Chapter 0056 Welcoming
At daybreak, Li Chengkong and other guards of the Xiaoling Mausoleum began fighting by the Shenxiu Lake.
Since Song Wuji, the training method of the Xiaoling Guards has changed drastically. It is no longer as gentle as before, but has become fierce.
There are five people in a team. The teams draw lots to fight against each other. After the fight, they have breakfast. The winning team has meat, and the losing team has vegetarian food.
At the beginning, everyone who was drawn to be on the same team with Li Chengkong was eager to try and was very excited.
Now, anyone who was drawn into Li Chengkong's team would wail, beat their chests and stamp their feet, shouting that they had bad luck.
Even though Li Chengkong is no longer in command now.
He completely left the command of the team's advance and retreat to Song Minghua, and would not point out any mistakes made by Song Minghua on the spot.
After losing several times, Song Minghua made more and more progress. He already had a good understanding with Sun Guiwu and Hu Yunshi, and he was also very familiar with Jiang Shuting.
This time, victory was again achieved under the command of Song Minghua. Although the victory was lucky and difficult, it was still a victory after all.
The food was served as soon as the fighting was over.
The steaming hot and fragrant meat is a great torture for those who are hungry and can smell the meat but cannot eat it.
They sat on the green grass by the lake and started eating directly.
Some lay on the grass, groaning, unable to eat.
Some of them chewed the steamed buns silently, chewing them hard as if they were chewing meat, with murderous intent flashing in their eyes, and decided to get revenge tomorrow.
Li Chengkong's team of five sat together with Fu Yuanhu's team, eating meat with big mouthfuls and looking very happy.
"Old Li, I really don't understand why you have to let me give you orders." Song Minghua picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly.
Li Chengkong smiled.
He couldn't say that he did this to prevent the four of them from being badly beaten by the Xiaoling Guards once he left.
"Old Li, you are redundant. The four of them are doing a great job." Fu Yuanhu said with a smile, "When the four of them were working hard, you seemed to be sleeping. But when it came to eating, your eyes widened!"
Li Chengkong said angrily: "Get lost!"
"One more or one less doesn't make much difference." Fu Yuanhu smiled and said, "Tell me if you are redundant or not!"
Sun Guiwu and the other four all laughed.
Li Chengkong was indeed being lazy, but with Li Chengkong by their side, they felt at ease and confident, even if he did nothing.
Without him, we lack confidence.
A rumbling sound came from a distance and the ground shook.
Qin Tiannan's voice sounded from a distance: "Let them in, no need to panic!"
Several sentries outside the Xiaoling Mausoleum breathed a sigh of relief, some fired whistling arrows, and some fired bronze crossbows.
Amid the rumbling sound, a yellow dragon appeared in the distance. In the blink of an eye, the yellow dragon arrived in front and flew past.
A group of snow-white horses and a dozen green knights swept past like a gust of wind, and it took only two or three breaths from the time they entered their sight to the time they left their sight.
The yellow dragon formed by the dust was rising and the riders had disappeared.
The sentries could not see clearly how many white horses and green knights there were.
"Tianfeng Guard!" Several Xiaoling Guards said these three words almost at the same time.
The Tianfeng Guard, which is affiliated with the Emperor, is the fastest cavalry in the world, and its speed exceeds that of a master performing Qinggong.
The deployment of the Tianfeng Guards must be a big event.
Li Chengkong and the others put down their bowls and chopsticks and watched the nineteen white clouds slowly approaching and coming closer to them in an instant.
Nineteen snow-white horses rushed forward in unison, like an army of thousands.
They suddenly stopped by the Shenxiu Lake, stood up, and put down their front hooves with a "bang" almost at the same time.
The eighteen knights in green uniforms were solemn and silent, blending seamlessly with their horses.
"Where is Li Chengkong?" the leading handsome knight Cheng Siqian shouted loudly.
"Here." Li Chengkong stood up.
"Gao Qi, please accept the order!" Cheng Siqian shouted again.
"Your servant Gao Qi welcomes your order!" Gao Qi's voice came from a distance.
The chubby Gao Qi, Qin Tiannan and Han Pingchuan came floating over. Qin Tiannan held Gao Qi with one hand and Han Pingchuan with the other. They came closer in the blink of an eye and bowed to the yellow silk scroll that Cheng Siqian was holding high.
