Chapter 55: Possession
As early autumn approaches, the morning breeze is chilly.
The hazy fog in the mountains enveloped the empty training ground. The new recruits who had just emerged from their warm beds could not help but hug their arms and shiver when the cold wind blew.
About a quarter of an hour later, amidst a noisy and chaotic scene, the new recruits finally dragged themselves to the training ground and gathered.
Mei Junrong stood at the head of the team, observing the expression of the captain Zhao Yuzhang, and found that her expression did not change from beginning to end, and she did not even frown.
The other ten generals also stood beside the commander like stakes, and did not start to move until Zhao Yuzhang ordered them to take the team list and distribute waist badges to the new recruits.
Ten men stood at the front of the line, calling out names from the recruitment roster. Each person whose name was called would go to that person's side to receive a badge and then line up.
When Mei Junrong heard his name, he looked up and found that it was Zhao Mingyue. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, wondering how it was such a coincidence that he was caught in Princess Mingyue's trap.
At that time, she deliberately lost to Zhao Mingyue in the arena competition, so that she was able to get rid of her father and successfully join the army.
Although she admired Princess Mingyue's character, she was still a little dissatisfied with her martial arts.
She walked forward to receive the badge, then stood in the queue. She then looked at the badge and found that it had her name and a number written on it. She thought it was for identification, so she hung it around her waist.
Who would have thought that just as she fastened her badge and looked up, she saw Liu Xiangyi walking towards her and standing on her right.
She frowned immediately. Why was she on the same team with this guy? What bad luck!
Who would have thought that Liu Xiangyi seemed to have forgotten all about the quarrel last night. She elbowed her and hit her arm, saying with a smile, "What a coincidence, we are actually in the same team."
Mei Junrong turned away with a cold face, not wanting to pay attention to her. Liu Xiangyi felt bored and stopped talking.
Soon, the recruits were divided into ten groups, with 108 people in each group. The generals led their troops away and began training.
The training was very easy at the beginning. It was just to follow Zhao Mingyue's flag command to turn left and right, and then go further to move forward and backward.
Mei Junrong was able to complete it accurately every time, but Liu Xiangyi next to her always turned the wrong side.
"Why did you go the wrong way even though you were looking at the direction of the command flag?" Face to face with Liu Xiangyi again, she finally couldn't help but ask.
Liu Xiangyi smiled indifferently, "I can't tell left from right, and I can't understand the flag orders. Is this my fault? Besides, being a soldier and practicing these things is too boring." As she spoke, she yawned.
Mei Junrong was very annoyed by her nonchalant look and wanted to say something else when he suddenly heard a burst of laughter coming from outside the training ground.
Everyone immediately turned around and saw a group of people wearing Left Eagle Guard uniforms standing outside the camp gate, looking at the joke.
The leader was Cai Shang.
Since Xie Qinjian was imprisoned, he quickly got promoted by flattering others, and now he is a sixth-rank chief.
He heard that the Jinwu Guards were training here, so he asked his superiors to find out the military situation and brought his men over to watch them train.
Seeing the soldiers led by Zhao Mingyue couldn't even understand the flag orders, and their training was a mess and not in unison at all, he immediately laughed out loud.
He still remembered the revenge for being kicked out for giving gifts to Zhao Mingyue last time!
"Hahahaha...that's all. You still want to compete with our Left Eagle Guard? You'd better go home and get married!"
"Brothers, look, that girl in the fourth row and eighth column is pretty. Why don't you marry me?"
"I've always said that women are naturally weak and not cut out for military service. Do you want to join the battlefield and make the enemy laugh to death?"
Zhao Mingyue was already a little angry when she saw the messy team. When she heard the voice, she immediately turned to look at the group of Zuo Yingwei outside the camp gate.
Cai Shang, who was laughing triumphantly, was frightened by her look. He choked on his saliva, and his face turned purple. He bent over and started coughing.
When he raised his head again, he saw Zhao Mingyue pointing an arrow at him, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
The soldier next to him was also silent, with a look of horror on his face.
Cai Shang stumbled and stepped back carefully, "No, no, Princess, I'm not laughing at you——"
Before he could finish his words, a sharp arrow shot out and hit his head with a bang, and his helmet fell off.
"roll!"
Cai Shang was so shocked that he felt dizzy. He did not dare to pick up his helmet. He turned around and ran away in panic with his men.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha..." This time it was the turn of the girls from the Jinwu Guard to laugh out loud.
Zhao Mingyue put down the bow and arrow and slowly glanced at them.
Facing Princess Mingyue's clear yet sharp gaze, everyone felt a chill down their spines and their laughter stopped abruptly.
Zhao Mingyue said sternly, "Keep practicing! If you don't finish practicing, don't even think about eating today!"
Everyone was startled and immediately stood up straight, no longer daring to laugh and continued to follow orders and train.
Before they knew it, a whole morning had passed. Everyone was exhausted and their stomachs were growling with hunger.
Seeing the sun rising to the top of their heads, the soldiers were sweating profusely, but they did not dare to raise their hands to wipe it off. After all, the last person who disobeyed military orders, Liu Xiangyi, had been called to the front of the team to be punished.
Zhao Mingyue's voice was a little hoarse. She had never thought that training soldiers would be such a difficult thing.
It is even more difficult to train these people into an elite force that obeys orders and is unstoppable.
At this time, the soldier guarding the camp gate came to report that Empress Dowager Chi had sent someone. Zhao Mingyue misheard and thought that Chi Luo had come in person, so she immediately asked him to come in.
