At this moment, at the gate leading to the palace from the inner city, thousands of guards wearing armor were standing in front of the palace gate.
In front of the palace gate, with a quick glance, the number of warriors gathered here may have exceeded ten thousand.
Although not everyone is a swordsman holding a long sword as a weapon, but without exception they all hold a ribbon in their hands.
"The ribbon in my hand is the one used to enter the palace to watch the battle. Isn't it impossible to get in later?"
"I bought this ribbon for eight hundred taels of silver. If I can't go in, will the court compensate me for the money?"
"That's right, everyone has this ribbon to enter the palace anyway, so what are they afraid of?"
….
In front of the warrior, several guards stared at Lu Xiaofeng fiercely.
Sensing the gazes of these guards, a look of helplessness appeared on Lu Xiaofeng's face.
Although Lu Xiaofeng's current cultivation level is only at the Grand Master level, he has made many friends in the world.
In addition to having helped the Six Gates and the court solve some unsolved cases, his name also reached the ears of Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in July, the imperial court issued ninety ribbons to Lu Xiaofeng to distribute and select warriors who could enter the palace to watch the decisive battle between Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue.
But just after Lu Xiaofeng finally spent half a month to distribute these ninety ribbons, in just one night, he suddenly discovered that there were already more than a thousand warriors in the capital who had obtained these ribbons from nowhere. bring.
Moreover, the material, pattern and style are exactly the same as the ribbon given to Lu Xiaofeng in the palace.
Afterwards, even if Lu Xiaofeng cooperated with Liumen, Dongchang and Hulong Villa to investigate, they could not find out the source of these ribbons.
And as time went by, things became out of control.
As far as Lu Xiaofeng knew, among the warriors gathered in the capital at this time, at least nearly ten thousand warriors had received this ribbon.
Now, facing this situation, Lu Xiaofeng also has a headache.
While the warriors gathered in front of the palace gate continued to make noises, Chu Qinghe and the others in the crowd used breathing powder to isolate their own energy and cultivation fluctuations and talked quietly.
"Hey, do you think that person over there is someone from the Blue Dragon Society?"
"It feels a bit similar, but it feels a bit different. I think the man holding a knife in the southeast feels a bit similar."
"Hey! I feel like everyone looks like a member of the Blue Dragon Club now."
"There is no way! I know so many things about the Qinglong Society around the young master, and I will definitely feel more or less embarrassed when facing these completely unfamiliar people."
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After the women changed topics one after another, Qu Feiyan suddenly looked at Chu Qinghe and asked, "Sir, do you think the Qinglong Club's plan today will be successful?"
Listening to Qu Feiyan's question, Chu Qinghe said angrily: "One Cao Zhengchun and the other Zhu Wuwu are both members of the Qinglong Society now. Do you think we can succeed?"
At first, Chu Qinghe thought that the Qinglong Society just pulled Zhu Wuwu onto the boat.
Who knew Qinglong Club would be so conservative and spend more than ten years supporting Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun respectively.
By now, except for the few celestial beings in the palace, the entire palace is probably covered.
What else is there to do?
Qu Feiyan sighed and said, "That's right! Now, except for the emperor, the rest of the people in the palace are probably members of the Qinglong Society."
After responding to Qu Feiyan, Chu Qinghe raised his eyes slightly and focused on the group of people standing at the front of the palace gate with Lu Xiaofeng and others.
Especially his eyes touched the white-haired old man next to Lu Xiaofeng who was wearing a Wudang Taoist robe and carrying a long sword.
It was the imperial court who came forward to specially invite Mu Taoist from Wudang to notarize the decisive battle between Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng.
However, just as the number of people in front of the palace gate further increased, a sound of horse hooves and the sound of carriage wheels rolling on the ground suddenly came from behind everyone.
As the warriors in front of the palace gate retreated to both sides to make way for a spacious passage, a carriage with the emblem of the Dragon Protector Villa on it, surrounded by more than a dozen people, arrived in front of the palace gate.
