Chapter 52: Martial Arts Trial

Early in the morning two days later, there was already a lot of people in front of the three pavilions on the east side of Tianyu City, three circular martial arts platforms stood side by side, and a six-story viewing platform was erected around it, and the soldiers of the forbidden army maintained order at the scene, and even the governor Gao Chengchuan came to the scene early.

Minister Zuo Gongsun Zhe put down the list of students in his hand, saw that the governor had arrived, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Governor Gao, you came in person so early in the morning......?

Gao Chengchuan waved his hand, with a trademark smirk on his face, looked around for a week, and said politely: "It's still early, don't worry, not to mention that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always attached great importance to the autumn selection of the military pavilion, and His Royal Highness will definitely come in a while, which round of the best position will get our old man to sit, Minister Zuo, who are the students of the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft this year?"

"Yo, look, I've been busy this year and haven't sent out the list until now. Minister Zuo sighed tiredly, and handed over the share in his hand to Gao Chengchuan, "There are not many people who are running for election this year, and there are only sixty people in the Eighth Palace, and the only one who has signed up by himself is only sixty-one. ”

"Oh, sixty-one people?" Gao Chengchuan flipped through the list in his hand, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, it is indeed a few, the military pavilion is a thankless place, except for those young people who fantasize about getting ahead in one step, more people will choose to join the forbidden army, after all, the troops stationed in the capital are the safest, and the troops in the peripheral wasteland are just assisting the military pavilion, and those who know each other will deliberately suppress their rankings and put them in the annual spring election of the forbidden army.

Compared with the thousands of people who run for election every year in the forbidden army, these sixty-one people are too few and too few, and many of them are forcibly reported by the Eighth Hall of the Military Aircraft, and he has never heard of them.

Gao Chengchuan looked at Minister Zuo with a calculating look, and lowered his voice: "Lord Gongsun, aren't you going to choose the White Tiger General this year? Why are there so few applicants?"

"Governor Gao, this time is not enough!" Minister Zuo also complained, leaned over and whispered, "From the announcement of the early autumn election by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the present, it has only been seven days, and those who want to sign up for the four realms have no time to rush over, and the students of the Eighth Hall of the Military Aircraft ...... Ahem, you know, most people have sharpened their heads and want to drill into you! Just these sixty, or did I force them to report them below......"

"White Tiger General......" Gao Chengchuan narrowed his eyes, with a bit of mockery, "At the level of the general, no one wants to try it? This is much more powerful than a small soldier in the forbidden army, right?"

"This ...... Hehe, don't ask knowingly. Minister Zuo coughed a few times embarrassedly, even if he was the lowest-level forbidden army soldier, at least he could live a peaceful and stable life, not to mention that the White Tiger Legion guarded the Weeping Snow Plateau, where the perennial cold was the headquarters of the White Sect in the past, and it often encountered crazy cultists sneak attack, and it was the one with the highest casualties in the entire military pavilion.

"Look, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived. Gao Chengchuan interrupted Minister Zuo's thoughts, only to see Prince Mingxi come out of the ink pavilion, take the list on the table and look through it.

Minister Zuo broke out in a cold sweat, and looking at the prince's expression, he also knew that this year's personnel were not satisfactory to him.

Subsequently, Gongsun Yan, the lord of the Mirror Pavilion, also ran out, he was hanging around the prince, and Gongsun Zhe who saw it directly darkened his face.

"Isn't this your son?" Gao Chengchuan quipped, "I have a really good relationship with Your Highness!"

Minister Zuo smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly denied it: "Oh, don't make fun of me, thank God that stinky boy didn't trouble me......"

Gao Chengchuan shook his head: "How can I make fun of it, your wife is Your Majesty's second sister, and your son-in-law and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are also brothers." ”

Minister Zuo didn't dare to touch this family, at this time, Yan Gongzi waved his hand at his father casually, and leaned into Mingxi's ear: "The list seems to have changed, and sure enough, the top names don't want to come to the election!"

"It's okay if you don't come, I don't want to give it to outsiders on the Weeping Snow Plateau. Prince Mingxi lowered his voice and put down the roster, "Have you mentioned it to Qianye in this autumn election?"

