C178 three kowtows

Inside the Fengyang City's inner city guard headquarters.

Reporting to the Lord Commander, Cheng Zhipeng is waiting outside. A person dressed as a general came forward to report.

"Hmph, even if he doesn't come, I will send someone to bring him over! "Men, tie him up first and wait for his orders!" The Commander was enraged and slapped the table as he stood up.

"Commander, this isn't good, right?" That general took two steps forward and whispered into the commander's ear.

"What's wrong with that? If he disobeys the military order, can't I punish him?" The commander's cold words were still directed at him, but his mood had also eased up a bit.

Although County Governor Wu is about to step down, he is, after all, still a county governor. In terms of official position, he is probably slightly ahead of you, even if the military affairs are separated by themselves, but if this matter were to be handled inappropriately and spread out, it would affect your reputation. Furthermore, Wu Daode has heard that he is related to a certain King in the imperial city. "My Lord!" the Consul continued in a low voice.

"Uuu, that's reasonable. But if this disturbance is not resolved in time and once it spreads to His Majesty and gets to him, he will punish me for being a criminal, and my career as a official will be over, because he can't be forgiven in any way. First, he will stop his position and return home to reflect on it, and as for his current position, it will be temporarily taken care of by Cheng Zhipeng's aide at the East City Guards Institution." The commander temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, but he still didn't let it go. However, there was still room for reprieve when it came to punishments.

Although it was said to be big, it was not that there was no room for manoeuvre, it was just small. If there was no guarantee, there would be no possibility of him holding a gun or holding a horse back anymore. However, a remand was much better than a remand and remand. Once demoted, they would never be hired. Even if they were released free in the end, there would no longer be any possibility of a military campaign. Even if someone protected them, they would not be able to do so.

This was just like a person who had been in a prison before. No matter how righteous, helpless, and even framed he was, when he was released from prison he would not be acknowledged by society. He would already be ostracized by society, and even being treated as a beast race was a big problem.

Therefore, to be able to persuade the commander to change from 'expulsive detention' to 'reflective' was already a great concession. But no matter which outcome it was, for Cheng Zhipeng, it was equivalent to the heavens collapsing. It could be said to be a major setback in his life.

Perhaps the Heavens wanted to use this method to train mortals, and as a human, they could choose to give up in defeat, or they could choose to find their own path of light amidst all the thickets and thickets.

"Then, Commander, do you want to see him or not?" the contestant asked cautiously.

"No!" Right now, he especially did not want to hear the three words' Cheng Zhipeng ', and even more so did not want to see him.

"Sigh, then this subordinate will arrange it right away!" The contestant shook his head and answered.

Outside the city gates, all the high ranking officers had already arrived. With such a huge incident, it was hard to protect the city guards from being reprimanded. Thus, almost all the high ranking officers were waiting outside.

"I say, Cheng Zhipeng, what's going on today? My people can see that you led your men all the way through the south side of the city and yet you still want to cut down trees? "If you're sincere, then I'll make a fool of myself, right?" The high-ranking officer in charge of the Southern City's Guard Institution complained.

Because the south side of the city was in the direction of the imperial city, there would only be a small number of soldiers responsible for guarding it during times of war. Of course, the exception were those who were wanted in the city. Therefore, there weren't any garrison stations in the southern part of the city. However, they still needed to take turns to be on duty. If this was a war, all the houses near the city walls would be expropriated, and there wouldn't be a military encampment.

"Old Zhao, I don't even know why I brought people to cut down trees. I didn't know why I did it myself. At that time, there was a voice in my heart telling me that I had to go there and cut down trees! "Sigh, I'm really confused ?" Cheng Zhipeng said as he squatted on the ground with regret written all over his face.

The surrounding generals scoffed at what Cheng Zhipeng had said, thinking that he was just making things up. How could someone do something that they did not even know about? Therefore, no one expressed agreement with Cheng Zhipeng's words. Even the few generals who were on good terms with Cheng Zhipeng had to shake their heads, indicating that Cheng Zhipeng's words were a little absurd.

