Chapter 268 His Majesty's Bait
Chapter 268 Your Majesty's Fish Bad
On August 30, the 10th year of Yuanjia in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Zhou personally visited the Taixue martial arts fair.
The Imperial College did not set up a sacrificial tribute like the Imperial College, but was directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Zhou. Today's battle was more like the first exam in the three years since the establishment of the Imperial College. Emperor Zhou was going to accept the results today.
He stood on the platform, looking at the vibrant face below, and a relieved smile appeared on his slightly pale face.
"In the three years of Imperial Academy, all the men worked tirelessly. Today, the fighting was held. The fighting was not only for a general, but also for seeing whether the men of the Great Zhou Dynasty had achieved success. Therefore, I carefully considered it and decided that the top three people in this martial arts battle had a lottery. This lottery was a sword I used when the First Emperor fought in the war, with one hundred gold ingots. The second lottery was sent by General Han Daoyuan. The armor he wore in his early years was rewarded with two hundred silver ingots. The third was a silver ingot.
Hundreds of fertile land, ten acres of fertile land. After the martial arts battle is over, the battle between the two will start for two days, and the top three will still have the best. If the two items are the first to win the lead, the winning number will naturally be the fourth-grade guerrilla general. If you want to be a fourth-grade guerrilla general in the army, you only need to hone your skills for five or six years and make great achievements to get to this point. Now you have the opportunity to climb the clouds in one step. I hope you can use what you have learned in these three years and live up to the Great Zhou and I and myself."
Zheng Wei couldn't help but curl her lips when she heard it below. His Majesty really invested a lot this time. He should not feel sorry for those swords and armors. A stingy person like him and the eldest princess actually took out so much money to reward him. I guess she was bleeding. What made her most dissatisfied was that according to his words, it seemed that this guerrilla general was not exchanged for his own Central Guard Commander, and had nothing to do with him!
She felt a little whispering in her heart, and glanced up a few times. She couldn't help but lose her mind as she looked at it. She suddenly realized that the Emperor of the Great Zhou who could mess with the situation in Jiankang City was the most capable, except for those hiding in the dark.
She once heard from my grandmother that her uncle was smart and keen since childhood. When she was a child, she was thin and often bullied her in the back house, but he could always use other methods to avenge him. Sometimes, in order to punish that person, he could wait for several months or even a year or two.
Now that he has great power, he has Qingwei in his hand. Now that someone is messing around in Kyoto, how could he not know? If he knows, how could he be indifferent with his vengeful nature!
Are there some secrets hidden behind his calmness?
But with His Majesty's attitude towards her now, Emperor Zhou didn't seem to want to let himself know these secrets!
Emperor Zhou, Zhang Ru, and He Ba Jing all have a relationship with him in this way. Are they the people behind the scenes?
While he was thinking about it, Zheng Heng quietly pulled her. Zheng Wei came back to his senses and looked up. Han Shidi had already announced the rules of the competition and was sending Emperor Zhou away.
Zheng Wei was also ready to leave, but was pulled by her brother again, and she was puzzled.
Zheng Heng looked up at her, and Zheng Wei turned around and saw Han Shidi walking towards her.
Zheng Heng sighed and said softly: "The rules have been changed. I'm going to have to play today."
Zheng Wei asked, Han Shidi had come over. After the two sides greeted each other, he smiled and comforted: "Princess, don't be angry. You will decide that the opponent will be treated equally with everyone, and the other is for the princess. In this way, they will no longer criticize the princess for excuses."
Zheng Wei suddenly realized that when she heard this, her brother had said that because everyone was competing for a position with her, he decided three of them from the many people who signed up, and then the three people chose the most outstanding one to compete with Zheng Wei, so that she only had to participate in the last game.
Now that the rules have changed, I will be no different from everyone else, and everyone will gradually forget about the rationality in front of the palace gate. With the rumors these days, she might be low-key and cause less trouble for herself.