After the carriages all stopped, Zhu Wuwu slowly walked out of the carriage.
"The lower official pays homage to the Lord God."
Seeing Zhu Wuwu coming down from the carriage, the guard in front of the palace gate immediately bowed and saluted.
In response, Zhu Wulan nodded lightly.
After Zhu Wuwu appeared, some of the warriors who were relatively close focused their gazes on Zhu Wuwu.
It was as if he wanted to see what the world-famous Iron Dan Lord looked like.
However, not long after Zhu Wuwu appeared, another group of people quickly approached.
The crowd in front of the palace gate looked at the Dongchang clothes worn by the crowd, and then looked at Cao Zhengchun, who was walking in the middle of the crowd with a smile on his lips, and their expressions changed.
Even the warriors who were still whispering to each other in front of the palace gate gradually calmed down.
Some people even took the initiative to cover the mouths of their companions who were speaking loudly.
You must know that Zhu Wuli has an excellent reputation outside. Even if there is something wrong with these warriors, in full view of the public, Zhu Wuli will only give him a small punishment or a big warning at most, and give him a little lesson.
But Cao Zhengchun is different.
Once Cao Zhengchun is offended, he will be really ruthless.
Even if you don't die, if you take a walk inside Dongchang, your skin will definitely peel off.
Therefore, after Cao Zhengchun appeared, the noise around him almost disappeared.
Taking into account the differences brought about by the appearance of Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun, Qu Feiyan and the girls fully realized what it means to bully good and fear evil.
"Eunuch Cao"
Here, after Cao Zhengchun approached, the guard in front of the palace gate also bowed and saluted.
Facing the salutes of the two guard generals, Cao Zhengchun responded: "I will trouble General Zhou and General Zhao tonight."
When speaking, the smile on his face and the polite voice made people fully feel Cao Zhengchun's respect and sincerity for him.
"It's my humble duty, Eunuch Cao, please be polite."
Cao Zhengchun chuckled and said: "Yes! We are all working for His Majesty. It's not easy this night!"
Although the two guards did not respond, the smiles on their faces couldn't help but become stronger.
Taking the look of the guard in the distance into his eyes, Chu Qinghe sighed softly in his heart.
A person like Cao Zhengchun, if placed in the previous life, would definitely be the number one figure in the public relations world.
Be polite to strangers and empathize with the two generals in front of you. You know how to close the relationship.
After exchanging a few words with the two guards in front of him, Cao Zhengchun took a few steps and laid his eyes on Zhu Wuwu.
After sizing up Zhu Wuwu, Cao Zhengchun curved his lips and bowed, "I've seen the Lord Shen."
Facing Cao Zhengchun's salute, Zhu Wuwu said softly, "Hmm." Zhu Wuwu raised a smile at the corner of his mouth and said in a calm voice: "Eunuch Cao, you're welcome."
Cao Zhengchun's smile did not diminish and he said: "What the Lord Shen said is really embarrassing for this old slave."
Zhu Wulan chuckled in his heart, then raised his feet and walked towards the palace gate ahead.
It was also when Zhu Wuli set off that Cao Zhengchun followed closely behind.
A few steps later, as the two passed through the defenders, Cao Zhengchun slowly turned around, and a slightly sharp voice slowly sounded.
"Today, by the grace of the Holy One, you are allowed to enter the palace to watch the battle. However, you are not allowed to enter the important areas of the palace, except the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the battle is to be watched. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy."
Although Cao Zhengchun's tone was not loud, with the blessing of Zhen Qi, it was clearly heard by everyone.
After Cao Zhengchun, Zhu Wuwu and others entered the palace, a guard at the palace gate shouted: "You just heard what Eunuch Cao said. If you are smart, be honest after entering the palace. Except for Taihe, No one is allowed to break into the palace except for the battle area outside the palace. Leave the palace as soon as possible after watching the battle. Anyone who violates this will be punished without mercy."
After saying that, under the general's signal, the guards who were originally guarding the palace gate retreated to both sides.
