Early in the morning two days later, there was already a buzz of people in front of the three pavilions on the east side of Tianyu City. Three circular competition stages stood side by side, and a six-story viewing platform was set up around them. Soldiers from the Forbidden Army maintained order at the scene, and even

Governor Gao Chengchuan came to the scene early.

Gongsun Zhe, the left minister, put down the list of students in his hand, saw the governor arriving, and rushed to greet him, smiling: "Governor Gao, you are here in person so early in the morning? Come on, come on, I've reserved the best seat for you!

Please take a seat..."

Gao Chengchuan waved his hands, with a trademark fake smile on his face, looked around, and said politely: "It's still early, don't be in a hurry. Besides, His Highness the Crown Prince always attaches great importance to the autumn election of the Military Pavilion. His Highness will definitely come soon.

Who will get the best seat for us old people? Minister Zuo, who are the students in the Eighth Hall of Military Machinery this year?"

"Hey, look, I've been so busy this year that I haven't sent out the list yet." Minister Zuo sighed tiredly and handed his share to Gao Chengchuan, "There are not many people running this year.

, there are only sixty registered in the Eight Halls, and counting the only one who signed up by himself, there are only sixty-one. This year, we can finish early and go back to rest, and we don’t have to worry about Governor Gao keeping an eye here for a few days."

"Oh? Sixty-one people?" Gao Chengchuan flipped through the list in his hand, the corner of his mouth slightly raised. It was indeed a small number. Military Pavilion is a thankless place. Except for those young people who dream of rising to the top in one step, more people will choose

Joining the Forbidden Army, after all, the troops stationed in the capital are the safest, and the peripheral wasteland troops only assist the military pavilion. Those who are wise will deliberately suppress their rankings and put them in the annual spring election of the Forbidden Army.

Compared to the thousands of people the Forbidden Army crowds out to run for election every year, these sixty-one people are really too few, and many of them were forcibly reported by the Eighth Palace of the military aircraft, and they were names he had never heard of.

Gao Chengchuan looked at Minister Zuo slyly and lowered his voice: "Master Gongsun, aren't we going to elect General White Tiger this year? Why are so few people signing up?"

"Governor Gao, there's not enough time!" Minister Zuo also complained, leaning over and whispering, "From the time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince announced the early autumn election to now, it has only been seven days, and those from the four realms who wanted to sign up have not had time to come.

Students from the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft... Ahem, you know, most of them are trying to get in on you! There are only sixty of them, and I forced them to report them..."

"General White Tiger..." Gao Chengchuan narrowed his eyes with a hint of sarcasm, "No one wants to try at the general level? Isn't this much more powerful than a small soldier in the Forbidden Army?"

"Hehe... Hehe, Mr. Gao, don't ask questions knowingly." Minister Zuo coughed awkwardly. Even the lowest-level Forbidden Army soldier can at least live a peaceful life, not to mention that the White Tiger Legion guards the Weeping Snow Plateau, which is there all year round.

Yanhan was the headquarters of the White Sect in the past. It would often encounter sneak attacks by crazy cultists. It was the branch with the highest casualties in the entire military pavilion. Even if it was a general, the students who had long been accustomed to the rich clothes and fine food of the imperial capital had to deal with this hot potato.

How many are willing to go?

"Look, His Royal Highness is here." Gao Chengchuan interrupted Minister Zuo's thoughts and saw Prince Mingxi walking out of the Mo Pavilion, casually taking the list on the table and looking through it.

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

Later, Gongsun Yan, the master of the Mirror Pavilion, also ran out. He was wandering around the prince, and Gongsun Zhe's face turned dark when he saw him.

"Isn't this your young master?" Gao Chengchuan joked, "I have a really good relationship with His Highness!"

Minister Zuo smiled awkwardly and quickly denied: "Oh, please stop making fun of me. I'll be thankful that that brat doesn't cause me any trouble..."

Gao Chengchuan shook his head: "I'm not making fun of you. Your wife is His Majesty's second sister, and your young master and His Highness the Crown Prince are brothers."

Minister Zuo didn't dare to be related to this family. At this time, Mr. Yan waved his hand casually to his father and leaned into Mingxi's ear: "It seems that the list has been changed. As expected, even the top names are not willing to participate in the election!

"

"It doesn't matter if you don't come, I don't want to hand over the Weeping Snow Plateau to outsiders." Prince Mingxi lowered his voice and put down the roster, "Have you mentioned this autumn election to Qianye?"

