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The golden drum shook the sky, and the courtiers marched to Qianlin Hall in an orderly manner.

The armor on Xue Poye's body made a "cracking" sound, loud and majestic. Seeing that he was about to follow into the Qianlin Hall, he saw the guard next to him cut down his spear and stood in front of him, saying in a solemn voice: "My lord! Stay!"

The official in front looked back and smiled, looking very disdainful.

Xue Poye stopped walking, glanced at the guard in front of the palace, the silver armor and horn helmet seemed to be from the Yulin Camp, and said in a low voice: "How?"

The guards in front of the palace were also dispatched from Yulinying. When they saw Xue Poye's golden niche chain armor and attire, it was obviously the equipment of the deputy general guard of Yulinying. A Habayashi guard has undergone strict training. Apart from military orders, the biggest characteristic is to protect the safety of the emperor, to be loyal to the rules, and to maintain the order of the palace.

It is the rule of Dachu that officials of Yulin do not enter the court. Yulin in front of the palace is dedicated to his duties, so Xue Poye must be stopped, and even this matter will be reported to the emperor, who will make a ruling by the emperor's holy will. No, it is very likely that he will be charged with "Trespassing the Forbidden Palace".

How did Xue Poye understand these rules, seeing that he was blocked, he felt unhappy and his face darkened.

Habayashi Wei pouted and signaled Xue Poye to leave as soon as possible, which was quite risky, but Xue Poye couldn't figure out why he couldn't go in, so he didn't want to go in to thank him?Why was he blocked in this field, whispered: "I want to thank the emperor."

Habayashi said embarrassingly: "My lord, you can't go in, thank you for submitting the booklet to the imperial study." This guard Habayashi was not stupid, and it happened to be a coincidence that this name Habayashi came from Fenghuo Camp, also heard that the Holy Majesty has appointed a new deputy general guard, who is about to take office, that is, the highest officer of Fenghuo Camp. Officials do not enter the court, there is a Yuliang Pavilion in front of it, if your lord wants to see the Holy Majesty, go there and wait first, and when you leave the court, your father-in-law will report to you."

Xue Poye opened his mouth, only then did he realize that there was still such a rule.

***, isn't this official discrimination?

Seeing Qianlin Hall is vast, majestic and majestic, full of gold and jade, like a heavenly court, hundreds of court officials standing inside, like a drop in the ocean, extremely small, even the dazzling golden dragon seat can be seen from a distance.

Xue Poye sighed, followed the directions of Habayashi in front of the hall, and walked slowly to a white marble pavilion in the square in front of the hall.

Hearing "the emperor is coming", at the same time, the vermilion gate of Qianlin Hall was slowly closed, and the most important court meeting of Dachu had already begun in Qianlin Hall.

Xue Poye stood under the pavilion in the square in the early morning, looking sideways at the sky. Although he was heavily armored, he still felt a little cold.

Perhaps after traveling to this era, he dreamed of princes and generals, and came to a battlefield, or that the enemy was wiped out in smoke while talking and laughing, and he was as flat as a horse, extremely magnanimous.

Unfortunately, sometimes the gap between reality and dreams is always so huge.

If the early days of Hangzhou were smooth, then after arriving in Kyoto, it was not easy to find that the so-called enemies were wiped out in smoke and smoke. The wisdom of the ancients was fully displayed in the intriguing struggle for rights and interests. The chess player, until now, has instead become a pawn on the chess player's chessboard.

Thinking of Tan Ziqing's calm and composed appearance outside the palace gate, Xue Poye couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the old guy is really good at pretending.

There were quarrels in the court hall from time to time, but they were too vague to hear. Xue Poye didn't know what they were arguing at all, but Xue Poye thought that it must have nothing to do with petitioning for the people.

He stood in the hall and waited for more than half an hour. There was no intention of retreating from the court. The armor on his body was really heavy, his waist was sore and his legs were weak, so he sat on the white marble railing next to the "Yuliang Pavilion". down.

When you move your hands, the armor on your body "creaks" and sounds like a gold and iron horse.

Leaning on the railing, after a long time, in a daze, he heard the noise in his ears, jumped up suddenly, and saw that the officials had already dispersed, and were leaving in twos and threes through the square.

When those ministers saw Xue Poye leaning against Yuliang Pavilion, arrogant and domineering, they naturally pointed and pointed.

Xue Poye was embarrassed for a while, touched his nose, only felt his face was slightly hot, but thought in his heart: "I just sit down, I should not commit any crimes?"

