The entire east facing street was washed with clean water, and the walls and roofs of Duke Anguo's mansion were kept spotless. The servants and servants in the mansion were all put on neat new clothes. There were guards guarding the intersections at both ends. Invited strangers are not allowed to approach.
Jiang Li and Ding Qi were drinking tea in the concierge. All the guests who came to the door today were important guests. Except for those who had to be greeted by Jiang Tong in person, the two of them were responsible for welcoming the rest.
"Eldest brother has been free from worldly affairs these years and has been able to concentrate on training. Now he is about to hit the bottleneck of the dominating knight?" Ding Qi specially found a topic.
Jiang Li glanced at Ding Qi and said, "You want to mock me for not having a breakthrough despite my age, right?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, I haven't even reached the late stage of Fearless Knight, how dare I laugh at my elder brother." Ding Qi was very embarrassed.
"That's because you were injured. Who doesn't know that you were promoted to the Fearless Knight at the age of thirty-one? The only younger sister in the Jiang family can compete with you. It has been sixteen years since you have entered the late stage. It seems that the injury has affected you. It's very big." Jiang Li was reluctant to talk about his own cultivation, but he was quite concerned about Ding Qi.
"It would be good if I could save a life." Ding Qi still had lingering fear in his heart.
"I went to the scene the next day to check. I saw that the ground was charred and black, with corpses strewn everywhere. However, my sister's body was not found, only fragments of her clothes were scattered on the ground. What happened at that time? Please tell me now while no one is there. ." Jiang Li was very worried about the attack on the Ding family.
"At that time, the sky was filled with lightning as thick as an arm, covering hundreds of meters in radius, and black lines several meters long even appeared around it. It is estimated that these black lines are space cracks that can suck in nearby things.
One of the black lines appeared next to Ting'er's carriage. I was hiding from the lightning while holding Kui'er in my arms. I could only watch as Ting'er was sucked in. Before that, Ting'er had died from the poisonous arrow in her body.
Later, the lightning was so dense that I really couldn't dodge it, so I had to use my luck and fighting spirit to resist. It wasn't until my fighting spirit was exhausted that I crushed the three ancestral talismans. Only then could I hold on until the lightning ended. Finally, a bolt of lightning penetrated the talisman.
I no longer have fighting energy to protect myself. In order to prevent Kui'er in my arms from being injured, I had to resist with my back. From that day on, the seventh meridian flowing through my back was not smooth. Even after taking so many elixirs, it could not be completely repaired. , I'm afraid I won't make any progress in this life." Thinking of this, Ding Qi's face turned gloomy.
"Poison arrows? Archers in our country rarely use poison. Wan Mai, the commander-in-chief of Jiang's bodyguard, is good at traps and never uses poison."
"Some time ago, there was accurate information confirming that the action that night was planned by the Supervision Department of Cao State, and there were people with high status in our country as internal agents." Ding Qi said harshly.
"Cao Guo? Internal response? Why didn't you tell me earlier? The Jiang family will use all their strength to find out who is causing trouble. I swear I will not be a human being unless I take revenge." Jiang Li crushed the tea cup in his hand.
"I was still in a distant place when I got the information, and I didn't have time to tell you." Ding Qi couldn't tell him about being a spy in Lu State.
"Commander of the Commander-in-Chief, Prince Wuwei has arrived." The guard outside the door shouted loudly.
"Shao Dianzhang is here. He doesn't know you, so I'd better greet you." Jiang Li straightened his clothes and walked out of the concierge.
Shaodian Akira was promoted to the Master Knight, and before he was awarded the title of "Prince of Martial Power", he basically worked hard at home and never met Ding Qi, a prominent figure in the capital's dandy class.
When Ding Qi was young, he lived a willful life in the capital. He punched the king's relatives and kicked the powerful children. He got into many troubles, but he also got to know many people.
"The seventh elder of the Senate, Duke Wei, has arrived." Not long after Jiang Li left, someone shouted again from outside the door.
Ding Qi tugged at the corner of his clothes, helped put on his clothes, and walked out of the concierge with a smile on his face.
"My nephew Ding Qi pays homage to Mr. Long." Ding Qi walked to the foot of the steps and saluted Mr. Long.
"Haha, it's nephew Ding Xian. I haven't seen you for a long time. You look quite energetic. Come on, let me see how powerful your father-in-law is now. It will be more difficult to see him in the future."
Long Dang brought his son Long Kun, the commander of the equipment department, with him. With his father, Long Kun's name was naturally not revealed.
Ding Qi welcomed Long Dang and others into the main hall of the middle courtyard.
Jiang Xi was responsible for accompanying the guests in the main hall. He was chatting with his immediate boss, Shaodian Zhang.
"Duke Wei has arrived, and Commander Long must have come with him." When guests enter the middle courtyard, the servants will call them by name, so Jiang Xi can know who is coming in advance.
Shaodianzhang had sharp eyes and saw the crowd walking towards the main hall early. He asked: "Who is leading the way for Duke Wei?"
"I don't know you, sir. He is the Protector Hou Dingqi, my brother-in-law." Jiang Xi looked at Shaodianzhang in surprise. Doesn't this commander-in-chief of the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion want to know the history of the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion?
"Oh, it's your predecessor's son." Shaodian Zhang came to his senses. At this moment, he had many complaints in his heart, but every one of them involved the king's taboos, so he had to keep it in his stomach.
The Ding family is known as the cornerstone of the military, but after Shao Dianzhang took office, this cornerstone was no different than being poached; the staff department headed by Ding Dao had never given his predecessor a headache, but Jiang Xi had serious problems during his tenure.