Of course, those officers who hated Cheng Zhipeng more than ever before would be even more brazen, and would not even be able to keep their mouths shut.

"Hmph, let him be arrogant. He normally acts like he doesn't belong to anyone, but just because he is capable, we are all trash. He deserves it!" I want to see how the Lord Commander will punish him! "

"That's right, that's right. He thinks he has a high level of skill and disdains us. In my opinion, he probably doesn't even put the Commander in his eyes anymore, right?"

"It's not that he doesn't care. I think he wanted to take the commander position and replace it. Isn't he still going out of the city to curry favor with the county governor? What a pity. That county governor is just an unlucky person who is about to die!"

"Haha ?" Everyone laughed.

"Cough, cough!" A cough sounded, interrupting everyone's laughter and cursing.

"Senior general!" When everyone saw this person, all of their smiles disappeared. They all returned to looking solemnly at the entrance, bowing and shouting.

"Is everyone here yet? Everyone has been tired for the entire day and the Commander has been busy all day. We will not see everyone today, let's go back and rest. We will come back tomorrow morning!" Then the general didn't blame the rest and said slowly.

"Yes, your subordinate understands!"

"Oh right, Cheng Zhipeng, after you and your aide-de-de-camp are in contact, the Lord Commander has ordered for you to be suspended for a few days so that you can go back and reflect on your actions. You don't have to burden yourself with it, the Lord Commander is probably angry right now, but when your anger is gone, you will return to your previous position!" The general turned to Cheng Zhipeng and said.

"Master, your subordinate..." Cheng Zhipeng still wanted to explain more, but was cut off.

"Alright, there's no need for you to explain. It's useless for me to listen to you. The Commander is very angry right now, and I can't help you either. You should go home and stay for two days!" In his eyes, Cheng Zhipeng was just a military man leading the troops to war, it was already a great pity for him to be buried here, and now that his position had not been taken, he felt pity for the loss of such a talent.

"Yes, my lord!" When Cheng Zhipeng saw the general's helplessness, he could only bow and accept his orders.

"Un, all of you should leave as well!" After the general finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"Hmph, if I had known earlier, why would I have done what I did before? People should have known when they were alive, wanting to become generals? Dream on! "Let's go!" A certain general who was hostile to Cheng Zhipeng left after leaving behind a few sarcastic words.

All of the generals left, and even the generals who were on good terms with Cheng Zhipeng only went over to his side to pat his shoulders to comfort him, before urging their horses to leave as well.

Cheng Zhipeng was like a frozen eggplant, his entire body withered on the spot. After kneeling on one knee for a long time, he started to slowly remove the armor on his body. His movements were very slow, as if he was afraid that it would break, and as he removed the armor, he gently wiped and stroked it.

The armor that could normally be removed in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea was now taken away by Cheng Zhipeng, but at this moment, he took close to an hour. Finally, reluctantly, he handed over the armor, weapon and seal to the Academy Officer beside him, who was waiting for him.

No one had noticed that at the instant Cheng Zhipeng turned around, two lines of deep tear stains were left on his face. It was said that males didn't easily cry when they had tears, and it wasn't that they didn't know how to cry, it was just that they hadn't reached the point of true sorrow. Perhaps, to Cheng Zhipeng who had lost his dream, who had lost the motivation to move forward, and who had also lost the ability to support his family, this was a much more severe punishment than any punishment.

Fengyang City, the backyard of Situ Family's temporary residence.

"So you two little fellows are hiding here?" Murong Fenghuang's voice suddenly appeared behind Gongsun Ze Tian and Leng Nuohan.

"Auntie Murong, you're here!" Leng Nuohan greeted Murong Fenghuang with a little guilty conscience. After all, she had not formally passed through the gates, and even though she was still young, running around with Gongsun Zaitian like this was still unjustifiable.

