Wu Xiaofan, who was walking side by side with Chen Ping'an, looked at Chen Ping'an's rare dignified face, and wanted to dissolve this cold and heavy atmosphere, thought about it, and couldn't help but laugh and ridicule: "It's really a blessing to be Chen Ergou's subordinate, and you can find a master in the realm of grandmaster when you come to the separation." ”

Chen Ping'an looked ahead and said very calmly: "He took the initiative to ask me for it before Xie Wen left, I just wanted to be a favor." ”

Huang Tingxuan's eyes rolled slightly, he sighed twice, and sighed lightly: "This Dao Pavilion is also a master who can do business, he has been eating and drinking for nothing in the Hou Mansion for five years, and he has a grandmaster, not to mention, he also asked for an apprentice for nothing." ”

Tang Yin, who has always been a loner and rarely takes the initiative to intervene with others, suddenly said to himself: "A few sects in the world like the Sword Pavilion have always regarded themselves very highly, and they can use five years in the Academy plus a subordinate in exchange for the trust of the Sword Pavilion and their great help in the future, no matter how you look at this deal, the little marquis has made it." ”

Chen Ping'an glanced at Tang Yin in surprise, and immediately his face returned to calm, but he did not refute Tang Yin's words. After that, he suddenly glanced at the sky, and whispered meaningfully:

"Actually, I just really want him to have a good future. ”

......

After a while, the four of them gradually approached the gate of the school grounds.

At this time, the gate was already dark and crowded with people, but fortunately, there were two roads of twelve guards with knives who kept maintaining order, and it did not appear to be chaotic. Some of them grew up in the eastern district of Qianyang City like Chen Ping'an, so they naturally knew Chen Ping'an. But most people were shocked by Chen Xiaohou's celestial name and some sensational torture methods, so they just hurriedly greeted Chen Ping'an and exchanged a few words. There are also a small number of people who boast that they are very familiar with Chen Xiaohou, and the boys who get together to drink and enjoy flowers on weekdays come forward and put their hands on Chen Ping'an's shoulders, and joked with a hippie smile.

"Why did even Marquis Chen come to join in the excitement of this new army...... Isn't the top brand in the Green Smoke House fragrant!"

Chen Ping'an's face slowly flattened, and soon returned to his previous cynical look, he laughed, and said: "I made a bet with Du Youcai at the beginning, if I entered this barracks, he would call me grandfather three times, not for these three grandfathers, I had to quarrel with the old man at home to come to this new army to walk." Hey, where is Du Youcai's kid, have you seen him?"

As soon as he heard Chen Ping'an call Du Youcai's name, the boy's face was stunned, and he pulled his hand down with some embarrassment.

If it is said that Chen Ping'an is a celestial name, it is not bad, but that was also when Chen Duyun was in power, and now that Chen Duyun has retreated to the background, the title of this celestial name has naturally been handed over.

Du Xingsheng, the secretary of the military department, is the head of the six departments, except for the regent and two or three elders who have entered the old age, it is a well-deserved person under one person, above ten thousand people. Du Youcai's son is noble by virtue of his father, and his status among the sons in Beijing is naturally rising, and Du Youcai himself has good ability, compared with Chen Ping'an, who is already outdated, these sons are more afraid of Du Youcai.

.“ Brother Du...... I really haven't met him, but with his current status, if he wants to join the new army, he naturally doesn't have to queue up in the cold wind like me......," As he spoke, this boy couldn't help but show a look of envy and flattery on his face.

Chen Ping'an was noncommittal, and then echoed: "Yes, our Du Gongzi is indeed not an ordinary person, I don't hear that he has been promoted to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple again, and he can be called a model for my generation." After speaking, he turned his eyes to this son:

"But I don't care what his identity is, no one can hide from what he owes me. ”

The boy laughed twice, talked nonsense with Chen Ping'an left and right, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Chen Ping'an is an understanding person, and he doesn't care about it, he turned his eyes to the door in front of him that was simply made of two rough logs, squinted his eyes, and smiled meaningfully.

After entering this gate full of fame and fortune, who will know who in the future?

Where there is fame and fortune, there are rivers and lakes!

There is a long table on the left side of the school gate, behind which sit two officials of the military department, one of whom is holding a portrait register and comparing it with those who have come to sign up, while the other is responsible for issuing military badges.

