Beijing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, can be compared to the heart of a man, dominating almost every aspect of the development of the entire empire; The Forbidden City is the heart of Beijing, and every order issued here will change the lives and fates of thousands of ordinary people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For example, a whip law that has been gradually popularized over the years is a new law that Zhang Juzheng painstakingly came up with to minimize the burden on the people, and as it was pushed to the other 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty, people's lives have undergone earth-shaking changes. Of course, whether this new law is good or bad is not something that can be clearly explained in one or two sentences.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Forbidden City, as the center, is naturally a turbulent place with a lot of changes every day. But in fact, those who are in the middle of it will only find how unchanging it is, almost every day is no different from those days of the past, people are as busy as ever, but they are busy and do not see any results at all.

In this immutable environment, the days always pass very quickly, and suddenly, Yang Zhen has been on an errand in the palace for more than half a month, which makes him gradually familiar with everything in the palace, and also makes him feel fresh about everything to no longer interested in anything. After all, in a boring and rigid environment, you can't always maintain a strong curiosity.

However, there is one thing that Yang Zhen is still very curious about, that is, when he will be able to rest for a few days. In the past half a month, he has found that many guards have briefly been on duty for a day or two, and according to his colleagues, they are allowed to rest for a day or two every certain day, after all, the rules and responsibilities in the palace are too heavy, and everyone has to rest and adjust.

To Yang Zhen's surprise, he had never been mentioned by Xiao Ran or Xue Yan, as if he, a newcomer, didn't need to rest at all. In fact, he also understood that this was a means for Xiao Ran to deal with him secretly, who told him that he was valued by the Son of Heaven before and made Commander Xiao jealous? Since Xiao Ran can't do anything to him because of the rules of the palace, let's do something about this kind of thing.

In fact, Xiao Ran's decision also contained another sinister intention, because the guards had to get up early and guard the Son of Heaven every day, and there was almost no time to rest after the duty, so they would be very tired after a while. And once a person feels tired, it is inevitable that he will not concentrate and make any mistakes, and at that time, Xiao Ran can justifiably punish Yang Zhen, a newcomer who makes him look very unhappy.

But after this period of tossing, Yang Zhen has actually maintained a good spirit, which makes Xiao Ran's wishful thinking completely uninitiated. He didn't know that Yang Zhen had received cruel training far beyond this intensity in his previous life, and now he was able to adjust his physical and mental state while standing quietly because of his practice of the Qingfeng Technique, so this was of little use except to make Yang Zhen unhappy.

In the case that it was almost ineffective to toss Yang Zhen like this, and he couldn't catch his mistakes, Xiao Ran's dissatisfaction with Yang Zhen was even deeper. People are like this sometimes, when you hate someone and keep hitting him, if the other person is really bullied by you, your hatred for him will gradually decrease; But if all your calculations are easily resolved by the other party, then under the frustration of failure, you will intensify and use more ruthless means to deal with him.

Xiao Ran was like this, seeing that he couldn't make a plan, he thought of another way, and the time was just in time for him to use this strategy.

Although the longest thing the palace guards do every day is to stand straight in front of the Son of Heaven as a human flesh set, and there is almost no chance to fight with people - unless the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty sneaks away, it is impossible for him to even go out of the palace, and naturally he will not encounter any emergencies, and in the heavily guarded Forbidden City, no matter how high the master is, he is afraid that he will not be able to get in - but the guards cannot waste their own martial arts. Therefore, every one or two months, the palace will organize a martial arts exercise and competition for the guards, in addition to urging them to practice martial arts diligently, but also to select outstanding talents from them.

And the fourth day of the first month of October is the day of the competition, on this day not only the royal horse supervisors who are in charge of the guards will be present, but also some noble people with status will also take the time to take a look. If someone is valued by these nobles because of their martial prowess, and recommends them to the imperial court, the guards, who have not had a good future, will have the opportunity to be sent to the border to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds—of course, not everyone wants to take this risk and make such a meritorious service.

And with the decline of the Ming Dynasty now, and the side affairs are not as fierce as before, this kind of competition between the guards of the forbidden palace is just a passing scene, and it is difficult to choose someone who can use it.

Today, however, things are clearly different. Many of the guards knew that there would be a good show today, so they all seemed to be in good spirits. On the contrary, it was Yang Zhen, because he didn't know the ingenuity in it, and he didn't look as energetic as others. But when his appearance fell in the eyes of others, he felt that this Yang guard was worse today.

