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Chapter 487: The Western Army Goes Out of the Frontier [Thank you! Thank you again! 41k more to go]

"Long live your majesty!"

The voices of all the officials in the palace shouted in unison.
After a while

Wearing a red flower in his hair and a bright Cuju uniform, and with a few strokes of gold paint on his face by the emperor, Rong Xian, who looked a little funny, walked out with a smile.

Behind Rong Xian were two young eunuchs, holding the rewards from Rong Xian's "opponents" in their arms.

The Cuju goal for the performance outside the palace was moved away.

quickly,

A row of dancers took small steps, their skirts floating into the hall without moving.

Soothing music played.
After the dance,

When the dancers left the temple,
The eunuch at the door transmitted the voice from inside the hall and shouted outside: "Go! Take a seat!"

"Hello! Take a rest!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Another round of cheers came from the hall.

This sound is an announcement of "rest and relaxation".

The shouting gradually faded away.

The atmosphere inside and outside the hall suddenly became more relaxed.

When the figures of the emperor, empress and others disappeared at the entrance of the palace,

Whether it is the ministers and officials or the ladies and their wives,
At this time, those who have been sitting for a long time can stand up, relax, walk around, and solve their personal problems.

Some of the low-ranking civil and military officials sitting in the corridors on both sides of the square also stood up and left.

Still waiting for Gu Tingye in the colorful tent, looking at the surrounding situation, he said to Xu Zaijing: "Brother Jing, this place is better. You can stand or sit whenever you want. It would be too restrictive to be in other places."

Xu Zaijing smiled at Gu Tingye and said, "Brother Ye, this is because you can go to the corridors on both sides or sit in the hall if you want! Otherwise, being detained there is actually quite fun."

Hearing Xu Zaijing's conversation, people in the colorful tent, like Di Jing, who had fought their way up from pawns, all nodded.

Gu Tingye asked doubtfully, "Are you still happy just because of this?"

Xu Zaijing patted Gu Tingye on the shoulder and said, "If we didn't have the status of the Marquis's legitimate son, it wouldn't be so easy for us to sit down even on the two side corridors."

Gu Tingye thought about it and nodded: "That's right."

After all, the Jinshi candidates who passed the examination this year were only qualified to sit on the corridors on both sides.

About a quarter of an hour later,
Everyone inside and outside the hall returned to their original seats.

Soon, shouts of "Long live the emperor" were heard again in the hall.

The ceremony continues.

In the colorful tent,
Gu Tingye put on the gold-painted leather armor.
The same was true for General Gao and four other Guangrui Army soldiers from the Ningyuan Marquis's personal guard, but their armor was slightly simpler than Gu Tingye's.

Gu Tingye was born good.
Years of martial arts training have made him physically fit and vigorous. He looks quite handsome in this gold-painted and colorful armor.

Feeling the admiring glances from the others in the colorful tent, Gu Tingye proudly raised his chin to Xu Zaijing and said, "Brother Jing, I'll go first!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and bowed, "Everything went well!"

In the palace,

Qi Heng sat behind the desk behind Princess Pingning.

"Pingning, where is your boy?"

Listening to the words of the emperor behind the imperial desk,

Princess Pingning quickly stood up and bowed: "Father! Brother Heng is here!"

As she spoke, Princess Pingning slightly moved aside, revealing Qi Heng behind her.

The emperor and the queen looked at each other with a smile, and waved to Qi Heng who stood up and bowed: "Child, come here, let me take a look at you!"

Marquis of Xiangyang, who was sitting in the first row, turned around and smiled at his grandson who was walking out.

The emperor smiled as he looked at Qi Heng who was walking over and said:
"Hmm! I haven't seen you much these days, your boy has grown a lot!"

Princess Pingning quickly replied:

"Father is very observant! In the past six months, Brother Heng has grown more than two inches taller."

Although Qi Heng had not passed the imperial examination at this time, as the only son of a duke, he was naturally entitled to an official position.

So when Qi Heng walked to the emperor's desk, he knelt down and bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I, Qi Heng, pay my respects to you! I wish you a long life and everlasting health!"

"Hahahaha! Good boy, you're so thoughtful! Do you have a courtesy name now?"

As he spoke, the emperor looked at the Duke of Qi and Princess Pingning, and the couple hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Qi Heng, who was kneeling on the carpet, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, no!"

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Balance is one, and changing one into yuan is not as good as the word Yuanruo."

"Thank you, Your Majesty/Father, for the gift of the word!"

The Duke of Qi and his wife bowed hurriedly.

Qi Heng in the middle was also kneeling on the ground.

"Good boy, your mother told me that you have always been ambitious. Don't let her down."

"Minister, keep this in mind."

The emperor smiled and nodded: "Go!"

The Marquis of Xiangyang, who was sitting nearby, gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Your Majesty is very talented in writing. The name is really beautiful!"