However, unlike the wooden square military plaques issued in the past, the military plaques issued this time are shield-shaped nameplates made of brass, in addition to the delicate carved moire pattern on the edges, the nameplate is engraved with the name and origin of the card eater on the front, and the word dragon is engraved on the reverse side, which is the name of this new army.

The dragon is the emperor, and the edict is the edict. The word "dragon" represents the different ordinariness of this new army.

And the provenance under the name is also extremely sophisticated. The children of those official eunuchs were all recommended by the Kyoto Prefecture, so they were all engraved with the word Kyoto, and those martial arts people from various sects wrote the names of their sects and the names of the recommenders. This kind of writing is to show the legitimacy of the person's identity and origin, and secondly, to prevent someone from holding a license to impersonate after the military license is lost.

After a while, the four of them received their military cards, but before Chen Wu and Huang had time to inspect their military cards, they looked at the military cards in Tang Yin's hands at the same time with great tacit understanding. Tang Yin did not hide it, twisted the red silk on the card to raise his eyebrows, and looked carefully against the dazzling morning sun, looking at the exquisite workmanship of the military brand very much.

Looking at the line of words under Song Zang's name, the three of them couldn't help but be surprised.

Song Tibetan ...... Baicao Mountain ...... Baicao Mountain Lord White Wind Dance......

The army is a special existence in all dynasties, related to the life and death of the country, not who wants to come in, those ordinary people want to join the army, there must be a village chief or a local famous person as a guarantee, and then nominated by the local county order, and those people from the martial arts sect want to join the army, they must hold a letter of recommendation from the head of the family to join the army.

"Brother Tang is from Baicao Mountain?" Wu Xiaofan asked Tang Yin in disbelief. In his impression, Baicao Mountain is a sect that cultivates medicine but not martial arts, and when did such a young master with outstanding martial arts suddenly appear.

Huang Tingxuan and Yeyou Daoren also passed through Baicao Mountain when they traveled the world, no, when they saw three words, they couldn't help but think of the original because the two of them got lost in the mountains, and they didn't eat for a few days, so they stole an elder in the back mountain of Baicao Mountain and raised guinea fowl for three years, which led to a group of girls in Baicao Mountain chasing and killing all over the mountain. He exhaled lightly and whispered, "Isn't this Baicao Mountain full of girls? There shouldn't be male disciples!"

However, to Chen Ping'an's surprise, Baicao Mountain is clearly a sect of seclusion and cultivation, which is obviously not the same as Tang Yin's style of causing troubled waters in the rivers and lakes as soon as he came out of the mountain, and daring to openly oppose the imperial court.

After thinking about it, the three of them came to the same conclusion in their hearts - there must be something strange about this matter.

Unless Tang Yin and the White Mountain Lord of Baicao Mountain, who had not seen a man for a hundred years, had a leg, or Tang Yin was the illegitimate son of this old woman.

Under the suspicious gaze of the three people, Tang Yin put away the military card, put one hand behind his back, put the other hand into a fist in front of his mouth, coughed lightly and said twice: "Don't speculate, I do have a relationship with that Baicao Mountain, according to the seniority, the mountain master of Baicao Mountain has to call me a teacher." ”

......

"Won't it?" The three of them stood in the wind for a while, and Chen Ping'an carefully calculated:

"The master of the White Wind Dance seems to be the previous generation of medical immortal Han Qing......"

"Han Qing's master seems to be ......"

"Hey, who, who the hell are you? How many things do you still haven't told you about...... Hey, don't go......"

Under the constant questioning of the three of them, Tang Yin let out a faint long laugh, waved his hand, and walked towards the barracks.

......

After noon, all the military badges were distributed, and 10,000 soldiers were ordered to assemble in the school grounds. With the sound of three roaring bells echoing through the valley, at the gate, the 36 members of the ceremonial guard of honor of the Ministry of Rites were divided into two columns, and each two people were a team of nine tromphorns, and played a whining and low trumpet.

Not far away, on a wide and flat mountain road, hundreds of soldiers with swords in golden armor surrounded the Luan car driven by eight horses and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces behind the Luan car slowly walked, and the team had a royal flag raised every half a mile, and a huge block script was written on it.

