Chapter Twenty-One: Posture Up!
On the day of the martial arts election, every family should get up early, wash up, wear new clothes and hats, and burn a fragrance in front of the ancestral tablet. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Tianci also got up early, followed his parents to the clan ancestral hall, and women can also worship their ancestors, which is the only thing that Tianci feels advanced after he arrived in the Tianyuan Continent.
The ancestral hall of the Chen family is the most high-end atmosphere of the whole Chen family, located in the center of the Chen family, first is the archway of nine zhang high, three door openings at the bottom, a pair of dragon beasts on the left and right, usually the door hole in the middle is closed, but it will be opened in this important day. There are eight large stone pillars after the gatehouse, and two dragons are carved on them, which is the so-called double dragon holding pillars, and only before the main hall is crossed by these eight pillars.
At this moment, the front of the main hall was full of women, young and old, all of whom were descendants of the Chen family, and they seemed to be prosperous and had a bright future, but Tianci knew that as the relics of the royal family who had been exiled to other places, they had already been strong and strong.
Behind the huge incense burner, there were three old men, naturally the three of Tianci's grandfathers, Chen Gaoren, the natural head of the family in the center, and Tianci didn't know whether his grandfather was on the left or right.
Two or three meters away, there stood God-given father's generation, and two or three meters away, standing were forty or dozens of teenagers from God's generation. At this time, everyone was respectful, waiting for Chen Gaoren in the center to burn incense and light wax, ready to make a big salute at any time.
"The old man in front, which one is my grandfather?" Tianci pulled the corner of Tianhu's clothes, and did not mean to deliberately lower his voice. Tianhu just kept his mouth shut, not daring to open his voice.
This remark immediately caused the surrounding brothers to snicker, and they all looked sideways at Tianci. It was like a chain reaction, and then the people of Daddy's generation bent their heads to see if the melon cowardly said such ridiculous things.
Chen Gaoren continued his glorious and sacred ceremony, frowning slightly, expressing his dissatisfaction with the heavenly gift; Chen Gaoyue's face was not smiling, looking very solemn; and Chen Gaoying, that is, the grandfather of the heavenly gift, actually smiled at the corner of his mouth.
The three of them rarely go out, and they have been in retreat and cultivation in recent months, but Tianci's grandfather has long heard about Tianci's affairs, and knows that his stupid grandson Tianci has changed his aura, and he seems to be born with divine power, at this time, not only has a smile on the corner of his mouth, but also wants to turn his head to look at this turtle grandson who doesn't understand the rules.
After three bows and nine bows, the ceremony of worshipping ancestors finally ended. Chen Gaoying turned his head to look at Tianci, still with an unconcealable smile in his eyes.
Tianci looked at Chen Gaoying's smiling expression, and guessed that this kind old man was his grandfather, and he didn't know how to greet him, so he smiled stupidly, raised his hand and waved it in the air.
"Third brother, I'm afraid your Tianci grandson isn't okay yet, why does he still look stupid?" Chen Mo's grandfather, Chen Gaoyue, saw it in his eyes and seized the opportunity to laugh at his third brother.
"Your grandson is stupid, that second guy named Chen Mo has nothing to do with a three-foot Qingfeng sword, it's really funny old man!"
Chen Gaoying replied to the second brother unceremoniously.
"What are you two muttering, you are both old, why are you still like a child, I hope that a child can be selected in this martial arts meeting, let's go!"
When Chen Gaoren spoke as his brother, both of them bowed their heads and were silent.
After the Chen family sacrificed to their ancestors, they went back to their respective homes for breakfast, gathered in the square again, and came to the central square of Qingyun City. At this time, it was already crowded with people, red flags, and gongs and drums.
The elderly, adults, youth, children, men and women, are all immersed in the festive atmosphere, with vague smiles on their faces, as if all people should be happy on such a day, everyone has a successful career, a big heart, and can shake hands with enemies.
When a group of teenagers from the Chen family passed by, each of them had a big Chen character embroidered on their clothes, and anyone could understand that they were the descendants of the Chen family, but this kind of dress seemed a little ridiculous to people from other families.
"The Chen family is really disgusting, for fear that others will not know that they are descendants of the royal family!"
"It's just, it's so shameless, isn't it just surnamed Chen?"
"So what, it's not that you can't choose any of them. ”
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Zhao Yun and the others of the Zhao family were even more sneering when they saw it, when Su Lina and Chen Mo walked over with the team, Zhao Yun's eyes were full of disdain, and the corners of his mouth showed a disdainful smile, and the others also muttered and laughed, of course, mocking. The children of the Zhao family all felt that they didn't grab the Snow Shadow Guinea Pig last time, but this time it was finally their turn to raise their eyebrows, because almost every time someone from the Zhao family was selected.
