Origin

With more than 2,000 people, it is impossible to ask questions one by one and conduct complex screening. We can only eliminate them in a targeted manner.

Since there was not much time, Wu Zhongyuan did not hesitate. After looking around at everyone, he whispered to Zhu Qianwei, "Eliminate the only son."

He could have spoken out in person, but he asked Zhu Qianwei to do it for two reasons. First, as the Yellow Emperor, it was not appropriate to yell. The second is to deliberately highlight the identity of Zhu Qianwei's personal commander.

"If you are an only son and daughter in the family, you should step back ten feet." Zhu Qianwei said with anger.

The candidates who retreated knew that they had lost the election, but they had no resentment in their hearts because Wu Zhongyuan's move made it clear that he would keep them away from danger and return home to fulfill their filial piety.

There were not many only children at this time, and this move only removed more than two hundred people.

Wu Zhongyuan said again, "If I asked you to kill your parents, would you kill them or not? Those who kill will be on the left, and those who don't will be on the right."

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Zhu Qianwei was stunned for a moment, then spoke up and relayed the words.

After Zhu Qianwei finished speaking, the candidates were stunned. This question could no longer be described as strange, it could only be called poisonous. This was asking everyone to choose between loyalty and filial piety. No matter how you answer this question, it would be wrong. If you don't How could Huang Di keep them by his side if they obeyed Huang Di's orders? But if you kill your own parents, it is an out-and-out treason. How could the Yellow Emperor trust and retain such a person?

When everyone was shocked and looking at each other, Wang Xinran was the first to make a move, leaving the queue and walking north. Everyone stood facing east at this time. For everyone, north means left, and left means killing.

While everyone was hesitating, Wang Xinran moved north alone, looking very dazzling. Wherever he went, many people noticed.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't give everyone much time to think. When Wang Xinran left the team, he tilted his head and glanced at Zhu Qianwei.

Zhu Qianwei understood, raised his voice and shouted to urge.

Under Zhu Qianwei's urging, the candidates began to divide into the left and right, and after a few minutes they were divided into two teams. There were more than 700 people who disobeyed the order, and twice as many who followed the order.

"They should obey my orders, and they should trust that I will not let them kill their parents." Wu Zhongyuan said calmly.

Before that, Zhu Qianwei had been deliberating on the correct answer. Only after hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words did he suddenly realize it and speak out to convey it.

Everyone felt aggrieved after losing the election,

There were so many worries and complaints that they did not dare to complain about Wu Zhongyuan, but the implication was that Wu Zhongyuan asked them to kill their parents, and now Wu Zhongyuan said that he would not issue such an order.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't need to speak, Zhu Qianwei responded on his behalf, "If you don't understand what the Holy One just said, how can you complain?"

After Zhu Qianwei finished speaking, the complaints were greatly reduced, but there were still criticisms.

Zhu Qianwei said again, "If your parents were disobedient and rebelled, wouldn't you have to sacrifice your loyalty for filial piety?"

As soon as these words came out, there were no complaints at all, and those who lost the election were only left with regrets. Zhu Qianwei was right, if it was between two choices, if they would not necessarily do that, their choice to disobey would certainly fulfill their filial piety, but at the same time it would also Losing loyalty to the emperor, to put it bluntly, means that the subjective consciousness is greater than the obedience consciousness. Huangdi will naturally not stay with such a person.

Now that there are still more than 1,400 people left, Wu Zhongyuan raised a third question, "The queen was attacked while bathing. Will you go in to save her? Those who save will be on the left, and those who don't will be on the right."

Zhu Qianwei conveyed it loudly as usual.

This question is also very poisonous. Not saving her would be dereliction of duty, and saving her would be disrespectful of etiquette. You must know that the queen encountered danger while taking a bath. If you rush in, you will definitely see something you shouldn't see.

While the male candidates hesitated, the female candidates walked to the left one after another.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qianwei said loudly, "For women, the one who is in danger in the bath is the Yellow Emperor."

As soon as Zhu Qianwei said these words, all the candidate women walking to the left stopped. The queen and the concubine were in danger, they would definitely go in to rescue and protect them, but the Yellow Emperor was the opposite sex to them, so they rushed in to avoid seeing the No Evil One. thing.

Wang Xinran was also walking to the left. Hearing Zhu Qianwei's words, the other women stopped and hesitated, but she did not. She immediately changed to walking to the right, and did not save her.

"As a royal guard, our duty is to protect the royal family. If the queen is in danger, we should rescue her. We are willing to commit suicide afterwards, in the name of the queen." A candidate shouted loudly.

"Just choose left and right, no need to say anything else." Zhu Qianwei said in a deep voice.

Either dereliction of duty or breach of etiquette are serious faults. How do you choose?

Wang Xinran was the first to make a choice. Since she made the right choice last time, many people placed bets on her and stood on the right side like her.

But what the person who spoke out before made sense. As a member of the Royal Guards, you should risk your life to protect the royal family. At worst, you should commit suicide afterwards.

After a while, everyone selected the left and right, four hundred for those who would be saved, and one thousand for those who would not.

"The Queen's mother-in-law honors the world, and no one is allowed to blaspheme or offend her, including you." Wu Zhongyuan said calmly.

Zhu Qianwei spread the news as usual.

As soon as these words came out, the four hundred people who chose to rush in for the rescue were all depressed and disappointed, and there were inevitably some unhappy people who would whisper and slander.

Zhu Qianwei glanced at Wu Zhongyuan with a pleading look, and seeing that he had no objection, he shouted loudly, "Stop making noises. The Queen's Bathhouse was attacked, and the Holy One will deal with it. Why should you wait for someone else to do it for you? It is your own fault to commit suicide afterwards." Loyalty, where do you place the Holy Emperor and the Queen?"