The leader of the team rode a white horse, dressed in a purple official robe, and hung a unicorn complement on his chest that symbolized the rank of a first-rank official, and his fat body pressed the horse's back almost into an upside-down curved bow.

This figure with his right hand lightly twisting the corner of his mouth and beard, with a playful and uninhibited face, is Du Xingsheng, the secretary of the military department who was almost used by Chen Dazhuguo to sacrifice the flag that day. However, within a few days, Du Shangshu seemed to have healed his scars and forgotten the pain, and regained his original height.

And following Du Xingsheng, who is also riding a white horse, is now the Tianzi young master in Qianyang City, Du Youcai. Diametrically opposed to Du Xingsheng, Du Youcai's face did not look so pleasant, and he had been standing with sword eyebrows since he left the city, his eyes were deep, and he seemed to have something on his mind.

Although this Du Gongzi came from the family of high-ranking officials, but has always been talked about by the people is his talent, this person is said to be three years old poetry, four years old lyrics, six years old general history, seven years old began to read the art of war, ten years old in the court to talk about the national policy, was praised by Emperor Gong in public, and given the title of the first prodigy in Beijing, since then has been in the palace acts. What's even more rumored is that Du Xingsheng is just a half-deaf mediocre talent, and he can get to this position today because of the advice behind this strategic son.

It's a pity that God is jealous of the talent, this prodigy is well-read and strong, and has outstanding literary talents, but he is the only one who has been slow to understand martial arts, so that he has not been able to learn one move and two styles until today, but even so, it does not prevent him from being reused by the imperial court. There are not a few talented teenagers in Shangjing, but there is only one young man who can lead troops in front of the Son of Heaven.

The procession gradually approached the school grounds, and at this time, the horn stopped, and I don't know who shouted: "Greetings to Your Majesty." Everyone present got down on one knee and hugged their fists in greeting.

It's just that in the vast sea of people, there is a long figure standing alone.

Chen Ping'an only felt a shadow behind him pressing over his body, and he couldn't help but look sideways, and saw Tang Yin behind him proudly holding his hand, and he was stunned: This guy won't be looking for trouble here.

This figure stood out like a flock, too abrupt, so that Du Xingsheng could see it at a glance.

Du Xingsheng's lightly twisted hand was put down, his face was slightly condensed, and when he raised his hand again, the team behind him stopped immediately.

Du Xingsheng looked at Tang Yin from afar and asked, "Bold! Your Majesty is here in person, dare not kneel and salute." ”

At this moment, more than 10,000 soldiers present all followed Du Xingsheng's questioning prestige.

Tang Yin, who was under the gaze of Wan Dao, was not afraid, he also looked directly at Du Xingsheng, and said sonorously and powerfully: "Dajing established the country with martial arts, the first emperor Ming Xun, the grandmaster, you can enter the court without tending, and you don't kneel when you see the emperor!"

Under this loud sound that shook the entire valley, the entire school field fell silent, as if even the air had condensed. After a while, someone began to talk in whispers.

"What, there's a grandmaster here!"

"It's still such a young grandmaster. ”

"Which sect's ancestral tomb is smearing with green smoke, and there will be such an amazing and brilliant disciple. ”

"He said that the grandmaster is the grandmaster? You also believe this, the top disciple in the various sects of the Dajing Dynasty today is none other than Senior Brother Yuan Gang and Yuan of the Yanjing Mountain Sword Tomb, even he is only the peak of the mortal realm, and he has not yet entered the grandmaster!"

......

Huang Tingxuan pressed his head very low, if it weren't for the fact that the ground was full of bluestones, he would have buried his head in the ground, he just wanted to keep a low profile, but his strength didn't allow it. He poured out bitterness in his heart for this:

My ancestor, you won't lose a piece of meat when you kneel, you have to show yourself so high-profile, for fear that others won't know that you are a grandmaster. It's over, it's over, it's not a good time to live now, do you want me to recognize you in the future or don't know you, forget it, or don't recognize it...... I just want to be here quietly for two years, and then go back to my small temple to guard my ancestor who has been dead for hundreds of years for the rest of my life, and if I am lucky, I can take one or two disciples and teach some skills to live, so that when I die, I will go underground and give an explanation to my unknown master who died. Oh, no, if I don't recognize you, what will happen to my ancestral heirloom......