"It's a mention......" Gongsun Yan scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "But I can't control him, fortunately, the list that was put up this time is not very good, I don't think he can look down on it himself, if he is really not satisfied, the position of the White Tiger General is temporarily vacant, and it will not be a problem, after all, there are still two lieutenant generals and six captains over there, and if you can't let the wind demon stare secretly, in fact, nothing will happen." ”

"If you can't do it, you can be promoted from the lieutenant general. Prince Mingxi sighed, and he was also a little helpless, although the White Tiger Legion still had two lieutenant generals at the moment, it was not very suitable to forcibly correct it.

Just as the two were whispering, the viewing platform next to it was already full of people one after another, and the three county lords on the Six Princes' Mansion Hao Yue grabbed the front row early in the morning, waiting for the autumn election to begin.

"Hey, Mingxi, look ......" Gongsun Yan secretly glanced at him, thinking it was funny, "The third county lord is here again, this time he won't openly ask for marriage again, right?"

"Ahem, you'll make people look at her for a while. "Prince Mingxi had a headache, the lord of Haoyue had also taken the initiative to sign up for the autumn election, because he was the favorite daughter of the sixth prince, he was so scared that the opponent didn't dare to fight back, so he went straight to the finals all the way unimpeded, and in the end, Xiao Qianye personally rushed down!

The lord of the three counties can also be regarded as the one who single-handedly changed the military cabinet system, because since then, the military cabinet has a clear rule that women are not allowed to sign up for the autumn election.

"Tsk...... Mingxi, look next to her!" Gongsun Yan's eyes lit up, and he quickly poked him, Prince Mingxi looked over, and saw a row of maids holding paper umbrellas, surrounded by a woman, the woman was dressed in a light purple brocade robe, and her head was shaking, very gorgeous.

"Mingshu?" Prince Mingxi's face sank, and he stood up and walked over there, and the maid saw him coming over, and hurriedly retreated, "Why are you here?"

The fifth princess Mingshu naturally knew that she would be blamed, so she hurriedly took out the words she had prepared a long time ago, and was not afraid, Ying Ying bowed down: "Brother Huang, the autumn election of the military pavilion is one of the few lively days in the imperial city, and I just made an appointment with Ah Yue to come out to watch the battle." ”

"Nonsense! The sword has no eyes, what should I do if I get injured by mistake?" Prince Mingxi scolded in a low voice, and at this time, Gao Chengchuan also hurriedly came over and persuaded: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the fifth princess must have felt that it has been too boring in recent days, and it is harmless to come out to breathe, and the old minister will definitely protect the safety of the princess, and send more people to martial law in the whole city, please rest assured." ”

Prince Mingxi was silent, he naturally knew what Gao Chengchuan was thinking about, the fifth princess Mingshu had been assigned by her father to marry Xiao Qianye, just when everyone thought that this was a happy event for the royal family, Xiao Qianye refused without warning.

As a royal princess, Mingshu, who is pampered everywhere, never thought that she would be rejected one day, or under the premise of her father's holy decree, she was openly rejected by that person, for a princess, this is simply a great shame, and will be regarded as a laughing stock by everyone, so that she will not be able to raise her head for the rest of her life, but she never expected that her father not only did not punish him, but even took back his holy decree according to his wishes!

However, her royal sister may really have a crush on the military pavilion master, although she did not say it explicitly, but she had left the palace several times without permission and went to the beacon tower in the outer city to wait for him.

Gao Chengchuan naturally knows the thoughts of the five princesses, and he just wants to watch a good show.

"Sister Ashu, come and sit down, it's time to start!" The third county lord stuck out his tongue at Prince Mingxi, made a grimace, and pulled the fifth princess to sit in the front row of the stands.

"Governor Gao, the safety of the princess is in your hands. Prince Mingxi was helpless, so he had to silently increase his tone, Gao Chengchuan nodded with a smile, turned his head and scolded, "Mu Xizhao, if the princess has the slightest mistake, you are the only one who asks." ”

"Yes. The person who followed him replied forcefully, Prince Mingxi was not good at having a seizure in person, so he had to retreat to his position first, and exchanged looks with Gongsun Yan - maybe Governor Gao didn't care about the life or death of his nephews, they knew that Mu Xizhao was the murderer of Gao Jingping, but Governor Gao didn't investigate this person who came back from North Shore City intact alone, and even kept him by his side as a confidant.

There were more and more onlookers, and the viewing platform was already full, but Xiao Qianye, the master of the military pavilion, still did not come.

"Gongsun Yan, what's going on?" Prince Mingxi muttered in a low voice, Gongsun Yan hurriedly came over and rubbed his hands nervously, "This has nothing to do with me, I just asked him not to interfere as much as possible, but I didn't ask him not to come......"