There is a sergeant of the city guard standing at intervals of dozens of meters around the square, with a straight waist and a war knife in his hand, scanning everyone with a sharp gaze from time to time, if he dares to make trouble, he will immediately go up and catch it, but obviously this kind of worry has never been superfluous, where do all the living beings dare to make the martial artist unhappy.
If they are selected by the military, then it is very likely that they will become such powerful sergeants at the military selection meeting next year, in the Tobu Empire, such people look no different from others, but in fact they are very different, and it would be very wrong to think of them as security guards or conscripts
Finish.
On the wide stone platform directly north of the square, the person in the middle is the city lord of Xue Jianyang who was beaten into a pig's head by Master Duyi, but after taking Master Duyi's Rejuvenation Pill, his face was only a little bruised at this time, and the red and swollen color had faded, and he deliberately put on a large helmet, and he couldn't see any traces of his hair being burned, but it looked very funny like a child wearing an adult's hat.
Tianci looked at it from a distance and exclaimed, "I'll go, the one sitting in the center is a monkey, why is his head so small?"
"Boy, that's the city lord!"
"But it's strange how he wears such a big hat. ”
"Really, those people who are in charge of the city lord in clothes and hats are really waste, let's go back to farming quickly!"
"I can't say that, maybe the lord of the city would like to dress like this. ”
"The lord of the city is not an idiot. ”
......
For a while, everyone talked about it, as if this was a big deal, and it was closely related to their daily life.
Suddenly, a salute sounded outside the field, a full nine sounds, indicating that it had been reported to the Emperor of the People who was far away in Kyoto, and Qingyun City was going to select a sergeant for the empire today.
Then Xue Jianyang stood up and delivered an enthusiastic, old-fashioned, righteous and strict speech, with a tone and a rambling speech, even he didn't know what he was talking about, a useless speech, and everyone got up early in the morning, and felt a little drowsy in the monotonous atmosphere, everyone in the crowd looked forward to the early end of this speech, and from time to time glanced at the city lord who looked at the audience with disdain, feeling that this person was a straw bag, and he was not as talented as himself.
After a long wait, he finally got to the point, Tianci felt that this ceremony was simply too annoying, Xue Jianyang's words were like a lazy woman's footcloth, it stinked so much that it couldn't be any longer, and it couldn't grow any longer.
"Brother Tianhu, did you bring rotten eggs and tomatoes?" asked Tianci.
"No, what are you bringing that thing for?" Tianhu was stunned.
"Brother Tianci, if you want it, I'll squeeze it out and buy some. The leopard said smartly.
"God gives you this stinky boy, you don't give face to the city lord, if you don't give him face, you don't give the emperor face, do you know the crime?"
Seeing Master Duyi, Tianci remembered Master Duyi's promise, and said with a smile: "Da Shi, your ability to buckle a big hat is really not comparable to ordinary people, just look at the city lord and you will understand everything, the matter is done, right?"
The master said depressedly: "It's done, my master still has to do such a trivial thing for you, it's really a loss of identity, don't look at it, fulfill your promise, you just follow me." ”
"I'm going to give you my quest, and my freedom...... You come with me. Da Shi, it seems that you have true love for me, so what is your pursuit?" Tianci rolled his eyes, raised his head and sang, and asked thoughtlessly.
"Yo, I didn't see that you still have the talent of a musician, although this ballad is a bit rough, but it is quite flavorful. Anyway, boy, do you talk to the master like that? My pursuit, my pursuit is ......."
"Say it, master, don't be shy!"
"Bastard thing...... Besides, I'll beat you. ”
Tianci paid for his words, and a small potato was planted on his forehead by the master.
"Master, isn't it a loss of identity for you to do this? Don't forget the third condition you promised me, you can't beat and scold me!"
Tianci bared his teeth and looked at Xue Jianyang's bruised face from a distance, and couldn't help but think: "This old monster is really a violent man!" "There is a lot of nonsense, of course I remember, but haven't you gone up the mountain with me yet? To tell you the truth, unless you go with me, the old man will beat you every day." "Master Wataichi likes the wit of the gods, but he is also afraid that the gods will play tricks and make himself very troublesome.
"Da wet, why be in a hurry, you have done such a great good thing for my old Chen family, my old man said, I want to treat you well, I am already your disciple, you must give this thin noodles, right? Tianci felt that it was not appropriate to leave quietly like this, so he said with a dead face.
"Okay, it's rare for you to be filial, so it's okay for me to stay one more day, and I can't be verbose anymore when the time comes. "Although Master Wakuichi is out of the world, he also knows that human love and righteousness are important, and God's thoughts are understandable.
