The wind and snow have cleared, the sun reflects the snow, and the refracted white light sweeps across the sky and the earth, almost piercing people's eyes. Last night, the palace maids and eunuchs were busy with the pick-up arrangements, and they had to wake up early the next morning to continue. Toiling in a daze. The emperor gave orders to the eunuch Bingbi, who then informed the chief chamberlain. He went on to give orders one by one, emphasizing again and again that the immortals must not feel slighted at all.
But this morning, the palace felt strangely deserted. The bossy eunuchs and the aunts who often scolded others had either disappeared from nowhere, or were unusually quiet and closed their doors. However, even if the palace with strict order loses power for a moment, it will still slowly move on its original trajectory under the action of inertia. The palace people are still in their places. The immortals' palace is surrounded by a barrier and cannot be entered, so they perform their best outside the palace. With the remaining light and heat, those who use the broom use the broom, those who use the shovel use the shovel, and shovel the snow conscientiously.
It's just that if no one comes to supervise for a long time, the people who work will naturally feel lazy...or have other thoughts. A ninth-grade palace maid who had just been selected had her eyes rolling. She swept the broom in her hand and moved a few steps. She slowly moved to the other companions and started talking by ear. Small talk.
"Something big happened on the north side of the city wall last night! Not long after the immortals arrived, did you hear about it?"
A topic was raised, and everyone immediately started discussing it——
"The northern city wall? Isn't that always a refugee camp?"
"Speaking of which, the Imperial Guard made such a large move in the palace yesterday, as if they were going to suppress the mob." The one who spoke lowered his voice, "Could it be... that there was a civil uprising?"
"It doesn't seem like it. What I heard is that there are man-eating monsters outside the city wall!"
"How could it be possible! That's a man-eating monster at the foot of the Imperial City. Then we in the Southern Jin Dynasty are not going to..."
"Oh, why are you worrying so much! Did you see those streaks of light in the sky last night? The immortals have already rushed there. Doesn't it seem like nothing happened all night long?"
"Did they go to slay demons or leave directly?" This one was not comforted, but cried, "I don't know if they just came, but the group of immortals who have been stationed in the palace, so many Regardless of whether it is a drought or a flood, we have never seen them protect us! Every year, we only see our king carrying boxes of things to them!"
Panic is contagious. One of them started to cry, and the others began to tremble. There was one person who was popular and well-connected, and finally couldn't help but reveal more of the truth, "Xin'er, her master Isn't she the first-class female officer next to the king? This morning she quietly told me that more than an hour ago, the area around the king's palace was sealed off. Later, not only the imperial guards in the palace, but also the patrol camp in Gyeonggi Province were mobilized... This is Is something going to change?"
Did something like this happen? Although I don't understand the reason, I think that any news that can make people feel confused is ultimately an unexpected surprise.
The women's cries grew louder and louder due to the unknown panic, and if they ignited one side, it would soon cause another fire. Among them, the one who was the first to awaken this emotion and add fuel to the flames gradually couldn't help but reveal a smug smile that he thought no one would notice. The ninth-grade maid lowered her head and slowly withdrew from the crowd. She looked at the broom in her hand and threw it on the roadside with a sneer. Chaos was about to break out in the palace, and then the whole of Bian An was just a bunch of rabble. There was no need to be careful and disguised. , she ran back with her skirt in hand. She had to report the news she just got as soon as possible to prevent anyone from taking the credit from her.
The order given by the "forsighted" leader at the last moment with all his spiritual power was obviously not conveyed thoroughly enough. The little palace maid's complacency could not sustain her running across this section of the palace wall. When she clearly felt the vibration of the bluestone floor tiles and the sound of soldiers and armor clashing, it was too late. She should have been transferred out of the palace. The Imperial Guards rushed towards her in formation, and the bright light of their swords forced her back.
"The devil is on the run, and the entire palace is under martial law——"
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The movement of iron hooves criss-crossing also woke up the noble girl from her sleep. Princess Nanping - now an official candidate to move into the Southern Jin Palace - she sat up holding the quilt and said in panic, "Caiping , Caiping, are the mobs here again?!"
However, no one answered outside the bed curtain.
She violently opened the hanging curtain, only to find that the personal maid who was supposed to be serving outside the curtain was nowhere to be seen, and the side hall with colorful embroidered screens was empty.
If it were normal, she would have lost her temper and scolded these slaves for daring to be lazy and slippery. But the turmoil on the long street yesterday really left a terrible shadow on her. Those "mobs" kept pushing and squeezing, shouting and rushing over. The carriage was like a small boat in the turbulent crowd, and it could move at any time. It may have capsized. In the end, she no longer remembered how her personal entourage carried her out of the encirclement in a "disrespectful" manner.
Now she was frightened. After hesitating for a long time, she uneasily opened the quilt and got out of bed. The room was so cold that she shivered. The charcoal fire that had been burning had been extinguished at some point. She randomly pulled a fox fur from the clothes rack. The coat wrapped herself tightly, and she walked step by step to the door with her embroidered shoes on.
"Is... is there anyone?" She called uneasily through the door, "What happened? Where have you all gone?"
There was still no answer. After a long silence, she hesitated several times and wanted to open the door and go out to take a look, but fear and anxiety followed her, pulling her hand back like a rope. The next moment, there were sudden and messy footsteps, as if huge rocks came out of thin air and fell into the valley where there were no traces of people. The dazzling sunlight penetrated the gauze door and brought a large group of figures like a mountain overturning toward her.
She screamed and stepped back. With a bang, the carved door was violently knocked open, and he appeared in front of her with a knife, blood dripping from his body.
Masters and servants are divided into men and women. How can a guard break into the boudoir of a noble lady?
