Congratulations on opening the coffin

Chapter 718
As soon as they heard that there was a competition, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also became interested. Sure enough, the only way to do it is to fish in ancient and modern times.

Even Xiao Chen, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, stepped in and suggested, "Then let me be the referee."

Zhao Shuangming saw that it was hard to get off a tiger, so he could bite the bullet and agree. He regretted why he had interrupted just now. It was not because he was worried that he would lose the black hat, but today's competition would be recorded in history. If he really loses, he is afraid that after tens of thousands of years, he will be scolded by his compatriots.

Compared with Zhao Shuangming, who was so nervous that he was sweating on his forehead, Shen Ruo seemed much calmer. She called Fudelu and asked him and another eunuch to hold the memorial, standing one step away, and then asked the eunuch to move Two tables, put on the four treasures of the study.

After everything was settled, she turned to look at Zhao Shuangming, and slightly curled her lips: "Are you ready?"

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly: "Wei Chen is fine."

Xiao Chen said loudly: "Then let's start."

The memorial was opened, and the whole hall was silent, breathing tightly, for fear that it would affect the two people in the competition.

Among them, there are quite a few people who recite silently along with them, also wanting to compare themselves to see how their memory is.

It's just that before they read half of the memorial, one of the participants in the competition turned around and wrote down the silent content on the white paper.

Looking at the slender figure with their backs turned to them, Man Chaowen and Wu couldn't help but gasped. The speed of reciting is too fast, but they don't know that for a person who studies medicine, this amount of memory is trivial .

It's just that soon some people began to suspect that there was cheating among them, and Taifu Li was among them.

He couldn't help but walked forward and inspected it carefully. The table was clean, except for a piece of white paper that was continuously written in seal script.

He first looked at the content on the paper, and found that it was almost the same as the one on the memorial. He couldn't help being startled, and then he was attracted by the handwriting written by the other party and the pen in his hand. It is made of vellus hair, but it is made of steel. It does not need to be stained with ink, and the ink will automatically come out when writing, which is really amazing.

And the written characters are also weird. Although they can be understood, they have fewer strokes than the characters used today, and the writing is very light and concise.

Not to mention memorizing the thousand characters silently, even copying them would take him at least half an hour, but using the simplified characters, it only takes less than two quarters of an hour to write them down completely.

At this time, the other person had just started writing less than a dozen words, and his handwriting was distorted and unsightly due to urgency and nervousness.

The Taifu looked at the table between the two of them and sighed: "Shuang Ming, that's it, you lost."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Shuangming, who was so anxious that his hands were trembling constantly, seemed to be let go of his breath in an instant, fell down two steps dejectedly, slumped on the ground, and didn't even have the strength to stand up.

The Tai Tuo bowed his hands to Shen Ruo on his behalf: "The talent of the empress is really something that few men in the world can match, and I admire it."

Shen Ruo smiled humbly: "Master, you're welcome."

Instead, she glanced at the ministers one by one, and asked proudly, "Is there anyone who refuses to accept it? I am giving an amnesty today. No matter who it is, no matter what challenge it is, I will never blame it."

"I come!"

A rough roar sounded, "I am a second-rank hussars general, and I want to compete with my empress."

"You want to compete with me?" She raised her eyebrows.

"The empress is a body of ten thousand gold, and the general dare not, but after all, women can't carry it on their shoulders, can't lift it with their hands, and they will only cry when they encounter troubles. If they want to hand over the important affairs of the country to women, the general is really worried."

"Don't you know that I know martial arts?"

"Women with flamboyant fists and embroidered legs..."

Before he finished speaking, a knife was placed around his neck, the white light was shinning, and the blade was cold.

Shen Ruo smiled at him leisurely and naturally: "How?"

The general suddenly became furious, he raised his foot and kicked towards her, she hurriedly stepped back, when that foot landed on the ground, it actually cracked the floor tiles.

This frightened the civil and military officials next to him, and the Taifu was so anxious that his voice broke: "Ji Chongwu, you are crazy, you dare to attack the empress! Hurry up, someone, stop him!"

Shen Ruo dodged and shouted: "No need, I can deal with him myself."

Ji Chongwu said in a deep voice: "Madam, women should stay at home well. Don't think that you can give advice to the country after knowing a few words and reading a few books. This matter of fighting the country and guarding the community is not for women to play casually. of."

Shen Ruo curled her lips: "If you want to hit, hit it. Why are your words still like a man's loincloth, smelly and long."

"..."

The corners of Ji Chongwu's mouth twitched several times, and he punched harder, "Well, ma'am, the general will be offended in the end."

Although he is tall and sturdy, he is also fast and responsive. He is indeed a difficult opponent, but if today's clothes did not prevent her from moving, she would have dealt with him long ago, so there is no need to listen to him nagging.

She glanced up suddenly and saw the beams stretching across the center of the roof of the hall. She rushed to Yi Wenchen and pulled off the belt around his waist without saying a word, not afraid to frighten him and call him a hooligan.

When Ji Chongwu came with a punch, she flicked the belt in her hand, wrapped it around his arm, and tied it into a knot. The other end quickly slammed onto the beam and pulled down. He was suspended in the air like a trapped animal. Roaring loudly, the other hand desperately tried to untie the rope.

It's just that Shen Ruo would not give him this chance. With a flick of the long knife in his hand, the light of the knife glistened and dazzled his eyes. He actually took off the armor Ji Chongwu was wearing one by one, and finally cut off his belt. Liang, so panicked that he hastily pulled up his pants with one hand.

Only then did Shen Ruo walk below him, and asked unhurriedly, "How? Have you surrendered?"

The muscles on Ji Chongwu's face twitched, as if he was gnashing his teeth, but there was no way to keep going on like this, so he finally lowered his head: "Your Majesty has extraordinary martial arts skills, and I will admit defeat in the end."

Only then did she chuckle, loosen the belt in her hand, and Ji Chongwu, who was half-hanging from the beam, fell down heavily, and everyone beside her felt pain in the flesh.

She walked up the jade steps slowly, glanced at the officials below one by one with snow-like eyes, and asked proudly: "Who else?"

Grand Tutor Zhao Shuangming and Ji Chongwu, who had raised objections before, lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. After the other civil and military officials looked at each other, they were silent for a moment, and they all knelt down and shouted: "I pay my respects to the Empress Empress. Your empress is a thousand years old."

In this way, the first obstacle to the queen's participation in politics was successfully resolved.

At this time, Emperor Xiao stepped forward, took her hand, led her, sat on the dragon chair that symbolized the supreme power, and said in a loud voice: "Go to court."

(End of this chapter)