Chapter 49: Autumn Selection
The news that the military pavilion is going to be selected in advance has already spread in Tianyu City, and the students of the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft in charge of Minister Zuo have long been unable to hold back and are gearing up, after all, for young people, the hereditary forbidden army and the navy threshold that requires thirty years of navigation foundation are too high, and only the military pavilion may be the fastest place to get ahead.
At this time, the troops stationed in the capital of the forbidden army had already begun to build a competition platform in the open space in front of the three pavilions of the army on the east side.
"It's us every year, it's annoying. Although a team of soldiers still has tools in their hands, their mouths are still chattering and complaining, although the forbidden army also has spring elections, but they are all after the ink pavilion reports that the governor nods his head, only the autumn election of the military pavilion is so troublesome every year, and they have to build a high platform to compete, because the military cabinet master will personally try to choose, the senior officials of the imperial capital often come to watch, over time, they have to set up another viewing platform around, and on the day of the trial, they have to send additional people to maintain order.
Since none of the ten alien beast legions in the military pavilion could enter the Heavenly Imperial City, this kind of tiring and unflattering thing was thrown to the forbidden army every year.
"Don't complain, don't you look very energetic?" The person next to him pushed him, handed him a pot of water, and said with a smile, "Anyway, it's usually nothing, it's boring, so you should have fun!"
"What's the fun to find, keep an eye on the platform and set it up firmly, don't collapse again like that year. He took the kettle angrily, and still has lingering palpitations, it should be the first time that the military cabinet master conducted the autumn election eight years ago, that year he replaced almost all the main and deputy generals, one by one, and tried for three days, even the forbidden soldiers who maintained order in the audience were tired and resentful, but the new military pavilion master seemed to have no effect at all.
"Hey, at that time, it also collapsed when the White Tiger was selected, right?" the soldier next to him muttered quietly, "The White Tiger will be the last to try, I remember that it seems to be the brother of the military pavilion master?"
He nodded, his eyes were serious - they were twins, the military pavilion master left Feiyuan when he was a teenager, but his brother Xiao Yibai was born locally, but he didn't enter the Eighth Hall of the Military Aircraft to study.
He originally thought that the last game was just a formality, after all, how could a brother really do it, however, the master of the military pavilion showed no mercy at all, and the fight on the high platform was even more thrilling.
Afterwards, he went to inspect and found that the thirty pillars of the competition platform had been completely pierced by the sword qi, which led to the final collapse, but fortunately, Governor Gao did not blame them, otherwise even if it was the garrison of the forbidden army, I am afraid that they would have to be transferred to the wasteland, right?
"Heyβwake up!" the bystander suddenly coughed a few times, poked him awake, and pointed to the oncoming person, and hurriedly turned his back and pretended to be busy.
"Mu ...... Xizhao, why are you here?" He didn't think of how to call him for a while, so he had to call his name awkwardly, and the other party glanced at the competition platform under construction, and said lightly, "It was the Governor who asked me to come over to supervise, and the Governor said that there can be no more mistakes." β
"No, no. He quickly answered, and his hands moved.
This Mu Xizhao was obviously transferred by Governor Gao to the second detachment of Yudu to assist Captain Gao Jingping, but he didn't expect that after a tsunami in North Shore City, Captain Gao didn't see anyone dead or dead, but he ran back unharmed alone.
The forbidden army is all from the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft, and those who have a little bit of identity will try their best to stay in the garrison troops, although it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but everyone knows that in fact, the imperial city is the safest place.
Mu Xizhao is an exception, he was born in the wasteland, he is a confidant like Governor Gao, and he was once only one step away from the position of the military pavilion master, but after Xiao Qianye took over, he was transferred back by the governor, and he has never had any position, and he is completely thrown wherever he is needed.
Like today, he's been thrown here again to be a little overseer.
"Hurry up, the day after tomorrow is the autumn election. Mu Xizhao seemed to see his thoughts, sneered silently, and urged.
"Yes. Of course, he would not take the initiative to offend this person, and hurriedly began to build a competition platform.
Mu Xizhao looked at the competition platform with complexity, he used to be very close to that position, but he had never really stood on it once, and he had never competed with the current military pavilion master on the same stage.
