Chapter 324 Officials of Honghe Temple
Chapter 324
"drive!"
Clamping the horse's belly, the little bird jumped up like a dragon, stepped across layers of space, and landed five or six feet away, splashing dust all over the sky.
Xi Yuyu let out a long neigh, and the white-hoofed crow carried Wang Chong on its back and flew down the dust.
After several months of fattening, Xiaowu's body frame is now much stronger and stronger than before. Although he is not yet an adult, he is not inferior to other adult horses at all, and even still wins.
"Smelly boy, continue!"
On the edge of the training camp, a tall figure stood, seemingly waiting for a long time. Seeing Wang Chong approaching on horseback, he laughed and threw something at him suddenly.
Wang Chong turned sideways, reached out to catch it, and held it in his hand, but it was a bamboo tube the size of a thumb.
"...Stinky boy, when you encounter a problem that you can't solve, open it and have a look. Maybe it can help you."
"Hahaha, thanks, instructor."
Wang Chong raised his hand, put the bamboo tube into his arms, and flew past without stopping, before disappearing into the forest.
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call!
The autumn wind was blowing, and on a bare hillside deep in the mountains, several figures were high-spirited and imposing, standing on the hillside one by one riding tall horses.
These people are in their twenties, male and female, and they have an extraordinary aura of dragons and phoenixes in every gesture. And under their feet, a series of thorns turned into halos vibrated from under the horse's hooves and spread out, making the few people more heroic.
True Martial Realm!
These few people are all masters of true martial arts.
"Is it time to arrive?"
"It's been so long, hasn't it appeared yet?"
"Let so many people wait for him, who does he think he is?"
"People in the Kunwu training camp have a sense of time!"
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bare,
On the exposed red-brown rocky hillside, the war horse sneezed, and several people looked quite impatient.
"Xi Yuyu!"
At this moment, Xi Yuyu's horse neighed suddenly. At first, he was still in another valley, but in the blink of an eye, he came all the way here at high speed.
"Everyone, I've been waiting for a long time!"
The war horse Xi Yuyu and Wang Chong rode the white-hoofed crow, shuttled out of a bush of leaves, and landed on the reddish-brown rocky slope with one leap.
"It should be right, it's here."
Wang Chong glanced at the tall crimson flame flag planted on the hillside behind the three of them, and thought to himself.
The three major training camps of Longwei, Shenwei, and Kunwu have a total of three fixed gathering points for joint trials. According to different classes, the meeting point is also different.
The place where Wang Chong is now is the Dragon and Tiger Flame Banner, which belongs to the highest level, and belongs to the meeting point for the joint trial of the three major training camps.
It was the first time for Wang Chong to participate in this kind of action. He was lost in the mountains for a while just now. Fortunately, he set off early, and the time should be about the same.
"These people have a very high level of cultivation."
Looking away from the crimson flame flag, Wang Chong quickly noticed the three people in front of the flagpole, and the aura of real martial arts spreading out around them.
Wang Chong also didn't know that the people who acted with him this time were all true martial arts masters.
"What's going on? Only now?"
"Let a group of people wait for you, isn't it a bit too pretentious?"
"Are all the people in the Kunwu training camp like this? Sure enough, it's not the same if you come from a lower background!"
...
Just as Wang Chong was about to say hello and introduce himself, there was an ear-piercing voice, and the three of them looked at Wang Chong, all with unkind expressions.
Wang Chong smiled, and the hand that was stretched out retracted again. Obviously, the three people in front of them regard themselves as descendants of the officials in the Kunwu training camp.
Indeed, compared with the people of Longwei and Shenwei, the people in the Kunwu training camp have the worst backgrounds. Like Chen Burang, he is a very ordinary son of Orion.
In this regard, the levels of the two sides are indeed not at the same level.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Wang Chong smiled slightly, but was not angry. Obviously, none of the three recognized him.
"What's going on? Why did Kunwu training camp send such a young guy?"
In the middle, a young man who looked like a son of a prominent family looked Wang Chong up and down, and suddenly seemed to notice something, and cursed.
At this moment, other people also noticed that Wang Chong's face looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old at most, not more than seventeen years old, which was quite different from them.
Those who can appear here are basically people in their 19s and 20s, and they are basically on the same level as Wang Zhuyan and Yinhou.
They're all fairly well-known in their training camps.
Standing next to them, Wang Chong really looked very abrupt.
Not only that, the young man with a national face on the right and thick eyebrows also noticed something else.
"What's the matter, you don't even have the aura of true martial arts? Isn't this going to hold us back?"
Not only was Wang Chong younger than them, but his cultivation base was much lower than them. The horse he got off actually didn't even have the aura of true martial arts.
Not to mention, that horse was still a juvenile!
Such companions are simply wonderful, and they are not at the same level at all. This made everyone more dissatisfied.