When the person came, he found that it was Danying, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.
"The master is worried that the princess will hurt her throat from shouting, so he asked me to bring her some honey water to moisten her throat and quench her thirst." Danying said with a smile, opened the red food box in her hand, and took out a bowl of sweet honey water.
Zhao Mingyue took a look and saw a few osmanthus petals floating on the crystal clear honey water, and the fragrance was overflowing.
She couldn't help swallowing and was about to take it when she suddenly realized something. She turned around and saw the soldiers stretching their necks and drooling.
Zhao Mingyue lowered her voice and asked, "Why just this one bowl?"
Danying chuckled, "Princess, do you want me to prepare a bowl for each of us? This honey is expensive, and I don't have that much money to buy it."
Zhao Mingyue had no choice but to give up the idea, but she was too embarrassed to drink it alone. Suddenly, she had an idea and said to the soldiers, "Wait, whoever performs well will get this bowl of honey water as a reward!"
Everyone immediately shook off their lethargy and trained even harder as if they were energized.
In the end, the bowl of honey water naturally fell into Mei Junrong's hands, making the others so envious that their eyes turned red.
She stood in front of the line and drank it all up happily, licking the corner of her mouth. She burped at Liu Xiangyi, who was standing next to her as punishment, and said with a smug smile, "It's really delicious."
Liu Xiangyi, who was dizzy and had a dry mouth due to the sun, suddenly fell backwards in anger.
Danying watched their training and then said goodbye and left.
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"How is their training going?" Chi Lan gently stirred the rice soup in her hand with a spoon. The spoon occasionally hit the edge of the bowl, making a crisp sound.
Dan-young replied, "I see the princess is training very well and is very motivated. She even gave honey water to her subordinates as a reward. But... isn't it a bit too hard?"
Chi Li continued stirring the rice soup in her hand, not even looking up at what she said. "She promised me herself that the Golden Crow Guard would take first place. How could I possibly stop her? Besides, the most important skill of a truly famous general is the ability to train an elite army. What good is a general who can't train his troops?"
Danying didn't know if the "she" Chi Yan was referring to was Princess Mingyue or Princess Zhaoqing. After all, she was completely clueless about military tactics, so she smiled and said, "My master is right."
Anyway, you will never go wrong if you follow your master's words.
Chi Li put down the rice soup in her hand and said, "Okay, go call Ling Qiong over."
Dan Ying agreed and turned to leave. A quarter of an hour later, Ling Qiong came in, bowed to Chi Lun first, and then stood in front of her to listen to her orders.
Chi Li glanced at her and asked, "How is Xie Qinjian?"
Ling Qiong replied, "He has already had his cheek tattooed and has been shackled. He will be escorted to Nanzhou tomorrow."
Chi Li's lips curled slightly, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. "Since he's leaving tomorrow, I'll give him this bowl of rice soup. I hope nothing happens to him during his exile."
Ling Qiong was bewildered. Xie Qinjian had done so many bad things, so why did Chi Qiong still reward him with food?
But she didn't dare to ask more questions. She responded respectfully and left with the bowl of rice soup.
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The next morning, two male policemen escorted Xie Qinjian out of the capital and slowly walked south along the official road.
Xie Qinjian was covered in wounds, wearing an iron shackle, and his hands and feet were shackled. Every step he took was painful, and he was in so much pain that he could only beg the messenger to walk slower.
The two officers would never listen to him. They raised their sticks and hit him on the back, cursing, "You unlucky thing! Do you think you are a master of the Zhen Mansion? Get out of here now, don't delay my stay tonight."
Xie Qinjian didn't dare to speak anymore. He could only drag his broken body and move forward while enduring the pain.
In his mind, he still called out to that mysterious living god, "Please save me! If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Nanzhou and will die!"
But at this moment, the voice did not respond.
Xie Qinjian was suddenly filled with despair and wanted to shout a few more times, but suddenly, several rapid bowstring sounds were heard from the dense forests on both sides.
Before he could react, the two policemen fell to the ground. His chests were pierced by wolf-tooth arrows, and blood was flowing all over the floor.
Xie Qinjian opened his mouth in shock, "Could it be that he is here to save me?"
He was filled with joy and walked towards the woods with a loud laugh. But the next moment, several men in black rushed out, holding long knives and chopped at him.
Xie Qinjian was so frightened that he turned around and ran, shouting, "Help!" But he was tied with iron chains and could not run fast. He stumbled and fell to the ground.
He turned around in panic and saw the man in black slashing at his face with a long knife. He closed his eyes in fear.
At this moment, a voice sounded in my mind, "Give me your body, I can save you."
If it were under normal circumstances, Xie Qinjian would definitely be vigilant, but now that life and death are at stake, he has no time to think.
Moreover, Xie Qinjian had received a lot of help from this voice and trusted it very much, so the moment he heard this request, he immediately agreed.
The next moment, Xie Qinjian opened his eyes, and his expression changed completely. His cold eyes stared directly at the knife that was chopped in front of him. He raised his hand, and the chain in his hand caught the blade. With a snap, the knife broke.
Broken fragments flew out, and the remaining men in black fell to the ground.
"Xie Qinjian" stood up and pinched the iron shackle on his body, just like pinching a piece of bread. With a little force, the iron shackle broke into powder.
He lowered his head, looked at Xie Qinjian's hands, and a smile of success slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Give me your body, and I will make you the most perfect protagonist in this world."
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