The three county lords were also looking back and forth anxiously, and Princess Mingshu twisted her fingers, obviously very anxious and didn't dare to show it too much.

"It's coming, it's coming, Sister Ashu, look at it......" At this moment, the third county lord excitedly grabbed the hand of the fifth princess and almost rushed out, "Qianye must have not rested recently, otherwise he wouldn't be late!"

Princess Mingshu looked in the direction of her finger, her eyes sank a little, and her face instantly turned crimson - he looked really tired, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time, and he was still wearing that capable black military uniform, the golden order that symbolized the pavilion master was buckled on his shoulders, and he was holding a white sword spirit, but he was still heroic between his eyebrows, and he was followed by a deputy general of the headquarters.

"Huh...... Ashu, you're blushing!" The third county lord was suddenly a little jealous, and blew lightly next to the ears of the fifth princess, and muttered, "He is the first thing I fell in love with, you can't rob me!"

"Who, who wants to rob you!" Princess Mingshu hurriedly lowered her head, stabilized her emotions, and hurriedly explained, "He originally refused to marry, so I don't like him!"

"What's wrong with refusal, I've been rejected eight times. The third county lord didn't care, his eyes followed him closely, only to see him walk up to Prince Mingxi, bow politely, and then return to his seat.

Mingshu breathed a sigh of relief and looked over cautiously, feeling a little happy.

After she was rejected by Xiao Qianye, she once ran to the beacon tower in anger, the purpose was to see what this person who rejected the royal princess was like, she thought that it was just a person similar to the forbidden army in the city, but she didn't expect that person to ride a huge bird and fall from the sky!

At that moment, the fifth princess felt that there was something strange, and it fell silently in her heart, but it was a pity that she had never learned martial arts, and she couldn't let go of the royal figure.

She will pluck up the courage to put down her face and come here today, in fact, she has been secretly hesitating in her heart for four years!

"Lord Gongsun, let's start. Prince Mingxi gave an order to Minister Zuo, and Minister Zuo hurriedly walked up to the competition platform, cleared his throat, and read, "The autumn election of the military cabinet in the thirty-sixth year of the emperor began, and the number of candidates totaled sixty-one, divided into three groups to compete at the same time, the winner entered the next round, and the loser was directly eliminated and rebuilt in the eighth hall of the military aircraft, and finally won the first place, both the opportunity to obtain the position of the White Tiger General, I hope that all the students will work hard." ”

"Is there a chance...... Gao Chengchuan touched his beard and said to Mu Xizhao beside him, "The first name is just a chance, it seems that the military pavilion master still doesn't want to give up this position to others easily." ”

Mu Xizhao took a step forward, and naturally understood the meaning of the governor's words, and continued: "After all, it was his brother who personally took the post before, and suddenly changed people, so he always had to find someone who could be trusted." ”

"If you don't do it, you won't do it, and Your Highness even agreed. Gao Chengchuan shook his head, it is a well-known thing that Prince Mingxi favors Tianzheng Mansion, that Xiao Yibai walked so cleanly, it is not surprising that the prince does not care.

The autumn election is presided over by the Mo Pavilion, the Minister Zuo is in charge, the Prince Taifu, the Prince Taibao, and the Prince Taishi share the three presidings, and the military cabinet master is only the final decision-maker.

Xiao Qianye swept the students of this session one by one, and the losers of each session must return to the eighth hall of the military aircraft to rebuild, so the age difference of the students will be particularly large, usually the losers of five consecutive years will lose the qualification to run for the chief and deputy generals, and will be arranged to serve in various units. The autumn election is very important for students, but in recent years, there have been more and more students who do not want to make progress and are greedy for pleasure, and there are even many people who deliberately lose for five consecutive years, and finally entrust themselves to enter the forbidden army garrison to live a chaotic life.

In fact, Prince Mingxi has long intended to build a school in the surrounding four realms, so that more civilians can get better opportunities, so as to reverse the decline of the eight halls of military aircraft and the eight halls of law cultivation, but this move requires a lot of human resources, and it also requires the mentors to disperse to various places, or other capable people in the four realms to take the initiative to participate, but at present, the Emperor of Heavenly Power is centralized, and he does not want the forces of the surrounding four realms to affect Tianyu City at all, and this matter can only be stranded again and again.