When Qi Heng walked back to his seat, he passed by Lu Zezong, the eldest grandson of Duke Lian, who was also sitting behind his mother.
Lu Zezong sat on the chair, smiled, cupped his hands and whispered, “Brother Yuanruo.”

Qi Heng smiled and nodded.

In the main hall,
The eyes of many officials' wives and noble ladies brightened as they looked at Qi Heng who was walking towards their seats.

Especially the wife of Marquis Fuchang, who was sitting not far below Sun.
The lady looked back at her own daughter, who was very beautiful and had an outstanding temperament, then looked at Qi Heng, and then looked at Rong Fei, who was sitting near the emperor, her eyes darting back and forth.

The eldest lady of the Fuguogong Dou family was closer to the Rong family. She looked back at one of her two daughters, then looked at Qi Heng for a while, and finally shook her head and whispered, "It's a bit unworthy!"

Rulan, who was sitting behind Wang Ruofu and near the palace gate, looked puzzled and whispered, "Which Yuan, which one is weak?"

In front of Rulan, a lady from another family leaned forward and said to Wang Ruofu, "Madam Wang, I heard that the young master is studying at the Sheng family?"

Wang Ruofu smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Yes! I heard that Zhuang Xuejiao is at my house, so the princess let the young master study at my house!"

"Then, has your brother Bo ever arranged a marriage?"

Hearing this, Wang Ruofu smiled. When she was about to say something, Sheng Hong, who was sitting in the first row in front of her, looked back at her while holding up his wine glass.

"No! No"

The lady who was speaking smiled and said, "I have a niece who is as beautiful as a flower."

"Let's wait until he takes the exam later, so as not to delay such a good girl." Wang Ruofu replied with a smile.

When Sheng Hong in front heard this, he nodded rarely, obviously appreciating Wang Ruofu's answer.

At this time,

The eunuch in the palace called out, "Tingye, the second son of the Gu family in Ningyuan Marquis's mansion."

The location of the duke and lord,
"Gu Hou, why is it still the shooting skills this year?"

Hearing the question from Marquis Zhongjing not far away, Gu Yankai smiled and bowed, saying, "Brother Zheng, today's performance is different from the previous ones! I've seen it!"

At this time, a brave and generous music sounded in the colorful tent.

Xiangyang Hou looked at Gu Tingye's attire and said, "The song didn't change! But the attire did!"

Gu Yankai smiled and nodded.

"Woo~"

Gu Tingye, who was standing in the hall, and the Gu family's personal soldiers beside him, made whistling sounds as they waved their spears together.

The emperor, who was sitting behind the imperial desk, nodded repeatedly as he watched.

The spearmanship that Gu Tingye had performed before was integrated into the army formation today.

Seen from the side, the five gun barrels of Gu Tingye and the four personal soldiers of the Marquis' Mansion looked like one.

After a group performance,

The four men of Guangrui Army put on swords and shields.
Gu Tingye stood between the four people with a gun.

I started to perform alone in such a large venue.

The spear in Gu Tingye's hand sometimes bites like a poisonous snake.
Although he was more than ten feet away from the shield-holding guard in front of him, the spear tip came at him like lightning, piercing the shield with a clang.

Before the audience in the hall could react, the shields of Gu Tingye's personal soldiers behind him were also poked with a sound. It turned out that Gu Tingye had already grasped the throat under the spear blade and poked it with the spear tip at the tail.

Then, the spear danced in Gu Tingye's hand, making a whistling sound again, accompanied by the sound of collision on the shields of the Gu Mansion's personal soldiers who surrounded him.

With just this one move, the front and back attack is like a joke compared to this shooting skill.

Sometimes, like a tiger's tail lashing out, the spear tip at the end of the spear hits the ground heavily.
"Boom~!"

The voice was deep.

Afterwards, Gu Tingye squatted in horse stance again, quickly stretched out his left hand to hold the tail of the spear, and held the spear flat without any shaking of the spear shaft.

"it is good!"

Just this one move was enough to make Marquis Xiangyang couldn't help but shout out from behind the table.

There was applause in the hall.
Gu Yankai, with no expression on his face but full of pride in his eyes, looked towards the emperor's seat, and the emperor's eyes were naturally full of admiration.

But Prince Zhao Fang beside the emperor clapped his hands with a smile on his face, but there was not much surprise in his eyes.

This is not Gu Yankai's fault.

After all, he didn't know that Xu Zaijing stayed in the palace on the night when his wife, Bai, received the imperial edict and was canonized.

On the next morning, when Xu Zaijing was practicing martial arts in the palace, wielding an iron spear and smashing wooden stakes, Zhao Fang followed the queen and watched a lot.

And because it was a wooden stake, Xu Zaijing did not have to worry about anything when practicing.