As Xue Poye rolled his eyes, he saw Liu Tuo, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, walking forward among the crowd, and he didn't look here.

Xue Poye broke out in a cold sweat. Although he knew that his identity would be known by the court sooner or later, he absolutely did not want to be seen by this guy at this time, otherwise he would definitely cause great trouble, so he was shocked and immediately turned to He turned around and turned his back to the officials like a javelin, but his heart was beating hard.

Liu Tuo is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and the second in command of the Ministry of Punishment. Naturally, he is going to the early court. He is full of thoughts at this time, walking forward solemnly, and does not pay attention to Xue Poye's side.

Just when the ministers instructed them to leave the palace, a young eunuch came quickly, holding a small jade plate in his hand, and a jade bowl was placed on the jade plate. Those who knew wine could even smell the aroma of wine, knowing that the jade bowl What is contained in it must be the treasured imperial wine in the palace.

It was just shocking that there was actually a sharp dagger on the crystal clear jade plate.

If it weren't for the rule of not stopping in front of the hall, I am afraid that the ministers would have stopped to see what was going on.

I saw the little eunuch walking quickly in front of Xue Poye with the jade plate, knelt down on both knees, and said respectfully: "Master Xue, there is a decree from the Holy Spirit to reward the royal wine, please cut your fingers and respect the blood, to respect the heaven and the earth!"

Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, the matter had come to this point, of course he couldn't refuse, he could only raise the dagger, cut his finger, drip a few drops of blood into the imperial wine, and the clear imperial wine was instantly stained red with blood.

Xue Poye put down the dagger, picked up the wine glass, and drank it in one gulp. It smelled like blood, it was astringent, but he couldn't resist the mellowness of Yujiu.

When the little eunuch saw Xue Poye put down the wine bowl, he immediately said: "The sage said: Xue Shitou, I will kill people, and I will kill those who are not doing business. If you do things well for me, I will reward people!"

When Xue Poye heard this oral order, he was tongue-tied and at a loss for what to say, his eyes widened. Damn, His Majesty the Emperor is too funny. Is there such a message?

The ministers passing by were also very surprised. How the Holy Majesty passed down the oral order like this is really... so creative.

Xue Poye bit the bullet and bowed: "I obey the order!"

After a while, a Habayashi guard came quickly, knelt down on one knee, gave a military salute, and then led Xue Poye to the Habayashi camp to take up his post.

Xue Poye took office as the deputy general guard of the Fenghuo Camp, and the headquarters of the Fenghuo Camp is just north of the palace, so of course he couldn't go through the palace, but went out of the palace gate and sat on the board that the Habayashi guard had prepared. The carriage drove straight to Fenghuo Camp.

Xue Poye kept thinking about His Majesty's strange oral order in his mind.

At first this oral statement sounded extremely harsh and official, but upon thinking about it carefully, Xue Poye felt that there was something else in this short spoken language, which was... yes, a touch of kindness, like an old acquaintance Just kidding.

The carriage was not slow, and it was speeding around the palace wall. Fortunately, the ground around the palace cavity was also paved with marble, so it would not feel bumpy.

After a while, the carriage gradually slowed down, and Habayashi Wei who was driving said loudly: "Master Xue, the camp is here." The carriage also stopped.

Xue Poye lifted the curtain and went out, and immediately felt a cold and murderous aura on the pavement, and there was silence outside, only the sound of banners and flags fluttering, and the continuous wind and fire camp was in front of him.

It stands to reason that with the national power of Great Chu and the ace of the imperial guards, the place where Yulin Ying is stationed must be extremely grand.

However, the system handed down by the Great Chu, in order to train the Yubayashi camp and keep the officers and soldiers of the Yubayashi camp at the forefront of the battle at all times, the three camps not only do not have luxurious temples, but they do not even have decent stone houses. They are all marching The tents, arsenals, martial arts arenas, training grounds, barracks, and generals' camps used in war are all big and tough tents.

The soldiers of the Habayashi Camp are all elites, so only those who meet certain requirements can be transferred to the Habayashi Camp.

The entire Habayashi Battalion has a total of less than 7000 people, and each of the three major battalions has more than 2000 people. They are all [-] ferocious wolves!

Although there are more than 2000 soldiers in each battalion, there are only about [-] Habayashi guards stationed in the camp. Other Habayashi guards either protect dignitaries from Kyoto, or take turns guarding in the palace three times a day. , They all have their own arrangements. The daily two thousand guards of the palace are jointly dispatched from the three major camps to guard every important place in the palace.

