Chapter 31: I don't love female red and love spears
When Zhang Hao and Zhu Yuantang arrived, there were crowds of people in front of the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
There is a circle of black-armored guards around, and there are strong bows and crossbows at high places, which are enough to ensure the safety of the city lord's palace.
However, these cannot affect everyone's interest.
The fund-raising has not officially started yet, and the princess has not yet appeared; but everyone is already discussing excitedly.
Zhang Hao only listened for a while, and all he praised was the princess.
Some say that the princess is as beautiful as a fairy, some say that the princess is extremely talented, some say that the princess is well-educated and is not inferior to men...
Zhang Hao pouted. What you are talking about are all hearsay. How about I tell you what I saw in person: the princess is very scheming. City Lord Liu Jingming is very respectful in front of the princess. Ordinary people, I’m afraid it’s true.
I am not qualified to evaluate this princess.
Zhang Hao followed Zhu Yuantang to the palace. There were very few people here, but they all had extraordinary bearings.
Compared to the noise outside, everyone stood quietly and talked quietly in twos and threes.
Zhang Hao's arrival attracted a little attention. From afar, Mu Mingchen waved to Zhang Hao.
"Are you here?" Mu Mingchen was a little concerned. In his opinion, on such an important occasion, Zhang Hao fell short in both status and influence.
Zhang Hao smiled: "Now I represent the Zhang family."
"What a young man." A middle-aged man next to Mu Mingchen said, "Introduce yourself, Mu Bingchuan."
Mu Bingchuan? Who is it? Zhang Hao looked confused.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
You introduce yourself to others,
You think you are great,
You fully thought that people must know you, or at least have heard of your name,
As a result...they looked so cute.
The corners of Zhu Yuantang's mouth twitched, and he couldn't hold back his smile.
Mu Mingchen quickly sent a message: Our head of the family.
Zhang Hao's face changed rapidly, and his cuteness quickly turned into 'stunned' and 'surprised', "Hello, Uncle Mu, I didn't expect to see you so soon. When I was on the way this morning, my dad also said that he was looking forward to it.
Let’s meet and talk with Uncle Mu in person.”
"real?"
"Of course!" Zhang Hao said with certainty.
A smile quickly broke out on Mu Bingbing's face: "That's great, I want to visit you too. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I feel a little nostalgic."
So, the two foxes, one big and one small, looked at each other and smiled, regretting that they had met each other so late~~~
Zhu Yuantang met him and walked towards the back of the city lord's mansion.
After Zhang Hao, Mu Bingchuan, and Mu Mingchen said a few words, City Lord Liu Jingming came out and said, "Everyone, please be quiet."
The sound was so majestic that all noises, whether inside or outside the hall, disappeared instantly.
All the doors of the main hall are opened, and from outside the main hall, you can directly see the throne of the city lord in the north of the main hall.
When everyone calmed down, Liu Jingming stood next to the throne and shouted: "The princess is here."
Zhang Hao also opened his eyes curiously. Although he had spoken to the princess before, they were separated by a bead curtain and could only barely see a hazy silhouette.
The first thing I saw was a fiery red figure!
Zhang Hao's eyes widened. Today's princess was actually wearing a female armor, with a silver-white gold-patterned spear slung across her back.
While walking, the crisp metal collision sound came from the armor.
A white veil blocked the princess's face.
What everyone saw was a general who seemed to be about to go to the battlefield.
Zhang Hao was also stunned.
The last time I saw the princess, she was sitting quietly in the pavilion with the music of the piano playing. She was dressed in plain clothes and perfectly interpreted the limit of "beauty".
But now, why is he wearing a military uniform?
The spear was less than seven feet long, but it was six feet long; it shone with cold light.
Not to mention Zhang Hao was stunned, everyone was stunned.
In the minds of countless people, a princess can be feminine, coquettish, enchanting, or even debauched...
However, no one expected that they would see a princess in military uniform today.
No need for flying swords, just use long spears.
The princess walked quietly to the seat of the city lord, suddenly pulled out the spear from behind, and held a spear in her arm; the shadow of a dragon appeared and let out a silent roar.
Suddenly the princess stopped her momentum, and the tail of the gun was heavily focused on her feet.
"boom……"
The ground shook, and the whole hall was shaking.
But the princess and the spear remained motionless, like a needle that fixed the sea.
A wave of air spreads along with the tide of spiritual energy, and the soothing spiritual mist on the ground of the hall stirs up ripples and spreads outward.
Zhang Hao felt a heavy pressure coming towards his face, making him unsteady on his feet.
Mu Bingbing next to him should help him, otherwise he would make a fool of himself.
After standing firm, Zhang Hao looked at the princess on the high platform with some panic.
Next to him, Mu Bingbing took a deep breath: "Middle stage of Nascent Soul!"
Damn it! Zhang Hao was shocked. He never expected that the cute-looking princess he met last time was actually a master in the middle stage of Nascent Soul!
Zhang Hao asked in a low voice: "Uncle Mu, how old is the princess?"
"It is said that the age of eighteen is never more than 20 years old."
Zhang Hao: ...People are more likely to die than others. My body is also eighteen years old, and I am only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is shameful.
The spiritual mist under her feet continued to roll, and the princess finally spoke. Her voice was no longer sweet, but filled with a certain kind of majesty:
"I see surprise in your eyes!"
Everyone was silent, they were surprised, so surprised.
The princess sighed leisurely, "I have been practicing since I was sensible.
My father kept telling me that our country is in danger.
So, I can't play.
I can't do what I want to do.
Even during my rest time, someone was reading Taoist scriptures.
It wasn't until the beginning of this year that I broke through the mid-Nascent Soul stage and was finally able to learn the piano.
I like to play the piano. On my eighth birthday, the emperor's sister-in-law gave me a piano score, "Green Bamboo in the Wind".
I clean it every day, but it wasn't until this year that I opened the music score for the first time.
I have been waiting for ten years to learn piano."
The long voice made everyone hold their breath.
Even Zhang Hao couldn't help but feel a little pity.
She has an enviable cultivation, but she has put in a lot of hard work that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Youyou's voice continued to float:
"I don't want this kind of life, but I have no choice. Just like our country of Qixia is in the same position, we can only continue to march eastward.
Failure, we marched eastwards.
Victory, we march eastward!
Six days ago, someone told me that the Eastern Expedition was a bottomless pit and a road destined to fail."
Zhang Hao touched his nose. Six days ago, that was him!
Then, Zhang Hao saw that the princess's eyes seemed to sweep over him, and she continued:
"Actually, the reason why we continue to march eastward is because we have no choice. We are at the end of the known world, and our trade routes are monopolized by the East.
Our Eastern Expedition is not for victory.
But for:
Stay alive!
Live with dignity!
We want the countries in the East to know that we can be defeated and die in battle, but we will never accept humiliation."