Zheng Wei, who soon figured it out, pretended to be free and easy, "I am the bait on Your Majesty's fishing rod, and it is the younger generation of talents from the Great Zhou Dynasty. You can use whatever you want."
After saying that, she pulled Zheng Heng to draw lots in front. Han Shidi looked at her back and looked incomprehensible softness in her eyes, but the softness turned into coldness and turned away in an instant.
Zheng Wei and Zheng Heng came to the lottery and saw the long team in front of him and were stunned, "This is ten feet long, right? Why are there so many people?"
Their Imperial College students totaled only a hundred. Even if the men of Jiankang City were all here, there were not so many people. Where did they come?
It seems that their behavior, words and deeds are all people in the army.
"Yesterday His Majesty sent news to the four Acropolis defenders near Jiankang City. Any soldiers who have made military achievements and fourth-rank guerrilla generals can sign up for today's competition. This is still limited time. If there were people from Yangzhou a few days ago, Jingzhou would be able to run back."
Zheng Heng explained with a smile.
Zheng Wei looked at the long team and suddenly spoke, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly change his mind?"
"It seems that Mr. Xiao Han entered the palace yesterday, and soon His Majesty issued an order."
Zheng Wei turned his head to look for it, and saw the man who was as bright as a bright moon and breeze in the crowd, with thoughts on his face.
"Wei'er, what are you thinking? Why don't you go queue up quickly!" Zheng Heng saw that she had no reaction for a while, patted her head gently and urged.
Zheng Wei came to his senses and saw Zheng Heng looking worried, "Wei'er, are you uncomfortable? Look at you are always absent-minded today."
She rubbed her eyebrows and said helplessly: "I can't help but think about it all these days, and my head hurts!"
"You don't say that the fox always reveals its tail." Zheng Heng advised her: "It's useless to think about it now. Let's concentrate on dealing with today's competition. My mother said that since you are coming, it's just like, if you lose too ugly, you will be scolded when you go back."
Zheng Wei lamented, "So many of them are fought from the battlefield, and they are much better than me. How can I fight this!"
"You are a fight for the Imperial Academy. Even Zhang Dazhanger and Ma Xingyun are not your opponents. Brother, I believe you!"
Zheng Heng encouraged her and pushed her to queue up. Suddenly someone called her behind her. When she turned around, she found that it was Liu Yuan, Hao Zesongzhang and others.
Liu Yuan and the others ran over with a smile, pointed to the viewing platform not far away, and said with a smile: "There are still some waiting. The county masters might go and take a break first. We will draw lots when it's almost done."
Zheng Wei looked along his hand and found that there was a row of temporary pavilions on the north side of the martial arts venue of the Martial Arts Academy. He couldn't help but be stunned, "Who did this?"
"Today's competition is Wang, Xiao, Chen and Lu, all have descendants, so the adults in the family naturally have to come to watch the battle, so the pavilion was built early yesterday morning." Liu Yuan explained, "Didn't the princess notice?"
Zheng Wei was embarrassed. He was just thinking about things today, but he really didn't see them.
"Your home also has a location?"
Zheng Wei quickly turned his mind.
Liu Yuan touched his head embarrassedly, "I will also participate in the competition today. When the grandma heard about it, she had a thick face to ask for a seat with Mrs. Lu and set up a pavilion."
"Can you borrow your pavilion to rest?"
Zheng Heng asked with a smile.
"That's natural." Liu Yuan said hurriedly, and then led the brother and sister to their pavilion.
"This pavilion reminds me of the day the Martial Arts Academy opened four years ago. You also built a row of sheds here, and later it was demolished."
Zheng smiled and exposed Liu Yuan's scars.
"I was young and uninformed, and Peng Huai was still alive at that time." Liu Yuan has matured a lot now, and he sighed a little more when he mentioned the things that happened back then. The men who were with him had already embarked on a different path.
Chapter completed!