Mu Xizhao smiled self-deprecatingly, maybe even if he had a chance, he was not an opponent at all, right?
The Eight Halls of Military Aircraft are the most ambitious in terms of the War God Hall and the Martial God Temple, but only the top ten students have the opportunity to get the recommended quota every year, and the top three students are required to be eligible to compete.
According to the regulations of previous years, the ink pavilion will first compete for the quota within a month in advance, and the winners will be directly reported to the military pavilion master, and then selected by the military pavilion master, and this year things happened suddenly, the ink pavilion lord and the crown prince Mingxi only gave him seven days, he not only had to choose the best from thousands of students, but also had to understand the identity and background of these people, in case he was fished in troubled waters by people with other purposes.
"Dad, let's rest for a while......" Gongsun Yan took the brewed tea and took the initiative to be courteous, Minister Zuo glared at his son, and still avoided suspicion and covered up the list, Gongsun Yan twitched the corners of his mouth and muttered, "Just show me what can happen?" Anyway, the person who reported in the end was not picked by you? I can't be the master, I'm just curious." β
"This is not something you should be curious about!" Gongsun Zhe scolded, helpless against his son, and said, "Are you so idle today?
"You can't blame me for the mirage!" Gongsun Yan was very dissatisfied and argued, "The landlord was not chosen by me, but by the giant of the people himself, so I just went through the motions as usual, and was invited over to see the situation, who knew that he would go crazy and order the giant ao to rush into the city......?" It's really not bad for me. β
"You are the master of the Mirror Pavilion, who is you not to rely on?" Gongsun Zhe said to himself angrily, and said earnestly, "How much silver does Haishi have to pay to the Mirror Pavilion every year?"
"Oh, Dad, don't you have a crow's mouth, okay?" Gongsun Yan hurriedly smiled, directly stuffed the tea bowl into Minister Zuo's mouth, and couldn't hold it idle in his hand, grabbed the list on the table and ran to the side, and looked at it seriously.
"Put it back!" Minister Zuo's face changed instantly, and he slapped the table and shouted, "It's not big or small, this is something from the Ink Pavilion, don't interfere with the Mirror Pavilion!"
"Okay, okay, give it back to you. Gongsun Yan didn't dare to make his father angry at all, so he hurriedly threw it on the table and said with a smile, "Dad, can the number one in the God of War Temple have the strength to win the position ......of the general of the White Tiger Legion this year?"
Minister Zuo was silent, and Gongsun Yan hurriedly stepped forward and begged: "Dad, the former general of the White Tiger Legion is the eldest brother of the military pavilion master, this position is not easy for ordinary people to accept......
Gongsun Zhe naturally knows the importance of this position better than his son, this is undoubtedly the most important position in this year's autumn election, and according to the military report from Jia Luo a few days ago, Xiao Yibai just resigned, and the third detachment of the White Tiger was attacked by an alien race, and the new successor may not even have time to adapt to the need to take office immediately, if he can calm down the turmoil, it is naturally the best, but if something goes wrong again, this will make his Zuo minister's face where to rest!
Xiao Qianye is still suspended, and I don't know if he will personally check this autumn election, if he doesn't come, then the person he elected will lose the first battle, won't he become a laughing stock?
Gongsun Zhe's mind was buzzing, and he had a headache when he thought of these things, Gongsun Yan struck while the iron was hot, and hurriedly went to press his acupoint, staring at the list spread out on the table with sharp eyes, and whispered: "Dad, the Eighth Hall of the Military Aircraft is the best in the War God Temple and the Martial God Temple, and the top three students have the opportunity to compete for the White Tiger General, so don't worry about it, according to the usual results, report it and let the military pavilion master choose it himself." β
"Then what if he doesn't come to choose?" Gongsun Zhe reprimanded his son angrily, "You think simply, doesn't he Xiao Qianye know what is going on with Jia Luo's current situation? Choosing a newcomer to suppress the alien race in the past, how much risk he will not know? If he is smart and acquaintance, he will simply not interfere this time, anyway, it is the candidate reported by Moge, and it has nothing to do with him if he fails, and he is jointly and severally liable if he dies, anyway, there is a prince to protect him, and it is a big deal to suspend him for a few more months......"