After Zhu Qianwei finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly. What Zhu Qianwei said was exactly what he was thinking, and the reason why he raised this question was to take the opportunity to set the rules and let these guards know that he had no idea about matters between men and women. Be generous, no one is allowed to blaspheme his own woman.

The losers retired in disgrace, and there were still about a thousand people in the field.

"Three people form a row, and each row of three people belongs to a different walled city." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wu Zhongyuan said, Zhu Qianwei shouted, horizontally means rows, vertical means columns, three people form a line, and there are more than 300 people in each line. Such a long queue will take a long time to line up. The most important thing is that each person The three people in the queue must belong to different Yuancheng, so the queue time will be longer.

When everyone was lining up, Wu Zhongyuan said to Zhu Qianwei, "Order the Creation Department to send their cloaks."

Zhu Qianwei nodded in agreement and turned around, but he did not enter the city. He only walked to the city gate and turned back, because at this time the warriors and wizards in the city knew that Wu Zhongyuan was selecting soldiers outside the city, and they all gathered on the city wall. Go up to watch, among them are the warriors in charge of the Creation Department.

After everyone finished lining up, Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Three of you will fight, one will die and two will stay."

Zhu Qianwei had known for a long time that Wu Zhongyuan did not follow common sense, but he did not expect that he would make such a cold-blooded decision. However, as a subordinate, the leader's decision must be implemented, whether he understands it or not.

As soon as this order came out, everyone was in an uproar. Not only the candidates, but also the faces of those in the audience changed drastically.

"You can withdraw at any time before the competition starts. If one of you withdraws, the remaining two will be selected." Wu Zhongyuan added.

After delivering the order, Zhu Qianwei asked Wu Zhongyuan in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you want to give me weapons?"

"Prepare three long swords." Wu Zhongyuan said.

While Zhu Qianwei was preparing his sword, there were quite a few people in the queue who stepped back automatically.

Wu Zhongyuan watched with cold eyes. The people who quit at this time were in two situations. One was because they were afraid, and the other was because they felt that his orders were cold-blooded and unwilling to obey. Both of these situations were disgusting to him. War is inherently ruthless. Who knows? Don't try to pick up the bargains and try your luck.

Not long after, Zhu Qianwei returned with a long sword and stuck it vertically on the ground, "First in line!"

After Zhu Qianwei finished speaking, the three people in the first row hesitated and did not step forward immediately.

"As soon as the competition begins, one must die, otherwise the other two will not be selected." Wu Zhongyuan said solemnly.

As soon as these words came out, one of the people in the first row trembled and backed away.

This situation was also expected by Wu Zhongyuan. His decision may seem cold-blooded, but in fact it is not easy to kill people. This method tests the courage and psychological quality of the candidates. Whoever is timid or has poor psychological quality will quit. .

One person withdrew, and the remaining two were automatically selected. Together with the vertical columns at the back where someone had withdrawn, more than two hundred people were directly selected.

Just because it's not easy to die doesn't mean it won't happen, it will definitely happen, and probably more than one. This rule may seem cruel, but it's actually the best way to select people. If you are timid and have poor psychological quality, go back to farming. If you stay, you can only Hurt self and others.

Zhu Qianwei urged them one by one. At the last moment, one person in the vertical column would withdraw, but there were also three who were not afraid of death and could only fight.

The rules were set by Wu Zhongyuan, but they chose their own path and had to bear the consequences themselves.

At the moment of bloodshed, many people in the remaining queue withdrew. To quit is to be cowardly. Such people are not qualified to serve as personal guards.

After one of them fell to the ground injured, the other two hesitated, looked at each other, and neither stepped forward to assassinate him.

After waiting for a while, no two people took action. Zhu Qianwei got angry and gave the order to eliminate all three people. Wu Zhongyuan said before that one must die, otherwise the other two will not be selected. In other words, it is okay to die, and all three people were eliminated. .

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was really serious about it, a group of people with a sense of luck withdrew. If one person withdraws, two will be selected. Soon, the number of selected people has reached more than 500, and there are only more than 100 people left on the opposite side. Ten vertical columns.

There was really a death, and the two male candidates teamed up to kill another female candidate.

These two men are neither despicable nor unmanly. Men and women are equal on the battlefield, and whoever is weak will die.

Once a person dies, dozens of people withdraw. One person is a vertical column. If one withdraws, two will be selected. As a result, there are only seven vertical columns left in the field, and Wang Xinran is among these seven vertical columns. She In the front row, the two people behind were both tall and strong men.

Zhu Qianwei frowned and looked at Wu Zhongyuan. Wu Zhongyuan was also worried. He set the rules. It is taboo to change the rules midway in any competition or competition. It would not only be unfair to the contestants, but also seriously lose credibility.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan did not respond, Zhu Qianwei could only urge the remaining columns to continue competing.

Fortunately, after picking up the long sword, several candidates gave up on their own initiative.

Wang Xinran was in the third to last queue. Since she was a woman, the other two sturdy men were naturally not afraid of her. The three of them came on the stage and stood in a triangle.

Wu Zhongyuan was nervous and worried, paying close attention and ready to rescue people at any time.

Seeing that he remained silent, Zhu Qianwei just thought that he was confident. When the three of them picked up their swords, he loudly ordered, "Start."

As soon as he finished speaking, two sturdy men rushed towards Wang Xinran in unison. It was clear at a glance which one was stronger and which one was weaker.

"Bang, bang..."