The suspicion of wading water is based on the premise of not offending and not taking the blame; the Eighth Army, which is listed as the "Three Ace Army", is currently in a state of semi-exile. Let alone being sent to the battlefield, it is lucky to avoid civil strife.
All these things made Shaodianzhang, the leader of the military, very depressed. He might have become the most frustrated commander in the history of Shaodian Kingdom. If it weren't for the fierce internal fighting between Qi and Cao, Cao State would have suffered a big loss in Kaoshan Town, and few people would be able to do so.
Years have not slowed down, and it is difficult for Shaodianzhang to ensure that Shaodian's army will not suffer defeat in foreign battles.
All the current situation is attributed to Shaodiandan's succession. The situation that Wang ** turned into is inextricably linked to Ding Dao's suicide. Shaodianzhang was promoted by Shaodiandan, and even if he knew the reason, he would not
Dare to say it, seeing Ding Qi's mood was very complicated.
"Mr. Long, please come inside. Please sit down for a while. My nephew has sent someone to inform my father. He will come out later." Jiang Xi welcomed Long Dang and the others into the main hall.
Jiang Tong was chatting with Ding Kui in the backyard. As the protagonist of this grand ceremony, he would not show up in the main hall until half of the guests had passed. As he entered the seventh level, he always had to have some attitude.
"Grandpa, I only know that when fighting spirit reaches the stage of dominating knight, fighting energy takes shape and can form specific things. Then what form does it take when it reaches the stage of legendary knight?" Ding Kui found an opportunity to ask this question that he had speculated for a long time.
"Well, let alone you, I didn't know it before I broke through. It wasn't until I stepped into this realm that I understood why my predecessors didn't talk about it. People who haven't reached this realm can't understand the changes in fighting spirit at this level.
It’s not that I didn’t tell you, because if you know it now, it will cause you trouble in the process of promotion in the future, thus blocking your path to promotion.
There are many legendary knights and epic knights among the ancestors of the Jiang family, but there are no records describing their fighting spirit in the inheritance. There are even ancestral instructions passed down, and people are not allowed to ask about their training experience above the seventh level.
I have asked several other families, and their inheritance is like this. They are not allowed to tell their descendants about the realm above level seven. This is a tradition of knights. People with combat power above level seven are not allowed to take action at will. Part of the reason is to worry about the impact.
Junior." Jiang Tong carefully considered the words to explain to Ding Kui, worried that saying something wrong would affect Ding Kui's future cultivation.
Come on, why is this thing so mysterious? It is probably a state that will subvert cognition. Based on the physical laws of the earth, we can speculate that the fighting spirit filling corresponds to the fighting blade knight, the fighting spirit separated from the body corresponds to the shield-breaking knight, and the fighting spirit turns into a shield-breaking knight.
The armor corresponds to the fearless knight, and the fighting spirit's transformation corresponds to the dominating knight. Shouldn't the legendary knight's fighting spirit become a physical thing?
Ding Kui pretended to be taught, but he still couldn't help but guess.
"Dong Wen, the fourth elder of the Senate, has arrived."
"The ninth elder of the Senate, Duke Rong, has arrived."
"The sixth elder of the Senate, Duke Lu Guo, has arrived."
"President of the Magic Association is here."
"The second elder of the Senate, Duke Zhongguo, has arrived."
"Prince Rongzheng of the Knights will arrive."
"The Grand Elder of the Senate, Duke Ding, has arrived."
Jiang Tong's "Promotion Ceremony" will be held at noon, and all invited guests will come before noon. The interval between their arrivals is not long, and most of the 66 guests have come one after another.
When Yang Zhao arrived, Jiang Tong brought Ding Kui to the main hall. Jiang and Yang were considered in-laws and had a close relationship. Yang Ling, the widow of Jiang Tong's grandson Jiang Qi, was still in the Anguo Palace, and Yang Zhao was still a member of the Senate. He came to Jiang.
I need to give you some face.
Most of the guests present were old acquaintances of Jiang Tong, and those who were not familiar with him had met Jiang Tong many times, but no one knew the fifteen-year-old young man beside him.
"Let me guess whose child this is," Yang Zhao usually spoke casually to Jiang Tong, "could he be the grandson of the in-laws? There are not many people who can take you with you on such occasions.
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"Kui'er, come and see Duke Dingguo." Jiang Tong did not deny it.
"Ding Kui pays homage to Duke Dingguo."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are the little hero who fought against the demon rats. The Senate even held a special meeting for your sake, breaking the rules that have been followed for thousands of years, making us old guys very embarrassed."
Yang Zhao, the leader of the kingdom's nobles, had an impression of Ding Kui.
"At the age of fourteen, he accomplished the great feat of breaking the earth and sealing the city. Who else in the history of Shaodian Kingdom? If there were more people and things like this in the kingdom, I would be happy to hold more special meetings." Zhongguo Gong Xuanyuan Xiong
His attitude is different from that of Yang Zhao, but there is some suspicion of over-praising him.
"That's a coincidence. Sixth-level magic rats, except for Brother Jiang, which one of you has the ability to kill them at will? When the Ding family was at its peak, it was not possible to deal with a sixth-level magic beast in its full state.
You people, please don't praise the children. If Master Gongliang hadn't hit the Demon Rat with magic, Fuji would have another round of battle with the Demon Rat. It would be very dangerous for them to encounter the Demon Rat.
"Only Long Dang dares to say such words that may offend others.