Shu Blossoms

Chapter 268 Your Majesty's Bait

On August [-]th of the tenth year of Yuanjia in the Dazhou calendar, the Taixue Martial Arts Field was visited by Emperor Zhou in person.

Taixue did not set up sacrificial wine like Guozijian, but was directly governed by Emperor Zhou himself. Today's competition is more like the first exam in three years since the establishment of Taixue, and Emperor Zhou wants to accept the results today.

Standing on the high platform, he looked at the lively faces below, with a gratified smile on his slightly pale face.

"Three years of Taixue, all the sons have worked tirelessly. Today, we set up this fighting school. Fighting martial arts is not only for a general, but also to see if the sons of the Great Zhou have achieved something in their studies. Therefore, I have carefully considered and decided this time. The top three in the martial arts battle all have prizes. This prize is a saber that my late emperor used when he was fighting, and it is [-] gold ingots. The second prize is sent by the great general Han Daoyuan, the armor he wore in his early years , two hundred silver ingots are rewarded. The third is one hundred silver ingots and ten acres of fertile land. After the fighting is over, the battle will start after two days of rest, and the first three will win the lottery. Fourth-rank guerrilla generals, if you are in the army, if you want to become a fourth-rank guerrilla general, ordinary soldiers only need to grind for five or six years and make great achievements in battle to get to this point. Now you have the opportunity to climb the clouds in one step. I hope you will use this What I have learned in three years, I will live up to Da Zhou and I will live up to myself.”

Zheng Wei couldn't help curling her lips when she heard it below, His Majesty really spent a lot of money this time, he shouldn't feel bad for those swords and armors, people who are as stingy as him and the eldest princess have given out so much money for rewards, probably in their hearts Let's bleed.What made her most dissatisfied was that according to what he said, it seemed that the guerrilla general hadn't been exchanged for the commander of the Central Guard Army, and had nothing to do with her!
Cursing in her heart, she secretly glanced up a few times, and couldn't help but lose her mind when she watched. She suddenly thought that in Jiankang City, the only people who can disturb the situation in Jiankang City are those who hide in the dark, and the people sitting on it Emperor Zhou is the most capable.

She once heard A Niang say that her uncle was smart and keen since he was a child. He was thin and often bullied in the back house when he was a child, but he could always use other methods to get revenge. Sometimes he would wait for months or even to punish that person It is one or two years.

Now that he is in power, and has Qingwei in his hands, and now someone is making trouble in the capital, how could he not know, if he knew, how could he remain indifferent with his vengeful temperament!

Could there be some secret behind his calmness?
It's just that with His Majesty's current attitude towards her, Emperor Zhou doesn't seem to want him to know these secrets!

Emperor Zhou, Zhang Ru, and He Bajing all have some kind of relationship with him. Are they the people behind the scenes?

Just as she was thinking wildly, Zheng Heng quietly gave her a hand, Zheng Wei regained consciousness and looked up again, Han Shidi had already announced the rules of the competition, and was sending Zhou Emperor to leave.

Zheng Wei was also about to leave, but was held back by brother again, she was puzzled.

Zheng Heng looked up and looked behind her, Zheng Wei also turned to look, only to see Han Shidi walking towards her.

Zheng Heng sighed, and said softly: "The rules have been changed, and you have to play around today."

Zheng Wei opened his mouth to ask, but Han Shidi had already walked over. After the two sides greeted each other, he smiled and comforted: "Don't be angry, princess, you draw lots with everyone to decide the opponent. As soon as they come, they will no longer use excuses to criticize the princess."

Zheng Wei was stunned when he heard this, brother once said that because everyone was competing with her for the position, three people were selected from among the many applicants, and then the three selected the most outstanding one to compete with Zheng Wei, so that she only had to participate in the competition. Just the last one.

Now that the rules are changed, she will be no different from everyone else, and everyone will gradually forget about the reasoning in front of the palace gate. With the rumors these days, maybe she should keep a low profile and avoid causing trouble for herself.