It is also said that appearance equals combat effectiveness. Xu Zaijing's every move that day was naturally beautiful, but the momentum of Xu Zaijing's spear was domineering and fierce.

When going to Yangzhou, Xu Zaijing actually faced the criminals and bandits and eliminated them. This is also the biggest difference between Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye when they drew their guns.

In the palace,

Gu Tingye first ran forward two steps with the spear in hand, then turned around like lightning and flew up into the air as high as a person, and stabbed the spear in his hand straight forward with great momentum. On the battlefield, the spear tip was raised high, and it was poking straight at the knight's head.

It has the momentum of a sudden counterattack after losing the mount on the battlefield.

"Snapped!"

Gu Tingye held the gun and landed steadily on the ground in horse stance.

"Huff huff!" Gu Tingye's chest heaved up and down as he danced with the gun vigorously.

"Whoop whoosh!"

Applause from the audience broke out in the hall.

"color!"

Qi Heng, Liang Han and others stood up happily and cheered.

Listening to the cheers that occasionally rang out in the hall,

Bai, who was sitting behind Gu Yankai, stood up and looked at her son with pride in her eyes.

The applause paused.

Gu Tingye looked at the emperor who was waving at him.
He quickly handed the spear in his hand to the Gu family's personal guard and walked quickly towards the emperor.

“No need to kneel!”

Looking at Gu Tingye who was approaching, the emperor smiled and waved his hand.

"You're not bad, your marksmanship is much better than when you were a kid! You must have practiced a lot, right?"

"Your Majesty, I get up early every day to exercise."

"Well! Do you still want the spear from my palace this time?"

Hearing the words of the Emperor,
The nobles and high-ranking officials around him all laughed, which made Gu Tingye feel quite embarrassed.

"Can I?"

As he spoke, Gu Tingye turned around and glanced at the spear behind him.

"Forget it. These spears are all unsharpened. I will send someone to your house after the festival to customize one for you."

Bang,

Gu Tingye, wearing armor, knelt straight on the carpet in the hall: "Thank you, Your Majesty! But can I ask Your Majesty to give me two swords?"

The emperor waved his hand at Gu Yankai who was staring at him, and said to Gu Tingye, "You are such a jerk. Give me an explanation. If you can convince me, I will give you two!"

Gu Tingye glanced at Gu Yankai, and said, "Your Majesty, the golden spear you gave me before is still on display in the ancestral hall at home."

"If you only grant me one, I will probably have to place it in the ancestral hall, but my father often tells me that I will expand the territory for your majesty in the future! But when the time comes, I will..."

"Hahahaha!"

The emperor laughed a few times.

Many people in the palace also echoed this.
"Okay, I'll give you a few more! Ningyuan Hou, please don't place all of them in the ancestral hall!"

"Sir, obey the order!"

Gu Yankai quickly stood up and bowed.

Bai behind him also stood up and bowed.

Looking at Bai behind Gu Yankai, the emperor smiled and nodded, "Madam Gu, your child is really good!!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

Bai bowed again and bowed his head in reply.

Hearing the emperor's words, Gu Tingye looked at Bai with an expression that was even happier than when he received the reward just now, and then glanced at Pingmei and Tingyi who also stood up behind Bai.

The focus is still on Pingmei.

At Pingmei's place, Tingyi, who was standing next to Chai Zhengzheng, leaned over to Pingmei and whispered, "Brother wants sister-in-law to write a letter to brother, praising him for his performance today. It's written all over his face."

Ping Mei heard this, smiled and nodded to Gu Tingye who was kneeling in the hall, and said: "Erlang mainly wants your elder brother to know that today, mother-in-law was also praised by His Majesty because of him."

Gu Tingyi glanced at his second brother and nodded repeatedly.

Afterwards, the emperor asked Gu Tingye to step down, and those who had stood up sat down one after another.

Gu Tingyi couldn't help but say to Chai Zhengzheng: "Zhengzheng, how about my brother's spear skills?"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded: "Handsome!"

At this time,

The voice of the eunuch sounded again: "The fifth son of Xu's family in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, the ninth son of Cao's family in the Tuoxi Marquis's mansion, Zhu Qinghu, the son of Anyang County, and Di Jing, the commander of the cavalry, all sang the song "The Western Army Goes Out of the Frontier" in unison!"

The eunuch finished shouting,
The scene fell silent for a moment.

Outside the palace,

In the colorful tent,
More than a hundred people in three rows, led by Cao Yi, Zhu Qinghu, and Di Jing, were wearing shiny officer armor.
A red cape hangs behind him.

They lined up and walked out in unison in rows.

The palace maids and female officials along the way danced rhythmically to the music.

Not far outside the palace, Rong Xian, who had changed his clothes but still had gold paint on his face, stared at the people who came out with wide eyes.