Shenwei and Longwei are not at the same level as Kunwu, and this is the feeling of nobles and commoners. But Wang Chong's performance further deepened the estrangement between the two parties.
"This misunderstanding is getting bigger and bigger!"
Wang Chong laughed heartily. From the clothes of these three people, Wang Chong could roughly judge their family origins. It is indeed quite prominent in the capital.
However, in terms of background, I am afraid that none of these three people can compare with him.
However, Wang Chong didn't bother to explain.
It's not his style at all.
"Don't worry, you three, I will definitely not hold you back! If you are in danger, you can leave me alone."
Wang Chong smiled slightly, not angry.
"Hmph! Better not!"
The young man in the center snorted coldly, shook the reins, and Xi Yuyu, united with horse and man, flew down the hillside and headed north.
One, two, three, and finally Wang Chong also drove the white-hoofed crow to leap down the hillside.
The young woman who fell to the back saw Wang Chong's extremely skillful flying movements, and a look of astonishment flashed in her eyes, but she quickly turned her head around, leaped away without saying anything.
The trees on both sides are flying by with lightning speed. In such a complex area, it shows the ability of war horses. The scattered thorns, shrubs, and jagged rocks are easy to be injured if the horses are not strictly trained.
The three originally thought that Wang Chong would not be able to keep up, but soon discovered that Wang Chong's speed could keep up with them.
"Hmph, there are two tricks."
The three snorted coldly, quickly ignored Wang Chong, and headed north.
"This is... don't enter the capital at all!"
Wang Chong followed behind, and soon discovered something strange. Although it can't be seen in the woods, if you look closely, you can still find that the trajectory of the group of people circled a huge arc and directly bypassed the capital.
That is to say, this trip will not enter the capital at all.
"I don't know what the mission is?"
A trace of curiosity suddenly arose in Wang Chong's heart.
About an hour later, a group of people finally walked out of the woods and set foot on the official road, heading north for more than 20 kilometers. In the northwest of the capital, a figure in official uniform, with his hands behind his back and a gloomy face, stood on the official road. Beside him, behind him were several imperial guards from the palace.
"People from Honglu Temple!"
Wang Chong's eyebrows twitched. Among all the officials in the imperial court, the last thing he wanted to see was the people from Honglu Temple. It's not that he has any grievances with the people of Honglu Temple, but the people of the entire capital. I'm afraid most people don't treat the people of Honglu Temple very well.
Because the people of Honglu Temple are extremely protective of people from various tribes, whether it is Dashi, Tiaozhi, or the Western Regions, or people from Uzang, Goguryeo, as long as there is a conflict with people from Zhufan, there must be people from Honglu Temple. people appear.
The most common sentence that the officials of Honglu Temple said was "We are a great country, a country of etiquette, we must be tolerant..." When conflicts arise, it is often the Chinese who suffer.
In the capital, even the descendants of aristocratic families don't like the people from Honglu Temple very much.
However, Honglu Temple also shoulders the mission of diplomacy and has great power. Every year when the various audiences meet, they are arranged by Honglu Temple.
And the Holy Emperor seldom intervened in this area, and basically let it go, which caused Honglu Temple to continue to grow.
Even the children of aristocratic families seldom provoke them, otherwise they would be given a copy by the Holy Emperor by the Honglu Temple, coupled with the impeachment of the imperial censor, the adults in the family would have quite a headache.
"Honglu Temple is only responsible for matters related to Zhufan. That is to say, this task...is related to the Western Regions."
Wang Chong's mind went up and down one after another, and he vaguely guessed something.
The Beiting Protectorate's Mansion in the north is currently in a state of hostility and tense relations with the Eastern and Western Khanates. The appearance of the people from Honglu Temple must not be related to the Turks, so the rest is easy to guess.
Among all the sects, Honglu Temple is most concerned about the relationship between the Western Regions and Dashi, Tiaozhi, and Shendu.
One reason is that this road is far away, much farther than the distance from Middle Earth to the Turkic Grassland, and it is full of hardships and dangers.
On the other hand, it is also because of this road, the area it passes through is too unstable and full of too many uncertainties.
"Silk Road!"
The name of this road flashed through Wang Chong's mind.
In Datang, there is no such name yet. But Wang Chong already roughly knew what this mission was related to.
Since Wang Chong came from the common people's Kunwu training camp, this incident naturally has nothing to do with him. The leading young man from the Longwei training camp quickly stepped forward and completed the handover with the official from the Honglu Temple.
The officials of Honglu Temple nodded, then turned to look at the crowd.
"Go west all the way to the first collection point. Everything has been arranged. I will warn you in advance that once you participate in the operation, even if you die halfway, you must never quit. Everything must be fully obeyed, otherwise all Severe punishment!"
When it came to the end, he was very stern.