Gongsun Yan pouted, this old man is thinking about things too simply, right? North Shore City has already missed once, if he misses twice in Jialuo, the prince will not be able to protect him!
However, he didn't say it explicitly, after all, in the eyes of the high-ranking officials of the imperial capital, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always protected the Tianzheng Mansion, and with such a strong backer, the Tianzheng Mansion is enough to sit back and relax.
"Hey, there are quite a few excellent students this year. Gongsun Zhe picked up the list again, and seemed to have forgotten that his son was also peeking at it, and pondered, "The first name of the God of War Hall is the second son of the crown prince Taibao's family, Taibao is from Yangchuan, and he also cultivates Yangchuan's swordsmanship, but it is a bit powerful, but unfortunately his temperament is a little anxious, originally I wanted to put him in the spring election next year and do things for the governor, after all, his character, I don't know if he will conflict with the military pavilion master in the future." β
Minister Zuo shook his head, as if he was not satisfied, turned the page, and continued: "The first name of the Martial God Temple, which was also reported by Yangchuan, is the eldest grandson of the Lord of the Great Annihilation City, and this year's Great Annihilation City is indeed exceptionally good. β
"The first name of Wuying Hall is from Dongming, but Dongming has never majored in swordsmanship and martial arts, which is still worse than the previous two. "The more Minister Zuo looks at it, the more worried he becomes, if these people report to elect a deputy general and captain, it is more than enough, but if they really go up to choose a general, he has no bottom in his heart!
"What about the wasteland?" Gongsun Yan reminded with an idea, "Aren't there any people who take the initiative to try out?"
"I'm afraid that few people are coming......" As soon as the wasteland was mentioned, Minister Zuo was even more upset, not all the generals in the military pavilion were from the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft, Xiao Qianye would give extra places every year for people outside the school to volunteer, but that needed to be notified at least a month in advance to the entire territory of Feiyuan, and now the time is coming soon, even if someone wants to jump, there is no time to rush over!
What's more, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer people outside the academy, and the quality has become worse and worse, if the eight halls of the military aircraft dare not guarantee that someone can be qualified for the position of the White Tiger General, the people from the wasteland will be even more unreliable, right?
Minister Zuo rummaged through the messy table for a long time, picked up a piece of paper and threw it to Gongsun Yan with a smile, "Look for yourself, just one who took the initiative to sign up." β
"Huangyan ......" Gongsun Yan read that name, he had never heard of it, and he had never heard of this name in Jingge for so many years.
"Where did this person come from?" Vaguely sensing that something was wrong, Gongsun Yan's tone suddenly sank, "Dad, it's only been four or five days since the news of the autumn election got out, someone signed up so quickly, this person should be near the imperial capital, but I don't seem to have heard of this name, have you checked his identity?"
"It's from the wasteland outside of Skyware City. "Gongsun Zhe doesn't care, how can he know all the people in the wasteland outside the imperial city, most of them are also guys who can't see their own strength clearly, and they secretly enter the city to see the next world under the pretext of the autumn election, these people will be watched by the forbidden army stationed in the city, and they won't make any big trouble, as for the identity background, a person who can't be selected at all, Moge won't waste time to investigate.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if you are really lucky enough to be chosen, it is not too late to investigate, anyway, what background can you have from the wasteland, and the worst thing is to find an excuse to send it to the distant border, and it will not become a big climate.
"Huang Yan, Huang Yan ......" Gongsun Yan muttered these two words, for some reason, he always felt a little inappropriate, Minister Zuo was annoyed by his reading, and pointed out the door, "Have you wandered around enough? β
"Okay, okay, I'll leave immediately, don't get in your way here, okay?" Gongsun Yan just found a reason to slip away, and only then did he go around the ink pavilion, and a dark butterfly flew out of his sleeve.
"Hey......" He quickly grabbed the butterfly and nervously checked left and right, "What's wrong? Didn't you say that you can't come out when there are people?"
