body was faintly red, revealing a faint blood light, and under the illumination of the orange moon, it looked extremely terrifying.
Wan Cheng roared: "Draw your sword in front of the Spirit Hall, in front of the sword-wearer, you are really daring!" With a wave of his hand, the two hundred Dragon Monarch guards stepped in unison, and went with him to meet the general and his soldiers.
"Master...... This...... It's terrible, what should I do?" Komatsu trembled with fright like a sieve.
Something big is going to happen. If these people don't get it right, they will have to fight, and they are afraid that they will bleed when the time comes...... "Xiao Song, you go and inform my eldest sister and ask her to come quickly." Hearing this, Komatsu agreed and immediately ran away.
"By the way, inform Yu Jian and Yan Ji. She added.
Wan Cheng drew his sword in his hand, and the two hundred Dragon Monarch guards all brushed their swords together. The fifty-seven-year-old swordsman was the oldest Dragon Monarch Guard, having served two Dragon Monarchs, and in the minds of many Dragon Monarch Guards, his prestige was even no less than that of Yu Jian.
"General, are you here to kneel, or are you here to fight?"
Her second uncle didn't pay attention, and the third uncle said, "Wancheng, remember your identity and position." Don't act disobediently. ”
"Third Prince, isn't it disobedient for you to bring troops into the palace?"
"You don't want to spew blood. These people are not soldiers of the military pavilion, but just the general's bodyguards, the general's daughter's body, kneeling for my brother's brother, carrying personal guards to protect safety, this can be called disobedience? You draw your sword against the general, it is disobedience!"
Guo Xuan said angrily: "We are the guards of the Dragon Monarch, the sword bearer ordered by the first king, you don't need your consent to draw the sword, could it be that you are the Dragon Monarch? Or is there someone here who wants to be the Dragon Monarch?"
This Guo Xuan said so well! She almost applauded. Her third uncle's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he shouted: "What a boldness, guard! Take down this disobedient person for me, whoever dares to resist will be regarded as the same crime, and the military cabinet will bring him to justice, and there will be no mercy!"
The hundred or so white-armored guards immediately rushed forward, surrounded Guo Xuan, and walked out of the four first, trying to remove the long sword in Guo Xuan's hand and bind him.
"Stop!" Wan Cheng's figure flickered, and his long sword swung in front of the white-armored guards, "We are the ones who wear swords, shoulder the king's order, and swear to guard the safety of the palace." Tonight, the general kneels down, the general, the three princes, and the attendants and eunuchs can all enter the palace, and if other idle people do not leave the palace quickly, don't blame us for enforcing the law with swords, and show no mercy!"
"I want to see, in front of Brother Wang's spirit, who dares to do anything to me?" Her second uncle's tall body in a white linen filial piety suit, with a strong momentum, and a loud voice, for a while, he actually suppressed the Dragon Monarch's guards, and did not dare to move.
"I also want to see how the sword of the swordsman enforces the law!" The handsome man beside the second uncle sneered, and the red sword in his hand quickly stabbed out, pointing directly at Wan Cheng. Guo Xuan's eyes were quick, and he swung his sword to meet him, and the two hundred dragon monarch guards automatically formed a circle, surrounding the general with more than 100 people in the middle.
Seeing that the war was about to break out, Lan Yi was so anxious that she grabbed the sleeve of the six-fingered princess, "Master, what do you do to let them not fight...... This is in front of the spirit of the first king!"
She felt a little in a trance, and in the trance, the handsome man and Guo Xuan met with their swords, only to see white and red light and shadow waving, enveloping the two of them, and she couldn't see their movements clearly. But she knew that the Saber Eight Guards were all extremely powerful swordsmanship, and if anyone could fight with them, they would be masters of swordsmanship.
However, it didn't take long for the light and shadow to stop, the two stopped, Guo Xuan's long sword had fallen to the ground, and the long sword in the handsome man's hand was still there, with a look of pride and mockery on his face, and his tone was full of disdain: "This is the swordsman?
Guo Xuan surprised her and didn't fight back. She suddenly remembered that the swordsman was proud of the long sword he was wearing, and it was a great shame for the sword in his hand to be shot down. This handsome man is so powerful that he actually won the saber man!
She was about to say something when she heard a series of hurried footsteps, and many people were coming towards her. She followed the prestige, and a group of silver shining people came in the corridor on the west side of the spirit hall, all dressed in bright silver armor, led by her swordsmanship teacher Yu Jian.
The first warrior of the kingdom raised the sword in his hand, and his voice clearly reached everyone's ears: "The dragon mark is here, seeing this sword is like seeing the first king! If someone acts rashly again, don't blame me for having no eyes under my sword!"
Hearing this, the two hundred Dragon Monarch guards took a few steps back, Guo Xuan picked up the long sword without a word, followed behind Wan Cheng, and also retreated. Yu Jian trotted all the way and rushed to the middle of the field, and the dragon scar sword was shining in front of everyone's eyes. The sword gauntlet has a double dragon holding the pillar, the jaw of the sword is a golden-faced dragon head, and the blade has the mark of the dragon's ascension to heaven, this sword is made by the order of the father and the king, which lasted three years, and was given to the first samurai of the kingdom, and the chief guard of the dragon army.