"I mentioned it..." Gongsun Yan scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "But I can't control him. Fortunately, the list mentioned this time is not very good. I think there is a good chance that he himself can't do it."

If you are really dissatisfied, it won't be a problem if General Baihu's position is temporarily vacant. After all, there are two deputy generals and six captains holding them. If you don't let Feng Mo keep an eye on you secretly, you won't be able to get out.

thing."

"If it doesn't work, just promote them from among the lieutenants." Prince Mingxi sighed, feeling a little helpless. Although the White Tiger Army currently has two lieutenants, it is actually not very appropriate to force them to be promoted.

Just as the two of them were whispering, the spectator stand next to them was gradually filled with people. Longyue, the third princess of the Sixth Prince's house, grabbed the front row seat very early in the morning, happily waiting for the autumn election to begin.

"Hey, Mingxi, look..." Gongsun Yan secretly winked and thought it was funny, "The three princesses are here again. They won't propose to marry in public this time, right?"

"Ahem, you will make people look at her." Prince Mingxi had a headache. Princess Longyue also took the initiative to sign up for the autumn election. Because she was the favorite daughter of the Sixth Prince, her opponents were so scared that they did not dare to fight back.

It went straight to the finals without any hindrance, and in the end it was Xiao Qianye who took action personally to catch him!

The three princesses can be regarded as the people who single-handedly changed the military cabinet system, because since then, the military cabinet has clearly stipulated that women are not allowed to register 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, surrounding a woman. The woman was wearing a

Wearing light purple brocade clothes and swaying her head, she is very gorgeous.

"Ming Shu?" Prince Mingxi's face darkened, and he stood up and walked over there. When the maid saw him approaching, she hurriedly stepped away, "Why are you here? How do you behave?"

The fifth princess Ming Shu naturally knew that she would be criticized, so she quickly came up with the words she had prepared long ago, without fear, and bowed down Yingying: "Brother, the autumn election of the military pavilion is one of the few lively days in the imperial city, and I am just

I just made an appointment with Ah Yue to come out and watch the game."

"Nonsense! The sword has no eyes. What if I accidentally get injured?" Prince Mingxi cursed. At this time, Gao Chengchuan also hurriedly came around and advised: "Your Highness, the fifth princess must feel that these days have been too boring.

There is no harm in coming out for some fresh air. I will definitely protect the safety of the princess and send extra manpower to enforce martial law throughout the city. Please rest assured, Your Highness."

Prince Mingxi was silent. He naturally knew what Gao Chengchuan was thinking. The fifth princess Ming Shu had been proposed to marry Xiao Qianye by her father. Just when everyone thought it was a happy event for the royal family, Xiao Qianye had no warning.

's refused.

As a royal princess, Ming Shu, who was always pampered and pampered, never thought that one day she would be rejected for marriage. Even under the premise of the royal father's decree, she was blatantly rejected by that person. For a princess, this is simply a great shame and humiliation.

She would be treated as a laughing stock by everyone, and she would be unable to hold her head up for the rest of her life. But she never expected that not only did her father not punish him, but he even followed his wishes and retracted his imperial edict!

However, she, the imperial sister, may have really fallen in love with the Master of the Military Pavilion. Although she did not say it explicitly, she left the palace privately several times and went to the beacon tower in the outer city to wait for him.

Gao Chengchuan naturally knew what the fifth princess was thinking and clearly wanted to watch a good show.

"Sister Ah Shu, come and sit down quickly, it's about to begin!" The third princess stuck out her tongue at Prince Mingxi, made a face, and pulled the fifth princess to sit in the front row of the stands.

"Governor Gao, the safety of the princess will be left to you." Prince Mingxi had no choice but to increase his tone silently. Gao Chengchuan nodded with a smile, turned around and scolded, "Mu Xizhao, if the princess makes the slightest mistake, you are the only one who can do it."

ask."

"Yes." The person following him answered forcefully. Prince Mingxi couldn't get angry in front of him, so he had to retreat to his seat first, and exchanged looks with Gongsun Yan tacitly - maybe Governor Gao didn't care about his few words at all.

They knew that Mu Xizhao was the murderer of Gao Jingping, but Governor Gao did not investigate this man who came back from Bei'an City intact alone, and even kept him by his side as a confidant.

