Martial Cultivator

It's late autumn in the twenty-first year of Tianjian.

September twenty-seven.

It's already freezing in the gods, and in less than ten days, it will be the beginning of winter.

Perhaps it was the Tianjian Year, or it was the most important court meeting in the two hundred years since the establishment of the Liang Dynasty.

Before dawn, the civil and military officials had already gotten up early, got on their carriages, and started heading towards the imperial city. In the past, when His Majesty the Emperor was in power, there were not many court meetings, but every court meeting was extremely important. His Majesty's temperament makes all the courtiers dare not be sloppy. If something goes wrong and His Majesty is dissatisfied, they will really have to live with it.

His Highness the Crown Prince is in power now. Although His Highness the Crown Prince has always been benevolent, everyone knows the importance of this court meeting now, and they do not dare to be disrespectful because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's benevolence.

The carriage moved slowly on the still-dark road in the divine capital, extremely slowly, but the officials had long been used to it, and no one complained.

Chen Chao rarely returned to the envoy's mansion. In the mansion, he put on the official robe newly sent by the Ministry of Rites.

It is still mainly black, but the cuffs and waist are embroidered with python patterns using silver thread. In fact, just looking at the style, it is already half a step higher than the previous first-class military attaché robes, and it has a vague hint of a vassal king. .

The three disciples looked at their master wearing this official robe with different expressions. Yu Qingfeng's eyes were extremely hot, and he probably had a feeling that he wanted to do this, while He Liang just felt that his master was dressed like this. , it’s so beautiful.

As for Ning Qingnian, the emotion in her eyes was much stronger.

Yu Qingfeng thought of the rumors in the Capital of Gods these days and asked curiously: "Master, is this the Crown Prince's message that he plans to make Master a vassal? If so, I'd be very curious about where Master's fiefdom is. No. Could it be the Demon Realm in the north?"

Chen Chao turned his head and glanced at his eldest disciple, but he didn't hide it. He shook his head and said, "No."

Yu Qingfeng looked confused.

Chen Chao gave the simplest and most direct reason, "This dynasty's ancestral system, if His Majesty the Emperor wants to grant a vassal land to a vassal king, two-thirds of the courtiers among the hundred officials must nod in agreement. Only then can we make it happen. Now that His Majesty is not here, no one among the officials would be willing to watch me break the earth."

When Yu Qingfeng heard this, he said with a look of hatred on his face: "That is to say, His Majesty is not here, otherwise he would definitely be able to decide it with one word."

Chen Chao smiled and said nothing. He patted this silly boy on the head. If he wanted something, it was not the position of a vassal king with a vassal land. Before His Majesty went to the country, as long as he Nodding, he is now the emperor of the Liang Dynasty, not the prince who oversees the country.

The funny thing is that all the officials are still afraid that Chen Chao will want this world, but in fact, he gave up this world from the beginning.

Weng Quan shouted at the door: "Lord Guard Envoy, it's almost time."

Only then did Chen Chao come to his senses and strode out.

The three disciples watched the master leave.

Yu Qingfeng sighed: "One day, I will be like this too."

But in reality, if this day comes, can Yu Qingfeng endure the injustice? Can you withstand the temptation?

In fact, even Chen Chao couldn't guarantee it.

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Today, after the great dynasty, all civil and military officials gathered outside the palace gate. In fact, they all quickly made way for themselves and no one went to the palace. Long before the great dynasty, His Highness the Crown Prince informed the officials that this time During the court meeting, the order of entering the palace was different from the past. The soldiers from the border army from the north had to enter the palace first, and they would also stand at the front, regardless of their official position.

This is a special honor that would have attracted criticism at any time, but at this moment, no one would raise any objection.

With immortal achievements right in front of you, who dares to say anything?

Soon, a group of generals from the northern border came over, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered that these military generals in the dynasty would not wear official robes, but still wore armor.

Therefore, when many generals were moving forward, armor plates collided with each other, making sounds one after another, which made the civil and military officials feel a little dazed.

How many years has it been, or should I say, never heard such a sound?

But in fact, the sound of these armor plates clashing was the main theme of the northern border in the past, and it was the same sound day and night.

The tall Li Changling and Gao Xuan walked to the front side by side, but when they passed the palace gate, they both stopped in unison.

Waiting for someone.

Not long after, everyone was surprised when the female general Xie Nandu, who was not only not wearing official robes, but also not wearing armor, appeared in the sight of the officials today.

She just wore blue and white clothes.

The officials were angry and said nothing.

You know, even though you have meritorious service and the guardian envoy is supporting you, are you a little too arrogant and domineering like this?

It's just that Xie Nandu just pretended that he didn't know anything, and walked on the road in silence until he reached the palace gate, and then stopped.

Gao Xuan looked at the woman in front of him, thought of something, and remained silent.

There was a little noise in the ranks of officials, but no one stood up yet.

The next moment, the noise stopped.

Because there was a man in black clothes coming from a distance, walking slowly.

The young military attaché was wearing a new and unusual official robe, and this time, he still had a sword hanging at his side.

Going to court with a saber?

If it were another person, he could have been dragged to justice long ago, but the person in front of him brought a knife to court and did not violate the rules.

That was given by His Majesty himself, to this one person in the world.

Besides, even if he doesn't have this authority, let alone the imperial army in the palace, what can he do if the imperial city is enshrined together?

You know, a few days ago, the invincible Demon Emperor also died in the hands of this young military attache.

The current leader in meritorious service and martial arts in the Liang Dynasty is Chen Chao.

The officials lowered their heads unconsciously at this moment, not daring to watch the young military attaché walking by.