"Nuhan, did you get kidnapped by that stinking brat again?" Be careful not to get tricked by him! " Murong Fenghuang saw that Leng Nuohan was embarrassed, and started to joke around with Leng Nuohan. Of course, she could also strike a blow on her own creepy son.

"Mother, she's already my fiancee. Even if I tricked her here, it wouldn't be that big of a deal, right?" Gongsun Ztian retorted with a helpless expression.

"Pfft, the little pervert is shameless!" Murong Fenghuang rolled her eyes at Gongsun Zaitian and said.

"You aren't here to interrupt my good fortune, are you?" Gongsun Ze Tian jokingly said to Murong Fenghuang. Of course, he also gave Leng Nuohan an ambiguous look, but he had also rolled his eyes at Leng Nuohan.

"Devilish brat, what are you saying?" I personally came to invite you to the front hall, and you even carried it and held it. Quickly go and pack up, and follow me to the front hall. The banquet will begin in two hours. " Murong Fenghuang scolded.

"Two hours? That would be four hours. Do we really need to take this long to clean up? " Gongsun Ztian asked with a crying face.

"Hmph, you don't need to pack, my good manners deserve to be tidied up." Go, Norhan, go with Auntie! Who cares about this stinking brat! Wait till he sees his own guest! " Murong Fenghuang was unhappy, hence she pulled Leng Nuohan and wanted to leave.

"Hehe, that's enough. Auntie, stop teasing him." Wu Chi, it is possible that this is the first time you are participating in a banquet hosted by a family. As the host of a banquet, if you want to attend, you have to change your attire. This shows respect to the guests who are attending the banquet, so if you don't go and try on your formal attire, once something goes wrong, you might really ? " Leng Nuohan explained after smiling, but at the end, she did not continue speaking, only her face was red, and from time to time, the corner of her eyes would drift towards Gongsun Ze Tian's butt.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" It's just a meal, isn't it? So troublesome? Is there some other rule? " Although he had read a lot of books on etiquette, he had never understood these books on etiquette in Honglong Continent. He had never thought that one day he would have a headache over these etiquette, or even think that one day he would need to use these etiquette books.

"Yeah, there are a lot of rules. I'll tell you later!" Leng Nuohan laughed, as she instantly saw through Gongsun Zaitian's' weakness'.

"Would there be three kowtows then?" Gongsun Ztian racked his brain and finally thought of a word. He immediately asked. This was also the only form of etiquette he had ever heard. As for what exactly this etiquette was used for, he had no idea. At this moment, Gongsun Zaitian looked up at the sky and asked with an innocent expression while pinching his fingers together.

"Go, I can't be bothered with you!" Leng Nuohan's face became even redder, and she forced herself to hide her bashfulness and awkwardness, before pulling Murong Fenghuang's hand to leave.

At this time, Murong Fenghuang had already lost her voice, and there were even some faint black lines on her face.

On Honglong Continent, there are several ways to kowtow, which are respectively nine kowtows, six kowtows, three kowtows, and ordinary kowtows. The first three were usually used for formal occasions. Normally, they would either kowtow in a normal manner or salute.

The first three kowtows were also very particular. Firstly, the nine kowtows were used when one had the right to open the altar to worship the heavens, and sometimes, one would have to perform such a great ceremony for His Majesty the Emperor on special occasions. Secondly, the six kowtows were usually used for the ceremony of apprenticeship.

In the end, these three kowtows would only be used at one time and would not be used at any other time. At that time, it would be necessary to kowtow to the heavens, to the earth, to the heavens, to complete these three kowtows.

It was no wonder that Leng Nuohan would make such a big fuss out of it. Even Murong Fenghuang, who was standing beside him, was completely shaken by Gongsun Ze Tian's words.

Ignorant and fearless! Fearless, dammit!