Long Yingtian glanced at the corner of his eyes, and said: "Yu Jian, the general's kneeling day has arrived, everyone in the world knows it, only your subordinates don't know, so many people draw their swords to block in front of the general, I want to ask, what do you want?"
Yu Jian hugged his sword and saluted, "General, the third prince, you can't lead troops into the inner palace without permission, it is also a matter known to the world, the two nobles are princes, the first king's brother, but why don't you know?"
"This is not a military pavilion soldier, but a personal guard of the general, which is under the command of Yuan Yiping, the chief of the general's personal guard. When have you ever heard that Yuan Yiping has taken up his post in the military pavilion?" Long Yingtian let out a snort, and didn't look at Yu Jian.
It turned out that this handsome man was Yuan Yiping. That's it, the six-fingered princess thought to herself, she had heard of his name, the eldest son of Yuan Dawei, the governor of Baihua Province, known as the first beautiful man in Changning City, and the master of Baihua swordsmanship. No wonder this man was so proud and arrogant in front of the sword-wielding. But he is arrogant and does have capital, people as powerful as Guo Xuan have lost to him, I don't know what the result will be if the teacher Yu Jian competes with him?
"They, all in armor and with sharp swords. Yu Jian pointed to the Bailai white-armored guards and said, "The third prince said that this is not a soldier, so please ask the third prince, what kind of person can be regarded as a soldier?" The third prince knows that the members of the royal family are inside the Spirit Palace, and there are my Dragon Monarch guards outside to protect the safety, and they don't need any other extra protection at all. For four days in a row, the four princesses spent their lives safely in the Spirit Palace, wouldn't it be safe on the fifth day? Or did the third prince feel that two hundred guards were not enough? Then I will concentrate all the guards here now, is it enough?"
He kept saying "third prince", but in fact, it was her second uncle who was asking. This can only be responded to by his second uncle. "Are you trying to tell me that two hundred Dragon Monarch guards drawing swords are not enough to threaten me, and you need five hundred?" Long Chengtian flicked his long sleeves, and the white cloth fluttered, "If you don't let your people put away their swords and get out of the way for me, I guarantee that after the Dragon Court meeting is over, there will be someone else in the position of the Dragon Monarch's chief guard." ”
The second uncle's voice was loud, it could be heard far away in this quiet night, and he didn't seem to care who could hear it, maybe he wanted everyone to know.
"Second uncle, your personal guards must all leave the inner palace, and none of them can be left, otherwise I will declare this a crime of trespassing. A crisp voice suddenly came from a distance, but it was enough for everyone present to hear it clearly.
The eldest sister is coming! She looked excitedly from the aisle on the west side, and sure enough, her eldest sister was leading the maid and the steward, and was striding over, and the golden-topped sedan chair was still parked in the aisle.
Long Dailan was dressed in a plain long dress, a gray mink fur coat, and a high bun with dyed platinum needles, and her usual smile was now as cold as frost. It was as cold as those sword lights, if not colder, she thought.
"As the eldest daughter of the first king, the eldest princess of the Xianglong Kingdom, and the first heir of the Dragon Monarch, I ordered the general to protect the chief Yuan Yiping, and immediately led his subordinates to escort and quickly exit the inner palace. The safety of the general is guarded by the dragon monarch. "There is no reason to be loud, and there is no need to be loud to give orders. The eldest sister is the future Dragon King, and she does look like a Dragon King, and she has a bit of her father's momentum when she speaks.
The eldest sister's words were irrefutable, no one could deny her status, and her second uncle gave in. "Since my eldest niece has spoken, as soon as I am flat, you will take the order and take people away. Eldest niece, I just hope you don't forget, but the Dragon Monarch guard pulled out more than two hundred long swords in front of me. I will not forget it. ”
The eldest sister responded lightly: "I also hope that Second Uncle and your subordinates will not forget that they drew their swords and used force in front of my father Wang Ling." It's hard for me to forget. Saying that, the eldest sister glanced at her, the frost on her face disappeared, and spring appeared, which was a warm smile that she was familiar with: "Qinglian, come to my sister, so many people are extremely rude, did it scare you?"
Of course not. They can't scare me, I'm the daughter of my father, the sister of my eldest sister. I am the daughter of the Dragon Monarch, and the sister of the Dragon Monarch, and I am the queen and princess of the underground!
The world on earth is too chaotic. Just like the people of the earth. They were dressed in armor or fine clothes, with long swords, and they were blood-red, as if they were stained with blood at any moment, and they were ready to drink it. I don't know what to think in my heart, I know that I can't bring troops into the palace, if she hadn't asked Xiao Song to call her sister, she would definitely be bleeding in front of her father's spirit this night.
Father has a lot to say to her. What would my father say if he saw such a thing? He would be very angry, and he would have dismissed all these people. His father rarely cut off people's heads, and he always reminded them to have a loving heart, and to rule the country and the people with kindness, not torture. Perhaps the historians will call him "King Ni" after his father enters the Hall of Dragons. Teacher Gu Sheng often said that the Holy King You Gu, the Virtuous King Long Hui, and the Ying King Long Mi are all great dragon kings, and the father may not be able to compare with the holy king, but he is as great as the virtuous king and the Ying king.
And I'm the daughter of Nioh. She made up her mind to continue her trip to the underworld tomorrow to visit her kingdom.