"Gao Qi, receive the decree!" Cheng Siqian slowly unfolded the yellow silk scroll and recited while sitting on his horse: "Order the eunuch Li Chengkong, the supervisor of the Imperial Palace and the vegetable grower of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, to come to the capital immediately to see the emperor. I decree this!"
"Your servant Gao Qi accepts the order." Gao Qi stepped forward and took the imperial edict with both hands.
He looked at the handsome knight: "General Cheng, Li Chengkong..."
"I don't know." Cheng Siqian said solemnly, "Master Gao, I will follow your orders and set off immediately without delay!"
Gao Qi nodded slowly. He certainly understood that it was an urgent summons, otherwise there would be no need to send out the Tianfeng Guards.
He turned his head and looked at Li Chengkong: "Li Chengkong, you go."
Li Chengkong clasped his fists: "Yes."
The imperial edict has been issued, and I have to obey it whether I want to or not. I don’t want to go against the entire court.
"Get on the horse!" Cheng Siqian asked Li Chengkong, "Do you know how to ride?"
Li Chengkong shook his head.
"Your martial arts skills are pretty good. It's very simple. Let's go." Cheng Siqian said.
A knight dismounted lightly and led a majestic white horse to Li Chengkong. Li Chengkong stepped on the stirrups, jumped onto the horse's back, and clung firmly to the saddle.
Cheng Siqian nodded with satisfaction: "Master Gao, goodbye!"
He got off the white horse and turned nimbly, transforming into a beam of white light and shooting out.
Li Chengkong was pulled violently, and the scenery in front of him rushed towards him. When he turned around to say goodbye to Song Minghua, Fu Yuanhu and others, they were already a hundred meters away.
When Li Chengkong made his second move, he had already left the sight of the Xiaoling guards.
The Xiaoling guards were amazed.
Even Gao Qi felt puzzled and looked at Qin Tiannan.
Qin Tiannan shook his head: "I don't know why I urgently summoned him. Although he has good talent, he is not that bad..."
Inside the Xiaoling Mausoleum, only Wang Ruoyu and Luo Qinglan knew that Li Chengkong had reached the Falling Star Realm.
For a eunuch who grows vegetables, using the Tianfeng Guard to pick someone up is too high a standard and far beyond the norm.
No matter how urgent the matter is, how can a vegetable-growing eunuch like him help?
It is even more impossible to punish him. Just an imperial decree will do the job.
"Forget it, it's useless to rack your brains." Gao Qi shook his head and said, "Looking at the meaning of the imperial edict, it's just to summon him for questioning, or to send him back. The emperor attaches great importance to the ancestral rules and will not break this exception."
Qin Tiannan and Han Pingchuan both nodded.
The Xiaoling guards discussed it even more fiercely.
"As expected of Li Chengkong, such a great momentum!"
"Could it be that Li Chengkong has hidden his background? Is he the son of a prince or a noble?"
"Ha, you are really imaginative!"
"What else? The Skywind Guards don't just go out casually."
"Perhaps Li Chengkong has left our Xiaoling Mausoleum and will soar to the sky from now on."
This made everyone laugh.
They all knew it was impossible. No matter how skilled in martial arts or how wise Li Chengkong was, and how he was secretly the best fighter under the commander of the Xiaoling Guard, it was impossible for him to escape from the Xiaoling Mausoleum.
The ancestral system is the ancestral system, and the emperor cannot violate it.
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Li Chengkong felt like he was sitting in a Rolls-Royce.
The white horse under my crotch is galloping at high speed, and the surrounding scenery is flying by, but it is extremely stable, without any bumps at all.
When a purple sun burst out with brilliant light, they arrived outside the capital.
The silver medal held high by Cheng Siqian sparkled in the sun.
With the silver medal, Li Chengkong only had time to take a glance at the towering city walls and towers before rushing through the city gate and entering Shenjing City.
As soon as he entered the city, the noise and the aroma of breakfast rushed towards him.
All Li Chengkong saw was bustling crowds of people.
Cheng Siqian dismounted.
A group of soldiers rushed over from both sides and took away nineteen white horses.
Cheng Siqian pulled Li Chengkong through the crowd, and seventeen guards followed closely behind, forming two layers of a circle to protect them.
In one breath, they arrived outside the Forbidden Palace with its golden walls and red tiles.
