After a long time, Leonid suddenly woke up and showed a trace of confusion and embarrassment, but it was only for a moment, and he soon returned to his usual meticulous poker face.
"It's not like a soldier to be dilly-dallying!"
Li Xiao felt that the other party was really looking for trouble, so he replied carefully without being careless: "The successor is late!"
Leonid frowned slightly, not believing this explanation at all, and questioned in a slightly reproachful tone: "Impossible! No one in the Preobrazhensky Guards dares to fail to abide by the time!"
Li Xiao was very dissatisfied with Leonid's categorical tone. Was he blatantly saying that he was lying? If he hadn't been let go, he would have suffered from the northwest wind blowing for nearly an hour!
"Believe it or not! If you have something to say, if nothing else, I'll leave!"
After saying that, Li Xiao threw away his hand and was about to leave. He didn't have time to grind his teeth with the other party. He didn't even have enough rest time, and he had to clean the toilet early tomorrow morning. He was in a bad mood and had no intention of grinding his teeth with his enemy.
Leonid was a little annoyed. He didn't like Li Xiao at all, not only because he was the son of Grand Duke Constantine, not only because of his Polish origin, but also because he couldn't stand his weak personality and thin figure.
Not a soldier at all, no! He has no aristocratic martial spirit at all, and he doesn't even look like a man at all.
Leonid thinks that Li Xiao is a disgrace. If he were the other person, he would have committed suicide long ago to thank the world. Living is a waste of food and he is a waste!
But what confused Leonid was that it was the trash in front of him that made him sit on the wax. As the deputy leader of the Knights of St. Andre, and the host of the trial ceremony for joining the order, it was obvious that he had greatly improved
Due to the difficulty of the trial, I thought I could scare off Li Xiao directly, and thought that Li Xiao would tuck his tail between his legs and run away like a coward, but who would have thought that Li Xiao would happily participate in the trial and accept the challenge of a narrow escape.
What Leonid didn't expect was that Li Xiao actually passed the trial and became the only applicant to pass the trial. This was like a loud slap in the face, making Leonid dizzy.
.He felt that his world view had collapsed and thought that there was something wrong with his sanity. But Leonid knew that this was true, because he was monitoring Li Xiao the whole time, and there was no possibility of cheating at all, although Li Xiao behaved in a very embarrassed manner.
, in the end it was almost the end of the climb, but if you pass it, you have passed it, and there is no room for lies in this.
Leonid didn't know how all this happened. Why did the weak Li Xiao perform better than the other stronger candidates he had previously favored? What kind of power supported him to complete the devil's trial?
After thinking for three days, Leonid still couldn't find the answer, so he decided to come and see Li Xiao in person to see what kind of person this disgrace of the Romanov family was!
Meeting again did not answer Leonid's doubts. Li Xiao still looked so useless, with a thin body, a slightly curved spine, a gray face, lifeless eyes, and a procrastinating style. What do you think of this?
They are all still useless people.
But this useless man passed the test, which made Leonid really embarrassed, because the purpose of the Knights of St. Andrew is to only absorb the best, the most outstanding, the most determined, the most fearless, and the most powerful nobles in Russia.
Soldiers join. It is definitely an elite group among the elite. Is it really good to accept a loser like Li Xiao?
The first moment they met again, Leonid wanted to regret it and reject Li Xiao directly. But the conversation that followed made him a little strange. He could feel that Li Xiao didn't take him as the deputy leader seriously at all.
Here, the other party's attitude was so casual and impatient, as if he, the deputy leader, was an insignificant role.
Is Leonid inconsequential?
What a joke! His father is Duke Alexander Gorchakov, the ambassador of the Russian Empire to Austria, and his cousin is Duke Mikhail Gorchakov, a famous general in Russia. As Gorchakov
A member of the Chakov family, he received the best and most rigorous aristocratic education since he was a child. He has always been the one with the best performance, otherwise he would not have been valued by Nicholas I and selected as the aide-de-camp of Crown Prince Alexander.
No matter how you look at him, Leonid is a very important figure in Russia, a shining star of tomorrow, but why is he looked down upon?
Leonid was a little angry. He really wanted to stop talking to the annoying waste in front of him and walk away. But as a noble man who strictly required himself to abide by the knight's code and have noble character, he could not accept the stain in his life. Since the other party
If you pass the trial, even if you are lucky enough, you should be qualified to join the group.
"I'm here to formally inform you that since you passed the trial of this knighthood, your application to join the knighthood has been approved!" Leonid said solemnly, trying to control his anger.
This time it was Li Xiao's turn to be stunned. Before, he was still laughing at his predecessor for being too naive. How could the Knights of St. Andre with such a high level of qualifications allow him to join this disgrace? Even if he passed the trial, he would definitely deny it in every possible way or directly
Ignore him as if nothing happened. But what did he hear just now? The application was approved?
Li Xiao rolled his eyes at Leonid: "Are you kidding me?"
Leonid became even more angry. Why did the guy in front of him look so hateful? He solemnly warned: "Please be serious! This knight requires every member to abide by the knight's code, otherwise he will be punished according to the group's rules.
Punishment! Now, His Excellency the Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinlovitch Romanov, as the deputy leader, I formally inform you that please arrive at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening under the Bronze Horseman Statue in the Senate Square to take the oath of admission to the regiment.
ceremony!"
After glaring at Li Xiao, Leonid added emphatically: "Also, please take care of your appearance carefully. It is a solemn ceremony that cannot be desecrated!"
Leonid ignored Li Xiao and walked away directly. He suspected that if he continued to talk to someone, he would not be able to bear the evil thoughts in his heart and beat someone up. If other people were fine, but someone, hum! Just
That third-grade pulmonary tuberculosis-like condition held up by two or three ribs would probably die immediately with three punches and two kicks.
And at that time, the fun was great. The first grand duke in Russian history to be beaten to death, and the first member of the Knights of St. Andrew to die just after joining the order. This kind of shameful Leonid
But he doesn't want to be, he wants to be a great hero like Potemkin, Suvonov and Bagration, not a sad clown.
Li Xiao didn't know that Leonid had begun to regret when he left, nor did he know how difficult it was for Leonid to come here. This dedicated deputy leader always insisted on being a nobleman.
The code of chivalry, this kind of noble moral integrity is quite rare in Russia and Europe today.
Li Xiao's reaction was one of surprise and uncertainty. He suspected that this was another conspiracy. Maybe those despicable guys who hated him to death were trying to survive after seeing that the last plan failed? Maybe there will be another general waiting for him in front of the Bronze Horseman Statue tomorrow night.
Is it a deadly trap?
Li Xiao didn't want to go, but the welfare benefits of the Knights of St. Andre made him covetous. If he really became a member of the Knights, his social status would be unprecedentedly improved, and he would no longer be an empty-headed prince in name only.
No need to be barked around like a dog by comrades in arms, no need to wash the toilet anymore...
"Go! Damn it, why don't you go!" Li Xiao encouraged himself and murmured through gritted teeth, "Even Uncle Ben has made it, let's see what other tricks you can do!"