Chapter 75 I take a wedding leave
Inside the Imperial Palace of Beijing
Emperor Zhengde took Ou Zanghua's letter and asked with some dissatisfaction, "Mr. Ou wants to ask for leave?"

"Your Majesty, I am old and have not yet married. I am a little anxious, so I asked for leave to return to my hometown to get married." Ou Zanghua stood at the door with a very calm expression.

"How can you say that?"

Emperor Zhengde stood up and said, "It seems that there are no women for my third place in the imperial examination. Today I will give you twelve beauties. You can take them back and make one a day."

"I thank the Emperor for his grace, but there are three thousand rivers, and I only take one scoop."

"Then I'll give you the most beautiful one!"

Ou Zanghua looked at Emperor Zhengde speechlessly. Is this kid pretending to be stupid in front of him?

"Don't talk about asking for leave. I can't live without you, Mr. Ou." Seeing that Ou Zanghua didn't say anything, Emperor Zhengde thought he was moved, so he spoke to comfort him.

This is called the art of emperorship!
Ou Zanghua lowered his head and looked docile. Who the hell wants to be called into the palace for a fight by you every few days!

He saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for what you said. However, a man without loyalty and trustworthiness cannot survive in this world. Before I set out, I made a promise to my sweetheart that we would be married when our names were on the list of successful candidates."

"Are you so confident that you can pass the imperial examination?" Emperor Zhengde asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, if I didn't have confidence, I wouldn't have rushed to the capital in winter." Ou Zanghua smiled. He still had some confidence.

Emperor Zhengde understood that this was a manifestation of absolute confidence in one's own field, and he also had this feeling in military affairs.

"Why did you make such a boast? What should we do now?" Emperor Zhengde returned to his seat, picked up the leave application letter, looked at it, and said, "You want to ask for another six months?!"

"My home is in Huguang, and it takes more than two months to go back and forth." Ou Zanghua sighed. There was nothing he could do about it. Transportation in this era could not be forced.

Therefore, Ou Zanghua couldn't figure out what sutra Zuo Lengchan had typed wrong that he actually wanted to merge the Five Mountains. It took two months for one order to be processed. It was the same whether they merged or not!

"You need more than three months to get married?" Emperor Zhengde shook his head and said, "I can't approve it for that long."

"What does your Majesty mean?"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "I will give you as many days as you can hold out in my hands."

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After all this time, they still had to fight.

Before, he didn't have enough internal strength, so he could only fight against Emperor Zhengde for twenty moves or so. Now, with the foundation of "Five Dragons Magical Art", he should be able to fight for more than a hundred moves.

Thinking of this, Ou Zanghua's expression became more serious and he said, "Your Majesty, I am sorry for the offense."

"Hehe." After hearing this, Emperor Zhengde laughed loudly.

He walked directly outside and said, "Mr. Ou, today you will see my true strength."

Ou Zanghua was shocked and quickly added: "Your Majesty, in fact, the sound wave power that I am good at, the original "Exquisite and Ultimate Sound Thirteen Chapters" is the best in the world!"

"What's the point of being good at that stuff? It's flashy and useless." Emperor Zhengde glanced at Ou Zanghua, his face full of incomprehension and disrespect.

"Gaudy but not practical?"

"That's right! You can kill the enemy with a single stab of your sword, so why bother with sonic waves? It's a waste of time."

Eh?
Ou Zanghua was stunned. Why did he feel that what Emperor Zhengde said made some sense?

The imperial city’s martial arts training ground is located in the southwest corner of the inner city. It is the place where court warriors train and compete in martial arts competitions. It is called Wuying Hall.

The Wuying Hall is magnificent. The entire hall is built with a wooden structure and the roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles, which looks very magnificent.

Before Emperor Zhengde came over, the eunuchs had already cleared the area. In the entire hall, there were only rows of weapon racks, and eunuchs and palace maids standing by the pillars waiting to be summoned.

Emperor Zhengde looked back at Ou Zanghua and suddenly shouted, "Someone come."

The nearest maid lowered her head and walked over, answering, "I am here."

"Take Ou Qing to change into a set of clothes. Wearing court robes will affect your performance." Emperor Zhengde pointed at Ou Zanghua and said with a smile: "This is also to prevent you from looking for excuses after losing."

"Your Majesty, I am not that kind of person."