So, Huang Tingxuan went from one dead end to another.

Du Xingsheng has been an official for decades, and the first emperor said that he had already heard of it. But he is a civil official, he has worshiped Confucius and Mencius since he was a child, is familiar with sages, and has always been disdainful of martial arts practitioners, just as he was able to command Chen Duyun back then, not only to despise Chen Duyun's backwardness next to power, but also from the contempt in his bones for those reckless men who can only wield knives and guns. In his opinion, even if he is a great grandmaster, he is only a martial artist, no matter how big he is, can he be as big as the emperor?

He looked at Tang Yin contemptuously, just as he was angry. Du Youcai, who was behind him, took a deep breath and said first:

"Inheriting the legacy of the first emperor, if you are a grandmaster, you can naturally not kneel. But how can you prove that you are a grandmaster?"

Tang Yin stopped and smiled, and sighed: "Wu Xiaofan, the young son of the Wu family, can be testified, Xie Wen, a disciple of the Meiling Mountain Sword Pavilion, can be testified, and Chen Ping'an, the little marquis of Yongle Houfu, can also be testified." ”

Tang Yin's voice was getting louder and louder, and the fame of these names was also louder than the other.

When everyone heard this, they were not very embarrassed.

It's just that when Tang Yin reported Chen Ping'an's name, Du Youcai's eyebrows were stunned.

Chen Ping'an knelt beside Tang Yin on one knee, and almost every word Tang Yin said entered his ears word for word. His mood was extremely complicated.

With his intelligence, it is not difficult to see that Tang Yin's arrogance is revealed, and he obviously doesn't want to kneel, and the ancestor's legacy is just an excuse. What makes him sad is that he can't fight his own business, but he can also involve himself.

He's not afraid of things, he just doesn't want to cause a fuss because of this.

Sure enough, Du Youcai, who was riding on the horse, thought for a moment, and suddenly moved his gaze to Chen Ping'an's body, and asked in a cold tone: "Chen Ping'an, can you testify?"

There were only seven words of questioning, but it was like seven sharp blades reaching Chen Ping'an's heart.

Clear-eyed people know that they dare to make a big deal out in front of so many people, Tang is invisible and pregnant with a grandmaster, it is an ironclad thing, where do you need others to testify, you really can't send a grandmaster to come out and give it a try.

Therefore, Du Youcai's question was actually a disaster and let Chen Ping'an make a choice.

If he doesn't prove it, he can convict Tang Yin of bullying the king, and Chen Ping'an's reputation will plummet.

If he is a witness, it means that he does not take the holy in his eyes.

Inside and out, it seems that Chen Ping'an has been put on the cusp.

Wu Xiaofan and Huang Tingxuan on the side couldn't help but sweat for Chen Ping'an.

Instead, Tang Yin stood aside, patiently looking at Chen Ping'an, with an expectant look on his face.

At this time, Chen Ping'an sighed softly and stood up in front of everyone.

Without the slightest hesitation, he looked directly at Du Youcai, and replied word by word:

"I testify that he is the Grandmaster. ”

Although there is a lot of bitterness in my heart, how can I be born stubborn and not allow me to bow my head.

Wu Xiaofan and Huang Tingxuan finally lowered their heads and sighed heavily.

With just these seven words, it is foreseeable that their good days in the barracks in the future will come to an end.

At this moment, Tang Yin lowered his eyelids slightly, and when he opened them again, his eyes were like a sea of stars, and there was a terrifying cold glow.

An imperceptible evil smile came from the corner of his mouth.

"Chen Ping'an, Chen Ping'an, one day you will know that the seven words you said today are enough to determine that your life is extraordinary. ”

......

Everyone waited with bated breath for Du Youcai's reaction. In a sense, what Du Youcai represents is the Emperor Dajing who is sitting in Luan's car behind him and the regent who is sitting next to the emperor who controls the government and can do everything he can.

Du Youcai's pupils contracted, he stared at it for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, what a good proof, what a grandmaster! It seems that in the rivers and lakes over the years, there have been many more talented young people with extraordinary courage!"

After saying that, Du Youcai beckoned, crossed Du Xingsheng and led the team to continue walking towards the school grounds.

Wu Xiaofan shook his head and sighed: "This Du Gongzi is not easy to deal with!"