Xue Poye saw several generals wearing ram's horn armor standing at the gate of the camp. Although the armor on their bodies may not have their own martial arts, the expressions on everyone's faces are very arrogant.

The gate is the gate for entering the camp. On both sides are long ancient wooden fences, tall and thick. Every few tens of steps, there are javelin guards standing there. breath.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Xue Poye's mouth, and he walked slowly towards the gate. The four generals standing in front of the gate lined up. When Xue Poye approached, they all knelt on one knee and said loudly: "Subordinates see Master Xue!"

Although the voices of these people were loud, Xue Poye couldn't hear the respect.

He had thought of this a long time ago. To put it bluntly, in the eyes of these people, he was just a general who was promoted for some special reason. There is a world of difference between generals and generals who climb up step by step and build meritorious deeds.

In the eyes of these people, although Xue Poye was appointed as the deputy general guard, it is a pity that he is really in name only.

Xue Poye said cordially: "Everyone get up, everyone get up, you don't have to be so polite, we will work together in the future, we need everyone's help, Xue Shishitou thank you all here." After finishing speaking, Xue Poye said respectfully. A great gift.

It is by no means an easy matter to integrate into Yulinying and be truly accepted by these people.

Maybe they can be suppressed by relying on their official positions, but if they want to really subdue their hearts and make them obey orders willingly, there is still a lot of work to be done.

The four generals stood up together and looked at each other with more or less contemptuous expressions.

Xue Poye saw it, sneered in his heart, and asked, "Are you all Fenghuo Camp captains?"

In the official system of Dachu, in addition to the deputy general guard, the third battalion of Yubayashi has three captains and six pinhu school lieutenants, who cooperate with the deputy general guard to handle military affairs.

The four generals looked at each other, and the burly man on the far left said: "My subordinate, Zhao Tianda, is Captain Pinhu." Then he introduced: "This is Captain Gongyang Yue Gongyang, and this is Shen Mu Yichen Captain, this is Captain Ximen Leizang." After a pause, he added: "These three are all outstanding generals, and the Holy Majesty has personally summoned them."

Xue Poye understood the meaning of Zhao Tianda's words, it was nothing more than showing everyone's merit and prestige, reminding himself not to really regard himself as the leader of Fenghuo Camp.

Xue Poye understands better that the so-called three fires for a new official to take office, those three fires are for deterring subordinates, once the first three fires cannot be ignited, it will be very difficult to restore the prestige in the hearts of the people in the future .

"Before I took office, I also got to know you a little bit. Xue admired your great achievements very much, and his blood boiled." Pointing at Gongyangyue, he said with a smile: "Captain Gongyang once accompanied the prime minister on a tour of Huozhou. When the mountain collapsed, it was Captain Gongyang who recited the prime minister at a critical moment, and this became a good story of the Great Chu, Xue was so yearning for it, seeing it today, Sansheng is lucky."

Gong Yang is over forty years old, with a thin body, a gentle face, and always maintains a quiet smile. Hearing Xue Poye say this, he just cupped his fists and said: "Don't dare, you should do your duty, you should do your duty." !" This is the thing he is most proud of. If he hadn't stepped forward at that time, coupled with his proficient lightness skills, the prime minister would have suffered a tragic accident that time. When Xue Poye mentioned it at this time, he couldn't help but grow up his face .

"Fenghuo Camp is not only the heroes with outstanding merits, may I ask which one of the Habayashi guards is not the elite of my great Chu, and which one is not the one-in-a-million hero." Xue Poye said with a faint smile on his face: " The Holy Majesty asked me to lead the Fenghuo Camp, Xue Mou has been terrified and sighed all night, afraid that he will not be able to bear it, and I need your help in the future to prevent me from being reprimanded by the Holy Majesty."

The slightly shorter Ximen Leizang saw that Xue Poye was still very polite when he spoke, and the contempt he had originally lost a lot, and he cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best to help you, and I dare not owe the emperor's kindness."

Zhao Tianda is obviously a very straightforward person, staring at Xue Poye, he said directly: "Master Xue doesn't seem to have stayed in Yulin Camp before?"

Xue Poye shook his head and sighed: "I'm ashamed, ashamed, I never had that chance, I deeply regret it."