Zheng Wei, who quickly figured it out, smiled casually, "Left and right, I'm just a bait on His Majesty's fishing rod, and what falls is the talent of the younger generation of Dazhou, so His Majesty can use it as he wants."

After she finished speaking, she pulled Zheng Heng to the front to draw lots. Han Shidi looked at her back with an incomprehensible softness in his eyes, but this softness turned into coldness in an instant and turned away.

Zheng Wei and Zheng Heng came to the lottery place and were dumbfounded when they saw the long line in front of them, "This is ten feet long, right? Why are there so many people?"

There are only a hundred students in their Taixue. Even if all the gentlemen in Jiankang City are here, there are not so many people. Where did they come from?
Look at their behavior, words and deeds as if they are people in the army.

"Yesterday, His Majesty sent a message to the four defenders of the guard city near Jiankang City. All soldiers who have made military exploits and are below the fourth-rank guerrilla general can sign up for today's competition. This is still a limited time. If Yangzhou a few days ago , someone from Jingzhou can run back.”

Zheng Heng explained with a smile.

Zheng Wei looked at the long queue, and after a while he suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly change his mind?"

"It seems that Mr. Xiao Han entered the palace yesterday, and soon His Majesty made an order."

Zheng Wei turned his head to look for it, and at a glance, he saw that gentleman in the crowd who looked like a breezy moon, with a pensive look on his face.

"Wei'er, what are you thinking? Hurry up and go to the queue!" Seeing that she didn't respond for a while, Zheng Heng patted her on the head lightly and urged.

Zheng Wei came back to her senses, seeing Zheng Heng's worried face, "Wei'er, are you feeling unwell, it seems that you are always absent-minded today."

She rubbed the center of her brows, and said helplessly, "I can't help but think about it these days, it hurts my head!"

"Didn't you say that foxes will always show their tails." Zheng Heng persuaded her: "It's useless to think about it now, let's concentrate on dealing with today's martial arts competition, but A Niang said that since you are coming, let's do a good competition. If you lose It’s too ugly, and I’ll be scolded when I go back.”

Zheng Wei lamented, "So many are fought from the battlefield, they are much better than me, how can they fight!"

"You have fought all over Taixue, even Zhang Dazhang Er and Ma Xingyun are not your opponents, brother believes in you!"

Zheng Heng encouraged her and pushed her to line up, when suddenly someone called her from behind, and when she turned around, it was Liu Yuan, Hao Zesong and his senior.

Liu Yuan and the others ran over with a smile, pointed to the viewing platform not far away, and said with a smile: "There is still waiting, the county chief should go and rest first, and we will draw lots when we are almost done."

Zheng Wei followed his hand and found out that a row of temporary pavilions had been erected at some point in the north of the Martial Arts Field of the Martial Arts Academy, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, "Who made this?"

"The Wang family, Xiao family, Chen family, and Lu family all have descendants in today's competition. The adults in the family will naturally come to watch the battle, so this pavilion was built early yesterday morning." Liu Yuan explained, "Didn't the princess find out?"

Zheng Wei was embarrassed, was busy thinking about things today, but really didn't see it.

"Your home also has a place?"

Zheng Wei hurriedly changed the subject.

Liu Yuan patted his head embarrassingly, "Today I also want to participate in the competition. When Grandma heard about it, she brazenly asked Mrs. Lu for a seat and built a pavilion."

"Is it convenient to borrow your pavilion to rest?"

Zheng Heng asked with a smile.

"That's natural." Liu Yuan said hurriedly, and then led the two brothers and sisters to their pavilion.

"This pavilion reminds me of the day when the Wuyuan was opened four years ago. You also built a row of sheds here, but they were later demolished."

Zheng smiled and revealed Liu Yuan's scar.

"Peng Huai was still alive when he was young and inexperienced." Liu Yuan has matured a lot now, and when he mentioned the events of the year, he also sighed a little more. The men who were with him back then had already gone on different paths.

(End of this chapter)