There were more and more people watching, and the viewing platform was already full. However, 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 quickly 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 princesses were already looking back and forth anxiously. Princess Mingshu was wringing her fingers. She was obviously very anxious but did not dare to show it too much.

"It's coming, it's coming! Sister Ah Shu, look..." At this moment, the third princess excitedly grabbed the fifth princess's hand and almost rushed out, "Qianye must have not rested recently, otherwise,

You won’t be late!”

Princess Mingshu looked in the direction of her finger, her eyes sinking a little, and her face turned red instantly - 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, which symbolized the master of the pavilion.

The golden order is clasped on his shoulders, and he is holding a white sword spirit in his hand, but his brows are still heroic, and he is accompanied by a deputy general of the headquarters.

"Eh... Ah Shu, you're blushing!" The third princess suddenly became jealous. She blew gently into the ear of the fifth princess and muttered, "I fell in love with him first, so you can't compete with me!"

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

"What's wrong with the rejection of marriage? I've been rejected eight times." The third princess didn't care. She followed him closely. She saw him walking up to Prince Mingxi, bowing politely, and then returned to his room.

On the seat.

Ming Shu breathed a sigh of relief and looked over carefully, feeling a little happy.

After she was rejected by Xiao Qianye, she once secretly ran to the beacon tower in anger, just to see what the person who rejected the royal princess looked like. She originally thought that he was just someone similar to the forbidden army in the city.

Unexpectedly, the man fell from the sky on a huge bird!

At that moment, the fifth princess felt something strange fell on her heart silently. It was a pity that she had never learned martial arts and could not let go of her royal figure. When she saw the three princesses privately signing up for the autumn election,

, it can only increase envy.

She mustered up the courage to put down her dignity and come here today. In fact, she has been secretly hesitating in her heart for four years!

"Lord Gongsun, let's begin." Prince Mingxi ordered Minister Zuo. Minister Zuo quickly walked up to the competition stage, cleared his throat, and said, "The autumn election of the military pavilion in the thirty-sixth year of the emperor's reign has begun. The total number of candidates is sixty.

One person, divided into three groups to compete at the same time, the winner will advance to the next round, the loser will be directly eliminated and returned to the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft for reconstruction, and the top spot in the final decision will have the opportunity to obtain the position of White Tiger General. I hope all students will work harder."

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

Mu Xizhao took a step forward, and naturally understood the implication of the governor's words, and continued: "After all, his brother was in charge of the job in person before, and when someone suddenly changed, he had to find someone he could trust."

"I'll quit if I say no, and His Highness actually agreed." Gao Chengchuan shook his head. It is well known that Prince Mingxi favors Tianzheng Mansion. That Xiao Yibai left so cleanly and neatly. The prince didn't care.

This is also expected.

The Autumn Election is presided over by the Mo Pavilion, with the left minister in charge. The prince Taifu, the prince Taibao and the prince Taishi share the three presiding positions. The head of the Military Pavilion only serves as the final decision-maker.

Xiao Qianye swept through the students of this class one by one. The losers of each class had to go back to the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft to retake training. Therefore, the age difference among the students would be very large. Usually, losers for five consecutive years would lose the opportunity to run for generals and deputy generals.

Qualifications are assigned to serve in various military units. Unless the performance is particularly outstanding, there will be no chance of promotion. Therefore, the annual spring election and autumn election are very important for students. However, in recent years, those who are not enterprising and greedy for pleasure have

There are more and more students, and there are even many people who deliberately failed for five years in a row, and finally used their connections to join the Forbidden Army garrison to hang out.

In fact, Prince Mingxi has long been interested in building schools in the surrounding areas to allow more civilians to have better opportunities, so as to reverse the decline of the eight military aircraft halls and the eight law repair halls. However, this requires a large amount of human resources and is also

It is necessary for the mentors to be dispersed to various places, or other capable people from the four realms to actively participate, but at present, Emperor Tianquan is ruling with centralized power and does not want the forces from the surrounding four realms to affect Tianyu City. This matter can only happen again and again.

Three were stranded.

He sighed and played with the sword spirit in his hand, not even wanting to continue the competition trial on the stand.

What's there to see? His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want to hand over the position of General White Tiger to outsiders. These dignitaries in the imperial capital are usually so bored that they actually treat the autumn election as a festival and come here in droves.

There were a lot of thoughts in his mind. The first round of competition had ended quickly. Suddenly, a series of exclamations came from the viewing platform, causing him to look to the left side of the competition platform.
To be continued...