A group of warriors who had been waiting outside the palace gate passed through the palace gate one after another.
"Let's go!"
Glancing at the group of warriors moving in the distance, Chu Qinghe said slowly and then led a few women to mix among the warriors around him and headed towards the palace gate.
While walking, everyone discovered that from the palace gate to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there were two rows of soldiers wearing armor and solemn expressions guarding the passage.
When entering the palace gate, Chu Qinghe, Lu Xiaofeng and others who were walking at the front had already walked for nearly half a quarter of an hour.
But along the way, the number of guards in the palace not only did not decrease, but increased.
With such a large number of guards, not to mention the ordinary warriors, even Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou and others couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
In this way, after continuing to walk for almost half a quarter of an hour, everyone arrived outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
It is also the highest and largest palace in the palace.
Compared to the guards I saw before, the outside of the Taihe Hall was now heavily guarded.
In the huge open space of nearly a hundred feet outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, apart from the ordinary defenders, there were also some Dongchang Fanzi with swords and those from Hulong Villa standing apart from each other.
Everyone placed their hands on the hilts of their swords and looked warily at the warriors who were entering the palace to watch the battle.
And at a position no more than ten steps away from these Dongchang Fanzi, there were also Ouchi guards stationed there.
The most eye-catching thing is that on the surrounding city wall, almost every fifty steps, there will be a huge crossbow. The huge arrows on it, which are polished to a sharp edge, glow under the moonlight and the surrounding firelight. There was an obvious chill.
Not to mention ordinary Xiantian realm warriors, even Grandmaster realm warriors would be more dignified when facing arrows fired from such heavy crossbows.
Under such circumstances, the voices of the warriors who entered the palace and wanted to watch the battle were unconsciously reduced a lot.
After entering the open space outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the warriors in the field also separated in twos and threes, becoming small groups and each chose a favorite position.
As the people around them separated and stood at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the eyes of Chu Qinghe and others were focused on Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun.
At this moment, there was another person beside Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun.
He looks to be in his sixties, wearing a white robe, and looks very slim.
The strange thing is that the old man seems to have a lot of wrinkles on his face, but his hair and long beard are as black and shiny as the young man.
The black braids are tied from the collar to the abdomen, making the black color more prominent and the white clothes more eye-catching.
Just standing there can give people a feeling of tranquility and elegance.
At this moment, looking at the court, the only person who is qualified to stand with Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun is Zhuge Zheng, who is ranked in Bai Xiaosheng's grand master list, has reached the late stage of the grand master realm, and is in charge of the six sects. I.
After a while, as no other warriors entered the open space, Cao Zhengchun suddenly said: "Our family has other things to deal with, so I would like to trouble Lord Zhuge and Shenhou to guard here. "
After saying that, Cao Zhengchun nodded to Zhu Wuwu and Zhuge Zhengwo, then turned around and walked slowly aside.
But while walking, Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but glance towards Chu Qinghe and the others.
The moment his eyes met with Chu Qinghe's, Cao Zhengchun nodded slightly.
Less than half a quarter of an hour before Cao Zhengchun left, a figure quickly walked to Zhu Wuwu's side and said something in his ear.
A few breaths later, under the gazes of the people around him, Zhu Wuwu actually said a few words to Zhuge Zhengwo and left with his hands behind his back.
Seeing this, Sikong Zhaixing beside Lu Xiaofeng in the crowd couldn't help but ask: "In just one more stick of incense, Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng should be coming. Why are Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun gone at this time?" ?”
Hearing this, Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Zhu Wuwu and Cao Zhengchun are gone, aren't there still Zhuge Zheng and I? At this time, there are thousands of guards outside the Taihe Hall, plus the divine crossbow and the Master Zhuge, who is at the late stage of the Grand Master Realm, is enough to ensure that the warriors around the Hall of Supreme Harmony have settled down."
Sikong Zhaixing thought for a moment and said, "That's right! It's really not necessary."