After Ou Zanghua changed into a dark blue Taoist robe, which was knee-length and had sleeves one foot and four inches wide, with sleeve length adjusted to the body. It was the most common Taoist robe, the one Taoists wore daily. Not long after, Emperor Zhengde changed into a yellow Taoist robe and came out with a long stick in his hand.

This time he did not use a stick that reached his eyebrows, but a two-meter-long Panlong stick.

Emperor Zhengde poked the long stick into the ground and said calmly: "The essence of my stick training is to practice spear and lance, and the purpose is to personally take off the enemy's head on the battlefield one day."

Ou Zanghua held the sword and said seriously: "Your Majesty's ambition is the direction of my struggle."

"Hahaha, Lord Ou, this is why I like you." Emperor Zhengde raised his long stick and performed the Taigong Fishing Style from Wulang's stick technique.

"Come!"

Ou Zanghua pointed his toes and rushed out like an arrow.

The second move of the Thirty-Six Moves of the Returning Wind and Falling Wild Goose Sword: Sword brings down two geese!

Ou Zanghua was seen stabbing the emperor Zhengde in the chest with his long sword.

But Emperor Zhengde's Taigong fishing style was quite steady. He withdrew his body slightly, blocked the long stick, and immediately swept the stick to counterattack.

Ou Zanghua's reaction was equally quick. He stepped back to dodge, and swung his sword back to meet the attack. He used the fifth move of the Huifeng Luoyan Sword, Qingyin Huifeng, and aimed directly at the face of Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde dodged by leaping and striking down with his spear with one hand.

Ou Zanghua dodged sideways and turned his sword as it thrust forward, intending to surrender.

However, Emperor Zhengde smiled slightly, and using his waist to exert force, he actually twisted the two-meter-long Panlong stick, making the stick ring thick and round.

Both sides used their weapons in succession, but the longer the weapon, the stronger it is. Ou Zanghua could not keep up with the rhythm of Emperor Zhengde.

So he stopped suddenly, turned around and left the tangle area, and at the same time took the opportunity to close the distance between the two people, using the third move of Huifeng Luoyan Sword, Huiyan Sanjue, to chop the Emperor Zhengde's long stick three times in a row.

Emperor Zhengde took advantage of the situation and used a move from the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear - Phoenix Nodding. With the help of his strong internal strength, the long staff almost knocked Ou Zanghua's sword off his feet.

Fortunately, Ou Zanghua reacted quickly and kicked the sword directly, pushing Emperor Zhengde's long stick back.

Ou Zanghua immediately began to attack the lower body of Emperor Zhengde, with the shadow of the sword following him, as fast as a cannibal.

Emperor Zhengde was not in a hurry. He dragged one end of his long stick on the ground and used the move of Taigong paddling the oar with great ease, as if he had seen through Ou Zanghua's moves and blocked his attack coefficient.

The two men fought extremely quickly, with the sword energy and stick power canceling each other out, and for a moment they were evenly matched.

Emperor Zhengde became more and more excited as the battle went on, but he became more sober inside. He kept adapting to Ou Zanghua's progress, and then fought back with a stronger attitude.

In the end, he was so absorbed in the fighting that he suddenly launched a counterattack.

Even though his waist hadn't turned yet, the stick was already in front of him.

Ou Zanghua tilted his head and the long stick poked past his ear.

"happy!"

Emperor Zhengde was stunned, retracted his long stick and said, "Ou Qing, your martial arts have improved greatly!"

"Huh." Ou Zanghua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Your Majesty's martial arts are even better, and I am still far behind."

"That's too modest. You were indeed far behind before, but now you can see my shadow. That's good!" Emperor Zhengde patted Ou Zanghua's shoulder happily. Is this what it feels like to cultivate top talents?
No wonder Emperor Wu of Han couldn't stop after training Huo Qubing, and was willing to spend so many resources on even a Li Guangli.

"By the way, how many moves did we just make?" Emperor Zhengde asked a eunuch not far away.

The eunuch bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, there are a total of 113 moves."

"There are actually 113 moves?" Emperor Zhengde was stunned, then he sighed and said, "I never joke. Since I promised you that I would give you as many days off as you take on, I won't change my mind. More than 100 days, should be enough for you to get married!"

"Your Majesty, I thank you!" Ou Zanghua happily bowed his hands in thanks. More than one hundred and ten days were enough for him to do a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)