Since he didn't plan to leave immediately, Tianci continued to watch the excitement, and he was relieved to see Tianhu and the others being chosen. Master Watichi was not interested, so he went to the restaurant alone to drink, and let Tianci call himself when he was done.
According to the rules of the election committee, the teenagers lined up to walk under the rostrum to receive the first round of screening by the examiners.
The examiners are composed of the high-level leaders of the Qingyun City Protector Army, and Xue Jianyang is not only the city lord, but also the supreme commander of the Protector Army, and another important figure is Lin Liu Wei, the commander of the Protector Army, who is also the head of the Protector Army.
The teenagers who pass through the rostrum must be martial artists in the Quenching Realm, and those who are strong and seem to have great potential will be pointed out by Xue Jianyang and Liu Wei, and will be taken to a specific area by the guards to wait for the next round of screening. If ordinary people dare to come to join in the fun, they will immediately be pulled out of the ranks by the guards and beaten and punished, but even so, every time the army is selected, there are fanatical ordinary people who make a fuss, and they will not hesitate to be beaten.
Xue Jianyang looked at the embroidered words on the clothes of the children of the Chen family, and let out a sigh of relief, because he didn't recognize the children of the Chen family who were worried about picking the wrong person, he had been worried all morning, and finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and his fingers moved again and again, for fear of missing one.
Tianci saw Xue Jianyang's fingers pointed at the children of the Chen family again and again, and he was very happy in his heart, and sighed that the master really had the means to make a person like Xue Jianyang who held a lot of power obey, if he could have this ability one day, it would not be in vain to come to this Dongwu Empire.
The guards looked at Xue Jianyang with surprised eyes, not sure what Xue Jianyang was doing, Xue Jianyang said angrily: "Why are you stunned, I brought everything I ordered, bastard things!"
Xue Jianyang thought of the "devil's" methods, and his heart was furious, for fear that the people under him would not do well and provoke the devil, and he would have to suffer again. He is not an uninformed person, he understands that he is only afraid of a number of cattle people who he has provoked, and he suspects that he is a master of hermitage, so he has already sent someone to inquire, but unfortunately he really has no way to start, and there are no clues.
Thinking that the Chen family had such a backer, Xue Jianyang was depressed in his heart, and sighed that it was really a skinny camel bigger than a horse, it seemed that he completely underestimated the strength of the declining nobles, otherwise he would not have suffered such a loss. Although in the end, he only needed to select three children of the Chen family, but he let all of them pass in the initial inspection, making it clear that he wanted to give the Chen family enough face and give the "devil" enough face, this kind of tail wagging thing, he is the best at it.
Under Xue Jianyang's hands, all the children of the Chen family passed the initial inspection for the first time, this situation was obviously not expected by others, the Zhao family and other family members were still triumphant just now, and now they all opened their mouths.
For a while, all kinds of surprise, speculation, and questioning voices were mixed together, and the whole square was boiling.
"Isn't it? Why did all the children of the Chen family pass the initial test!"
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"Is it cheating?"
"Shady!
"No......"
Liu Wei, the commander of the city guard, really couldn't stand it, he had always known that the city lord Xue Jianyang used his power for personal gain, collecting money and selling places, but because he was the second-in-command, he had endured it, but this time Xue Jianyang's madness surprised him, and he almost couldn't help it, his palms holding the handle of the knife were sweating, and his black face was a little black and red because of excitement.
Xue Jianyang saw that something was wrong with Liu Wei, and he also knew that this guy was a person who admitted death, and he almost fell out with himself several times, so he laughed dryly, pretended to be embarrassed, and whispered: "Give the Chen family a face, so that the emperor's relatives and relatives can be selected for the retest." ”
When Liu Wei heard that it was to save face for the emperor's relatives, he finally nodded reluctantly, indicating that it was understandable. He hated this kind of injustice, but compared to the previous domination by several big families, the Chen family was happy to see him elected this time, and even felt that there seemed to be fewer three.
At this time, the grandfather and others of God-given also opened their eyes wide, and looked at their children in disbelief, one by one, all of them passed the initial test, the team was mighty, and each child was full of proud smiles on their faces, waving their fists to them to express their excitement.
"Crazy, is this? Could it be that someone from the family has come? Or has the emperor issued an edict?...... the three old men were puzzled.
But after being surprised, Tianci's grandfather was surprised that he didn't see Tianci's figure, and looked around anxiously.
At this time, Tianci also came to the restaurant, the two stood by the railing upstairs, Tianci patted Master Duyi on the shoulder and said, "What did you tell Xue Jianyang? This shady curtain is too obvious, right? Okay, I have to say, well done! My old Chen family is in a good position!"