Hall
Because it's quiet,

So before I saw anyone, I heard the sound of more than a hundred people in armor walking towards me in an orderly manner.

In this voice,

There are orderly footsteps.
There was also the sound of armor rubbing against armor,

And the sound of cloaks sweeping against armor,
The sound gradually became louder, and Zhu Qinghu and others gradually approached the hall and walked in.

"Wow! These guys are dressed so handsomely!"

The Duke of England, who was sitting near the Emperor, spoke in a deep voice.

The dukes, marquises and earls who heard this all nodded.

Xu Zaijing and the others were not wearing Gu Tingye's gold-painted leather armor, but solid metal armor!
The weight of the metal made the armor of everyone less light and less easily moved by their own movements, and there was a heavy feeling coming over them.

And these people in armor,
Whether it was Xu Zaijing at the end of the team, or Cao Yi, Zhu Qinghu, Ye Fang and others walking in front,

These are all brave generals and soldiers who fought and won meritorious service on the battlefield in the northwest, and they have a unique aura.

Especially since everyone had serious expressions on their faces, it was as if a ferocious beast had walked in with its claws restrained.

Zhao Fang beside the emperor,
He kept nodding his head as he watched the people coming in, and when he saw Xu Zaijing coming in from the end of the team, the smile on his face grew even bigger.

The dukes and princes under the emperor, especially the Duke of Yingzhou and the Marquis of Ningyuan who had gone to the battlefield, all nodded with approval.

"These guys have an amazing momentum! No wonder Cao Hou and Xu Hou were able to kill Bai Gao!"

The Duke of England's deep voice sounded again, and his tone sounded somewhat envious.

When Xu Zaijing and others entered the venue,
The atmosphere alone made everyone in the hall stretch their necks and look towards the door.

Several of the girls smiled sweetly when they saw someone who came in last but looked very attractive.

Some people were also flipping through the posts in their hands, looking at the overview of the performance.

Subsequently,

The hall fell silent.

[It is recommended to read with the chorus version of the song "Heroes Going Out to the Frontier"]

"Dang~"

In the colorful tent, the sound of chimes rang out.

"Dong Dong~"

The big drum behind the pipa was also struck.

More than a hundred Western Army soldiers standing in line in the hall hummed in a low voice.

"Woo~~~"

In the band tent,
A strong man in the army took a deep breath, puffed up his cheeks and blew the horn that Gu Tingye was curious about before. The sound of the horn was desolate and deep.

The soldiers continued to hum,
"Hi!"

The musician who was beating the drum in the colorful tent shouted loudly.

"Ah~~~~"

Xu Zaijing stood in the queue and shouted in rhythm at the top of his voice.

Although they suppressed their voices, the shouts of more than a hundred strong men were very powerful.

In front of the emperor, they couldn't help but recall the past when they lined up in battle array in the northwest and prepared to fight the enemy.

After the soul-stirring shout,
"The rumbling of iron hooves crushed the dreams of Keyimun"

"With resounding steps, we look westwards to Helan's bloody journey!"

"The battle flags are flying high, stirring up the desert dust!"

"The sound of war drums resounds thousands of miles, showing the ambition!"

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The masculine singing of the soldiers began to float in the hall. The momentum of the songs was different from before, and seemed to contain surging emotions.

As everyone was singing, the sound of drums outside the hall was still ringing, but it became lower, as if it was the footsteps of soldiers advancing on the battlefield.

"Fight bravely and sacrifice your life for the enemy!"

"The Western Army went out to the frontier, with their country in mind"

"Draw your swords on the battlefield, we will surely win in the future!"

As Xu Zaijing sang, he seemed to have returned to the days in Baigao, Northwest China.
The horses are galloping, the battle flags are flying, the comrades are fighting, and the sunset is bloody.

Looking west to Helan, walking on blood.

Others were also affected by the singing.
The memories of shouting and fighting on the battlefield emerged in my mind.

When they sang "Shatter the Dream of Ke Yi Men" again, everyone's singing was filled with pride.

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"Draw your swords on the battlefield, we will surely win in the future!"

After singing a song,
The hall was quiet for a while.

then,

There was applause from the emperor's seat, followed by thunderous cheers.

Looking at the people in front of me who stood up and applauded,
After singing the song, Cao Yi, Zhu Qinghu and others all clapped their hands vigorously at Xu Zaijing in the queue, with smiles on their faces.

"Good! Good singing! Good!"

Duke Ying, Duke Xin, Marquis Ningyuan, Marquis Xiangyang, and others who had fought in the battlefields before, still had expressions of nostalgia for their youth on their faces, and when they heard the emperor's excited shout, they all echoed the emperor's voice.

Most of the military officers in the corridors on both sides of the hall had already stood up, and were curiously looking into the hall, attracted by the singing.

(End of this chapter)