But she was so used to being pampered that she didn't know how to deal with such a horrific scene. She couldn't do anything else except scream.
"Princess..." The attendant gasped, looking like he was barely holding on, "This place is dangerous...Princess, please leave the palace with me immediately!"
He said, trying to hold her sleeve, but she avoided him in horror.
"Why? I still want to go to Kunlun! I still want to cultivate immortality!" She murmured, "And...I...I don't want to go outside, it's too scary outside!"
"It's too late to explain, Princess, we have to leave right away——"
Although the personal attendant looked apologetic, he still pulled her over without any explanation. However, as soon as he turned his head and stepped out of the threshold, the murderous weapons that seriously injured him were chasing after her. In a flash of silver light, he raised his hand and tried to Before he could resist, a flower of blood burst out from his left chest. Princess Nanping, who was blocked behind him, felt a sharp object pass through his chest and fly past her face, nailing the pillar behind fiercely. On top of the knife, she looked at it with a dull face, and it turned out to be a silver knife. The tail of the knife was still trembling slightly in the snowy light that shined directly into it.
When he turned around, his follower's back was covered with large blood stains. This time, he didn't even have the strength to speak out, so he threw himself forward feebly. It was then that she saw the murderers strolling in, an old man and a young man. In the cold weather when the snow melted, the clothes they wore were very thin, with a sheen like glass. Even though she was a relative of the emperor and had read all over silk and satin, she had never seen such gorgeous materials. They did not look like the world at all. All you can get.
The small right hand held it lightly, and two identical silver flying knives floated and rotated in his palm.
"Are you going to run away? Shouldn't you explain things clearly before you leave? What is the barrier outside? Why are only monks prohibited from entering and leaving but not mortals? What do you, the Southern Jin royal family, and the Kunlun branch mean? If you don't mind your life, just tell the truth! Do you really think you can escape this way? Then you don't take the monks seriously!"
Xiu... monk? Aren't there all the royal relatives who are waiting to be candidates like her? Why are there monks here? Since they are all monks... why are they still running for Kunlun discipleship?
"The leader of this group...I...you guys...I don't know what you are talking about..." The leader of Nanping County was incoherent, and finally couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out crying, "Don't kill me, I don't want to die-"
The old man followed behind, but he urged with some disapproval, "These mortals don't seem to know. Young Master, you have kicked down so many palace doors along the way, and none of them can tell clearly. Take these There is no need for the ants to show their intimidation. If the Kunlun branch really cares about them, I don't think so. There is no point in breaking up with the Southern Jin Dynasty now. Besides, the re-examination is coming soon, and I am worried that the Kunlun inner sect may …”
"The one on the left is worried and the one on the right is afraid. Then you can come up with a solution for me!" The younger one seemed very irritable.
"Yes, I have wronged you, young master." The old man bowed his head, "Although I don't know what is going on outside, the Kunlun branch has collected so many spiritual stones from us, so it will definitely not turn against us, not to mention there are people behind us. The sect will serve as my support. I will try my best to communicate with them, and please be patient, young master."
"Communicate and communicate. If you really meet them, you will just lower your head and 'communicate'! Can't you be as tough as killing these mortals!" The younger one is still complaining. In his mouth, killing people like hemp is just "toughness" "symbol of. "I really don't know what my parents are thinking. As the young master of the Snow Sweeping Sect, why do I have to go to Kunlun and become a low-level disciple through connections?"
Princess Nanping was so frightened that she cried louder and louder. The woman's piercing cry undoubtedly added fuel to the irritable mood.
"It's so noisy -" Xiao Xiao became angry, hooked his hand, and the silver flying knife nailed to the pillar popped out with a buzz.
"Young master, no! The nobles of the Southern Jin Dynasty are not as humble as her servants. They can't be killed just by asking!"
"I don't care about her!!"
The flying knife turned in mid-air, and the tip of the knife pierced Princess Nanping's heart. The woman's shrill screams immediately echoed in the sky of Sifangjing——
However, no one died. The selector stepped onto the glazed tiles above their heads, holding in his hand the flying knife that could kill someone with a single thought.
"Kunlun Laws, candidates temporarily enjoy the same rights as Kunlun disciples while waiting for election. Intention to murder the candidates is equivalent to murdering Kunlun disciples." He calmly stated the facts, but did not give anyone any chance to defend himself. The magic weapon flew The knife was sealed as a murder weapon. At the same time, the pressure of the Nascent Soul stage came. Starting from the old and the young, all the "candidates" who already had cultivation levels in the barrier knelt down at the same time. , can't help myself.
"Kunlun's laws also stipulate that when Kunlun chooses a disciple, he must not be from other sects, and he must not have a higher level of cultivation. If he has a level of cultivation, his level must not be higher than or equal to the foundation." He finished reciting Kunlun's legal provisions skillfully. , taking out the rope while carrying it, "Violators will be regarded as cheating and should be arrested on the spot."
The barrier that had troubled most of the "candidates" all night was finally opened, but no one was happy at all. Those who were forced to kneel down under the pressure were all tied up with a straw rope and their hands were strung up. , the selectors clasped their hands and recited the incantation, and those who were lucky enough to be able to stay on the ground for the time being all raised their heads and watched a line of grasshoppers ascend to the sky.
Of course, the grasshoppers were also looking down, and they had a better view, so in addition to glaring at the daring ants below to watch the excitement, they could notice with a slight tilt of their heads - Tongxinfang outside the palace was once again bustling with colorful silk fabrics. The finished picture screen stretched for several miles in a row, and the candidates were neatly divided into two rows. The team moved forward slowly and orderly at a constant speed.
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