Zhao Tianda immediately said: "Master Xue, this subordinate is taking the liberty to ask your lord for advice on two tricks, so that the brothers can see their vision. I wonder if your lord will agree?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Shen Mu's mouth, and it disappeared in a flash.

Seeing it, Xue Poye seemed to understand something in his heart. Seeing that Zhao Tianda was so direct, it was a bit unexpected, he laughed and said: "It turns out that I want to test Xue's kung fu, it's very good, Xue is itching to keep up, We are going to discuss it."

He knew that in this case, if he refused, he would be looked down upon by these guys instead, and he couldn't lose his prestige no matter what. Since Zhao Tianda offered to have a martial arts competition, he just took this opportunity to let these people see his skills.

The "Ecstasy Mind Method" is now very advanced, and the "Ecstasy Steps" that I just comprehended, although I haven't mastered all of them, but the steps I have comprehended now are enough to deal with this muscular man.

Gong Yangyue still had a friendly smile on his face, with his lips tightly closed, as if he was nothing to do with himself, but Ximen Leizang hurriedly said: "Master Xue has not yet entered the account, how can he use force? Besides, Xue Your Excellency slaughtered three mastiffs with his bare hands in the Ten Thousand Birds Garden.

Before finishing speaking, Shen Muyi immediately interrupted: "Captain Ximen, Master Xue has agreed, so don't disappoint, I really want to see Master Xue's ability to slaughter three mastiffs with bare hands, hehe...!" He spoke in disbelief, the handsome young man in front of him really has that kind of ability?

Xue Poye waved his hand and said with a faint smile: "Slaying the three mastiffs with bare hands is an exaggeration. When I went in, I had a dagger with me."

Zhao Tianda said harshly: "Master Xue, to be honest, my old Zhao used to slaughter wolves with bare hands. Although wild wolves are not as majestic as Tibetan mastiffs, they are still very ferocious." He waved his hand: "Please!"

Xue Poye chuckled, walked into the Yuanmen first, and walked into the Fenghuo Camp.

A group of people walked quickly to the martial arts arena of the camp. There was a large-scale arena here, which was obviously used for martial arts competitions on weekdays. Around the arena, many Habayashi guards were fighting each other to train their combat power.

As soon as Xue Poye came over, when everyone saw the armor, they all knelt down on the ground immediately, and said in unison: "My subordinates will see Mr. Vice President Wei!"

Xue Poye waved his hands, and said calmly: "Get up!" He took off the silver helmet with horns and handed it to the Habayashi guard next to him, and jumped onto the high ring with two ups and downs. With the practice of "Heart Method", his jumping ability has been greatly improved.

Everyone cheered when they saw that the deputy general guard leaped onto the ring with agility and elegance.

Zhao Tianda frowned, cupped his hands and said to Xue Poye: "My lord, don't know what weapon to use?"

Xue Poye rubbed his nose and smiled, "You and I are just sparring, don't you need weapons?"

Shen Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Xue, Captain Zhao can't show his skills if he fights with bare hands, but he dances a pair of spiked iron sticks, which is amazingly powerful, only with the spiked iron sticks in hand can he show his skills."

Xue Poye glanced at Shen Mu, sneered in his heart, but nodded to Zhao Tianda and said: "In that case, I can use a dagger."

"Dagger?" Zhao Tianda obviously didn't expect Xue Poye to use such a light weapon, so he couldn't help frowning.

"Come here!" Shen Muyi immediately ordered: "Take a dagger and present it to Mr. Xue."

Xue Poye was about to say that he had a dagger, but after thinking about it carefully, his cold blade was an invisible thing, and it was better not to expose it to the public, so he nodded with a smile.

When someone offered a dagger, and Zhao Tianda was obviously ready to fight a long time ago, the pair of black mace iron cudgels were placed on the martial arts arena, and they were taken out, one in each hand, looking like evil gods. Generally, very mighty.

Zhao Tianda went up to the ring with a spiked iron club, looked at Xue Poye and said, "My lord, please give me your best advice!"

Xue Poye blew on Xueliang's dagger, and said indifferently: "I ask Captain Zhao to be merciful."

Zhao Tianda took a sharp breath, yelled, and rushed towards Xue Poye like a giant beast, with a ferocious face and an extremely astonishing momentum.

Zhao Tianda is a fierce general of the Fenghuo Camp, a master of the power faction. He climbed to the position of captain step by step through military exploits.

Xue Poye felt a strong gust of wind rushing towards him, he stood still and shouted: "Good time!" He went straight to meet him.