"Emperor Tianquan has begun to investigate the crown prince. The voice of the Stygian Butterfly sounded directly in his head, it was an emotionless cold female voice, which made Gongsun Yan stunned and froze in place, "My Wraith Soul was attached to the Stygian Butterfly Order by you, just now, Emperor Tianquan had ordered the Moon Saintess to keep an eye on the prince's star position, and he seemed to be suspicious." β
"Oh?" Yan Gongzi's eyes were sharp, and he seemed to have changed in an instant, and the Stygian Butterfly continued, "He doesn't know who he met, if he only distinguishes it by his breath, it seems to be the breath of the Spirit Phoenix." β
"Inform the Moon Saintess, come and see me with the Butterfly Valley Meditation Technique. His tone was impressively low, and the butterfly in his arms shook slightly, and he responded, "Okay." β
"Ah Jing...... You be careful. At the same time as the butterfly dissipated, Gongsun Yan couldn't help but reach out and touch the butterfly's wings.
However, the voice did not appreciate it, but snorted coldly, with a little mockery, word by word: "Be careful, I'm already dead, what else is there to be careful?" β
Gongsun Yan pursed his lips in embarrassment, but he didn't refute it.
Thirty-six years ago, the Gongsun family moved to the imperial capital Tianyu City and became the head of the three magnates, but the children of the Gongsun family will stay in the East Ming to study before the age of seven, and Gongsun Yan is no exception, and even, he was a disciple of Butterfly Valley.
Seven years ago, a year after the fall of the Gara White Sect, the empire decided to eradicate another major sect, located in the Eastern Underworld, proficient in the astral arts, Butterfly Valley, which had been living in seclusion in the mountains, was soon broken by the military pavilion, and when the tragedy of the White Sect was about to be staged again, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly cut through the field-
The crown prince Jin ordered that the generals of the military pavilion must not kill indiscriminately!
Three golden orders, the prince who had never met in the empire issued three golden orders in a row, and forcibly stopped the military pavilion that was red-eyed.
As the woman who is the lord of the valley, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, even if the paradise where they have lived for generations has been unrecognizable, but everyone is still alive, after the retreat of the military pavilion, the seriously injured woman pacified the remaining disciples, and before she could take a breath, she saw a familiar figure that appeared in the valley - in the midsummer season, a man wrapped in a silver fox fur.
However, this time, this man who had not seen him for a long time brought the breath of death, his indifferent face was like an iceberg that could not be dissolved, he took out a saber from his arms, and said to her: "This time the military pavilion went to Butterfly Valley, it was the opinion jointly put forward by the left and right ministers of the Bipolar Meeting, once the Jialuo White Sect was destroyed, the East Immortal Butterfly Valley was dominant, and there was even the treasure that the empire wanted, the 'Eight Desolation Glazed Glass Celestial Instrument', you should know the left and right ministers, right?" One is my father, the other is my future father-in-law, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intervened to save Butterfly Valley, it will make them implicated and questioned, so I must give a satisfactory explanation to the Shuangji Society, can you understand?"
Can you understand - hearing the beloved man say such a question, even a proud person like her finally couldn't hold back her tears.
"If you can understand...... I guarantee that all the disciples in Butterfly Valley will survive. He added calmly, and there was no trace of the past affection in his eyes.
The answer is no choice and no objection.
As the lord of the valley, in order to preserve the last dignity, and in order for the disciples in the valley to escape this catastrophe safely, she ended her life with her own hands in front of the man she once loved.
Butterfly Valley's unique magic allowed her to clearly see what Gongsun Yan had done after her death - he cut off his own head with his own hands, installed it in a shrine, and brought it back to the imperial capital to hand over to the Bipolar Society.
At that moment, she felt that this person had never loved herself at all, and everything he did was only for himself.
However, after this paradoxical man forced her to death with his own hands, for some reason, he injected her with supreme spiritual power before she completely degenerated into an evil spirit, and forcibly pulled her back from the edge of "absolute death", into the current ghost form, and sealed part of her soul on the Butterfly Order, and handed it over to the chief astrologer of Butterfly Valley, Butterfly Snort, and the remaining half of the soul became such a Butterfly, which has been kept by his side.
"Ah Jing, be careful. Yan Gongzi took the trouble to babble again, and then he returned to his usual demeanor and turned into the mirror pavilion next door.