Chen Chao slowly came to the palace gate.

Smiled slightly with Li Changling and others.

Then he looked at Xie Nandu.

Xie Nandu nodded.

Chen Chao no longer hesitated, but took the lead to walk forward. Behind him, Xie Nandu followed, and then the sound of the collision of armor plates sounded.

After that, all the officials filed in.

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Arriving at the square in front of the main hall, Chen Chao stopped, and Li Changling walked over and stood behind the guardian envoy. Then the cavalry commander lowered his voice and asked: "Lord, guardian envoy, have you heard the news? General Can I be granted a title or something?"

To be pursued by a military general is to become a marquis.

As for the position of Duke, it has always been something only the founding heroes could aspire to.

Chen Chao smiled and said: "General Li has made outstanding achievements. I'm afraid he will get what he wants."

Chen Chao had really heard about this matter, and he didn't just try to coax the General Li in front of him for no reason.

This time in the great dynasty, there are probably more than three or two people who will be granted the title of marquis.

On the other side, Xie Nandu walked to a position about one foot away from Chen Chao, so they were shoulder to shoulder.

Of these two people, one is the general of the Northern Territory and the other is the envoy of the Guard. They are both the highest military attachés, not to mention that both of them have made great achievements in the Northern Territory.

Side by side at this moment, it makes sense.

Gao Xuan stood behind Xie Nandu with a calm expression.

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As the generals in the north took their positions, the civil and military officials who followed took their positions in an orderly manner.

At this moment, His Royal Highness the Prince walked out of the hall and stood on a high place.

At this moment, Xie Nandu took two steps back.

Gao Xuan took two steps back.

The northern generals who had just stood behind Xie Nandu all took a step back.

Chen Chao turned around and saw that those two steps happened to be two gaps. After thinking for a moment, he already figured out the reason.

One of them was the late General Ning Ping.

The other one was Xiao Hezheng, the general who had devoted his life to the northern border earlier.

Chen Chao was about to retreat to show respect for these two people.

But one of Li Changling's hands was already on Chen Chao's shoulder, "Lord Guard Envoy, you don't have to retreat."

Xie Nandu made two vacancies to show his respect for these two generals.

But Chen Chao should be merciful!

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His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the stage didn't care about this little incident. After waving his hand, Li Shou opened the imperial edict in his hand and began to read out, "It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the country. However, there are monsters in the north who are eager to move south, and there are monsters who choose the border. The common people are devouring it. My ancestors of Liang Dynasty worked hard to govern, but never... When His Majesty ascended the throne, the whole country was lifted up..."

As Li Shou's voice sounded, everyone's thoughts were drawn to the past at this moment. The past twenty-one years were the best twenty-one years of the Liang Dynasty. The monsters in the country were gradually eliminated. , the monsters outside the country have also been destroyed at this moment.

But twenty-one years ago, everyone can see what the world was like.

Some of these courtiers entered the official service before His Majesty the Emperor, and almost all of them were born during the Lingzong period.

They feel the changes in the world the most.

Some courtiers had already lowered their heads and started to cry. They did not talk about the humiliation of the human race for thousands of years, but only said that in these short decades, they had always lowered their heads when facing the monster clan in the north and the monks in the south.

This is true.

But the world has finally changed.

Not only them, but all the people in Daliang can now hold their heads up.

This is unprecedented and unheard of in ancient and modern times, but it has actually been done by Daliang today.

"Beyond the northern border, the demon clan is watching with eager eyes. I don't know how many times I have been killed by Liang Erlang. In more than two hundred years, countless young people have died at the hands of the demon clan. The shame of the human race thirty thousand miles away in the desert has always been in my heart. Now, everything has It's a thing of the past, the demon clan has been destroyed, and the world is at peace. It's all thanks to our Daliang soldiers to fight the enemy bravely!"

"From now on, outside the northern border, Mobei County will be established 30,000 miles away from Mobei, and it will be included in New Liuzhou. North of the Onan River, in the land of the original demon territory, Beiyuan Prefecture will be established, with sixteen counties under its jurisdiction..."

"In the battle in the north, there were many meritorious deeds, and we will be rewarded according to their merits."

"The deputy general of the northern border, Gao Xuan, is granted the title of Marquis of Beiting."

"The chief general of the Northern Cavalry Army, Li Changling, was granted the title of Marquis of Wen."

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A continuous stream of rewards came out of Li Shou's mouth, and countless generals knelt on one knee to thank him.

It's just that the names of Xie Nandu and Chen Chao, who have the highest merits, have never been read out, which makes the officials puzzled but also somewhat hopeful.

Even though the two of them were extremely successful, at this moment, His Highness the Crown Prince would definitely not refuse the reward, otherwise it would definitely cause some trouble.

But these two people have contributed so much that they can't be solved by being granted the title of marquis.

Especially for the Chen Dynasty, at this moment, even the position of Duke is not enough.

"General of the North, Xie Nandu..."

Just when Li Shougang started to speak, Xie Nandu had already spoken first, "I, Xie Nandu, resign to Your Highness as the Northern General."

With a loud bang, it was like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake.

Many generals in the northern border were a little surprised, only Gao Xuan had expected the result.

Li Shou turned his head to look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not spoken yet.

Chen Chao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smiled and said, "I, Chen Chao, the garrison commander of Daliang, have received the grace of the country for many years and do not need any more rewards, but today, I would like to ask Your Highness for a favor."

"I want to marry Xie Nandu."

This voice grabbed everyone's attention.

No one thought that Chen Chao would say this.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was well prepared and smiled and said, "Whatever my brother asks, I will grant it."