The so-called guard drill is actually no different from ordinary drills and military parades, and as guards who have been in the palace as honor guards for a long time, this is naturally a very simple thing. After a drill like the broadcast gymnastics of later generations, even if it can be explained to the eunuchs of the imperial horse prison who are watching from the sidelines.

Then there is a competition between the guards that can make people feel a little more energetic. In the past, there have been cases where two parties with a lot of contradictions had a good fight at this time, and even injured people, so those who came to the scene today to understand the inside story were interested.

But of course, good things can't be on immediately, after Xue Yan announced the start of the competition, the first to appear was the competition between ordinary guards, and it looked no different from the previous martial arts, it all seemed so fake.

Yang Zhen stood in the group of guards and watched the two colleagues in front of him fighting back and forth, but he shook his head slightly in his heart, this fight was too fake, so he had to be fierce in his actions to make the audience feel nervous. It seems that these guards don't know how to attract people's attention at all, so they can only be such hard-working but useless guards all the time.

Fortunately, after a few pairs, a pair of opponents who had some grudges before made the original boring competition a little more exciting. However, because the martial arts of both of them are very limited, this competition has finally become no different from a street gangster fight.

Seeing this, Yang Zhen couldn't help but show a disdainful look, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. And this look completely fell into the eyes of Xiao Ran, who had been beating him all the time and always paying attention to him. So the latter looked at Yang Zhen and said, "Yang Zhen, don't you look down on the martial arts of these comrades?" In one sentence, everyone's attention was attracted to Yang Zhen, and many people looked at him quite unkindly.

Because he was a guard who was suddenly promoted, and he was taken care of by the Son of Heaven, Yang Zhen was the target of everyone. And now, he was told by Xiao Ran to look down on his comrades, which was naturally even more disgusting.

Yang Zhen was secretly angry in his heart, but his face was full of sincerity and fear: "Don't dare to be humble, ...... humble"

Xiao Ran didn't listen to Yang Zhen's explanation at all, waved his hand and said, "I heard that your reputation outside is still quite small, and you even killed a widow?" It seems that you do have a good martial arts. In that case, you should show your skills in front of everyone, so that everyone can be convinced. ”

"Yes, Yang Zhen, since you can break into the palace as a guard, you always have some ability, why don't you show your hand?"

"Get out of here, don't act like a......"

"Hurry up, aren't you scared? Don't worry, our brothers will definitely show mercy and won't hurt you......"

Suddenly, many guards followed behind and began to shout. They have to be careful to be on duty every day, and they can't make any mistakes, and their hearts are naturally extremely depressed. It is only when performing martial arts skills like today that we can let go a little, or be more presumptuous, and show the true colors of young men.

was so urged by everyone, even if Yang Zhen was a person who didn't like publicity, he couldn't shirk this time, not to mention that he had nothing to be afraid of. So after bowing his hand to Xiao Ran, Yang Zhen said: "Since it is the intention of Commander Xiao, he naturally does not dare to disobey." However, there are some words that need to be explained first. ”

"What, are you afraid that you will be ugly, so you will have a round first?" Xiao Ran sneered and mocked.

Yang Zhen ignored his cynicism, but said solemnly: "What the lowly position will know is not those fancy and useless martial arts, so if you only let the lowly one person go to the drill, I'm afraid it won't be good." ”

"Don't worry, this commander will still arrange someone to fight for you."

"This is another difficult point to say about the lowly position." Yang Zhen said, his eyes suddenly narrowed, revealing a dangerous meaning: "What you will know in a humble position is the skill of killing and hurting people, if you hurt your comrades in a fight, it will not be good." ”

His words fell into the ears of the eunuch Xin Huai, the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison, who was watching from the sidelines, and he couldn't help frowning, if something really happened in the competition, his responsibility would not be light.

But Xiao Ran didn't take this seriously, and said impatiently: "Yang Zhen, Hugh is so pushy, since this commander lets you compete, if there is any problem, you naturally don't need to take responsibility." Don't you dare, do you? If that's the case, I'd better advise you to leave, we don't accept a coward like you here! ”

Yang Zhen sighed: "Since the commanders have said so, then the humble duty is to obey the fate!" With that, one step from the crowd into the empty arena of the ring!