He sighed, playing with the sword spirit in his hand, and didn't even want to continue the jousting in the stands.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to hand over the position of White Tiger to outsiders at all, and how boring these magnates of the imperial capital were usually that they flocked to the autumn election as a festival.

There were many thoughts in his mind, the first round of the competition had ended quickly, and a series of exclamations suddenly came out from the viewing platform, causing him to look at the competition platform on the left.

There was a short-haired teenager standing on the stage, who defeated the eighth place in the Wuying Hall with just one blow.

"Wow! it's amazing!" Haoyue pulled Princess Mingshu excitedly, "Sister Ashu, I come to see the autumn audition on time every year, and it's the first time I've seen such a powerful person!"

"Who is that?" Princess Mingshu asked curiously, Haoyue looked at the roster in her hand and frowned, "It doesn't seem to be a person from the Eighth Hall of the Military Aircraft, could it be that you came on your own initiative?"

"Who is that?" At the same time, Prince Mingxi also quickly noticed that person, Gongsun Yan quickly flipped through the manual and said in a low voice: "I am the only one who took the initiative to sign up this time, my old man said that it was from the wasteland near the imperial city, and it was called ...... Brilliant Flame. ”

The young man smiled, ignored the sighs from the audience, and turned his face to look at Xiao Qianye.

Xiao Qianye was suddenly startled, he looked only a teenager, dressed in a capable red power suit, short hair, and holding a broken red long sword, looking radiant.

However, those eyes, with an old man who couldn't see through it, looked at him unabashedly.

At that moment, Xiao Qianye had an intuition - this person was coming for him.

He flipped through the roster casually, and finally saw a name that he had seen for the first time, but was inexplicably somewhat familiar-Huang Yan.

"Second round, start!" Minister Zuo also ignored the reaction of the audience, he sketched a picture on the list of students, and immediately announced the next game.

Everyone's eyes were obviously attracted by the young man on the far left of the competition platform, he twisted his neck, looked at his next opponent with a grin, and lowered his voice: "Don't waste time, I came all the way to find you." ”

"Huh?" The third place in Fengwu Hall hesitated for half a minute, still wondering if he really heard him speak, and at the same time, the red sword light burst out of nowhere, directly penetrating his chest!

The whole trial room was silent, and the audience looked at each other on the viewing platform - dead people? There are strict requirements for the trial selection, you can give it a go, but you can't hurt people's lives!

"I'm not dead. The young man smiled at the crown prince, grabbed the other party's collar and threw it over, "I can still save it now." ”

"You!" The crown prince didn't dare to act rashly, after so many years of autumn election, it was the first time he had seen such an arrogant person, Minister Zuo also hurriedly came over to check the situation, and the doctors of Danzhen Palace all came up and hurriedly helped stop the bleeding first.

"How is it?" Minister Zuo asked with concern, the third place in Fengwu Hall is the second son of the family who accompanied the big gold lord of Duluo City, if he died in the autumn election, how could he explain it to others?

The doctor at the scene didn't have time to pay attention to Minister Zuo, and a cold sweat broke out: "Hurry up, hold down and stop the bleeding!

The medicine boys were in a hurry, one stopped the bleeding, one bandaged, and the rest hurriedly brought the stretcher and put the person on it.

"If it's really a barbarian from the wasteland, I don't have to take it seriously......," whispered from the viewing platform, and everyone's eyes became disgusted.

"Maliciously hurting people, disqualifying!" Minister Zuo was angry, and the young man pouted and muttered, "If he can't hide himself, he can blame me?"

"Mingxi, what should I do?" Gongsun Yan gasped, he couldn't see what happened on the stage just now, that person's sword was so fast that even he couldn't see it clearly!

Prince Mingxi frowned and pondered, where did this person come from? He should be able to defeat his opponent easily, but he chose the most extreme way, in order to show his strength, or ......

"I'll come. Without waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a decision, Xiao Qianye had already walked down, "Hurry up and take it down for treatment, Zuotai competition, I'll come in person." ”

"Wow! Sister Ashu, Qianye has taken action personally!" The third county lord was excited, and he didn't feel Princess Mingshu's nervous cold sweat at all, and his whole body couldn't help trembling.

The young man's eyes brightened little by little, looking at this strange and familiar personβ€”it was his unfamiliar face, and it was also his most familiar breath.

"Long time no see, Emperor Zhong. He whispered silently, and the red sword glowed with fire!