After saying that, Sikong Zhaixing looked at Lu Xiaofeng's slightly frowning expression and couldn't help but ask, "Lu Xiaoji, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's nothing, I'm still thinking about the ribbon."
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It was also when the tens of thousands of warriors in the field were talking incessantly, a breeze suddenly blew through the night sky.
Under this strong wind, there seemed to be a fresh feeling in the air.
Chu Qinghe, who originally looked a bit lazy, raised his brows lightly, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Interesting, it turns out to be two poisons, Yinchi Datura and Passion Oura."
While speaking, Chu Qinghe gently flapped the folding fan in his hand at Jellyfish Yinji and Qu Feiyan.
After hearing Chu Qinghe's words, coupled with Chu Qinghe's behavior just now, based on the women's understanding of Chu Qinghe, it was not clear what the situation was.
In response, Qu Feiyan said: "Sir, what kind of poison is this Yinchi Mandala?"
Chu Qinghe said lightly: "The Yinchi Mandala is a variant of the Mandala. It has a special effect. It has a paralyzing effect and can reduce the five senses and perception of the warrior. Under this poison, even the Grand Master realm A warrior like this, with the movement of his true energy, the perception of his five senses cannot exceed thirty feet."
"The passion herb has a special medicinal effect. After taking it, it can change the true energy fluctuations in the warrior's body in a short period of time."
"For example, let the true energy fluctuations in the body of a warrior at the early stage of the Xiantian realm become similar to the true energy fluctuations of a warrior who has reached the Grandmaster realm."
As he said that, Chu Qinghe frowned slightly as if he thought of something.
"It's a bit unnecessary."
While muttering softly, Chu Qinghe's thoughts were spinning rapidly.
Then his eyes focused on Zhuge Zhengwo in the distance, and then glanced at Lu Xiaofeng and others.
As his mind turned, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but have a hint of enlightenment in his eyes.
"Ha! He's pretty good at calculating the game within the game!"
Listening to Chu Qinghe's words, Jellyfish Yinji, Qu Feiyan and the other girls all looked confused.
Facing the eyes of the women, Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "It seems that the palace will be even more lively tonight."
Seeing that Chu Qinghe didn't say anything clearly, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but want to take the initiative to ask.
However, before Qu Feiyan could speak, two sword intents soaring into the sky emerged from the southwest and northeast of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Under the powerful and cold sword intent, some warriors outside the Taihe Hall found that the unsheathed long swords in their hands vibrated slightly.
The next moment, under everyone's gaze, two figures, both dressed in white as snow, stepped out of the sky and landed on the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the bright moon like a silver plate.
One of them has a white face and a slight beard, wearing a snow-white robe, and his eyes look like two cold stars in the darkness.
Who else could it be if it wasn't Ye Gucheng?
The other person was standing upright, dressed in white as snow, but the sword at his waist was black.
Although both of them were dressed in white, their faces were stern.
The moonlight is like a dream, like a layer of gauze hanging down.
At this time, Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue on the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were both dressed in gowns as white as snow and holding swords lightly, but they gave people completely different impressions.
Ye Gucheng gives people the feeling of pride.
Even if he doesn't say anything, he gives people the feeling of being on the nine heavens and needing to be looked up to.
As for Ximen Chuixue, it was cold.
It's different from the unattainable coldness on Yaoyue's body.
Ximen Chuixue gives people the same feeling as the cold rocks on the snow-capped mountains of thousands of years, giving people the feeling that strangers should not approach it.
It was also at the moment when the two people appeared, not to mention the warriors in the open space.
Even Qu Feiyan, Jellyfish Yinji and others' eyes moved unconsciously to the Hall of Supreme Harmony at this time.
It was also when everyone's attention was focused on the Hall of Supreme Harmony that Chu Qinghe's voice quietly reached the ears of the women.
"Stop standing there, move a little bit."
While talking, Chu Qinghe shook his fan and added some breathing powder on himself and the girls.
On the other hand, Jellyfish Yinji and Qu Feiyan looked at Chu Qinghe with doubts on their faces.
(End of chapter)
