Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 530 Make trouble
"The Prime Minister, even though he is usually quiet and rarely speaks in public, in private, he does a lot of things."

"The Royal Guards are the emperor's personal army and are responsible for the defense of the capital. They are extremely important. We might as well imagine that if Li Zhong wants to seize the crown prince position for the King of Jinling, he may not hesitate to cause trouble."

"If he wants to make trouble, without the support of the Yulin Guards, Li Zhong will definitely not be able to do it. By the way, there is also the Jinwu Guards, Li Zhong's hands and feet may also get involved..."

After hearing this, Han Qingshan frowned and thought for a while, "Brother Chen, please don't worry. I went to the Royal Guards to check Li Zhong's true and false status. If the guess is true, we can follow the trend... Well, here is the plan. , Brother Chen needs to plan more."

"Easy to say, easy to say, haha, but Brother Han, this cabin is still too ostentatious. From now on, we can meet in private and use it as another place to hunt for treasures." Chen Dongyi said with a smile.

"That's natural..."

"By the way, Brother Han, besides Li Zhong, Brother Han also needs to be careful of another person." Chen Dongyi suddenly became solemn again.

"Who?"

"King Kuaiji!"

"King Kuaiji?"

"No, my foolish brother has been lurking in the palace of Jinling for more than ten years. He has already discovered that this King of Kuaiji appears to be inconspicuous on the surface, but his palace is extremely deep."

"My foolish brother noticed that he had made some small moves, but he had no idea what he had done. In short, King Kuaiji is a more terrifying person than Li Zhong. Brother Han needs to be careful."

"Well, thank you Brother Chen for reminding me!"

Han Qingshan and Chen Dongyi chatted for a few more words, then left the cabin and returned each other.

Let's not mention Chen Dongyi, let's just talk about Han Qingshan. He sneaked back to the marching camp like a ghost without disturbing anyone. After returning to his independent tent, he undressed in the dark and fell asleep.

Silent all night.

A few hours later, the sky became bright, but the next day began.

Today is an important day.

Because the last two martial arts examinations, the infield and palace examinations, will be completed today.

After Han Qingshan got up, he had breakfast, and together with more than a hundred other advanced martial arts candidates, took a carriage and traveled ten miles north to enter the city from "Zhengyang Gate".

After entering the city, the carriage traveled several miles and stopped in front of Hongwu Gate.

Han Qingshan and other candidates changed walks in front of Hongwu Gate, passed through the Thousand-Step Corridor, and arrived in front of Chengtian Gate.

Entering Chengtian Gate means entering the imperial city.

Chen Huangwei expressed his importance to the martial arts examinations, and the licensed infield events were held in the imperial city. However, these martial arts examination candidates all possess extraordinary skills. In order to avoid accidents, starting from Chengtianmen, they have taken three steps to one post. Five steps and one delivery, all Jinwu guards, guarded extremely strictly.

The Jinwu Guards are both the emperor's personal soldiers, but the Jinwu Guards are stationed in the imperial city, so once you pass Chengtian Gate, you can see the Jinwu Guards with golden helmets everywhere.

And Xuan Jia's Royal Forest Guards will never be seen again.

Someone led the candidates forward, entered the Chengtian Gate, and headed to the west.

Go around to the back of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, then go north and pass by Dong'anmen Street.

Continue north along the right side of the Forbidden City, and finally arrive at Jinwu Youwei's camp.

The venue for the infield was Kingo Right Guard's camp.

The reason why it is arranged here is also to deter the candidates from possible cheating and so on, so that they do not dare to act rashly.

Han Qingshan and other candidates entered the gate of Daying, and assembled in a school yard.

After passing five levels and killing six generals, there were only more than a hundred martial arts candidates including Han Qingshan who had been screened.

These people will be able to join the Divine Thunder Army and become generals at all levels.

The scores obtained in each event of the martial arts examination, as well as the current internal scores, and even the subsequent palace examinations, etc., will be combined to determine a ranking. According to the ranking, military generals at different levels will be awarded.

Therefore, although these more than one hundred martial arts candidates are walking together and standing on the school field of King Wu's right guard, they are actually in a competitive relationship with each other.

Therefore, no one talked to each other.

Even the three brothers Han Qingshan, Zhu Li, and Niu Gang did not communicate with each other. They just stood in the school grounds and waited quietly.

Jinwu's right guard, the main tent of the Chinese army.

Emperor Chen, Concubine You, Li Zhong, King Zhongshan and other civil and military ministers, as well as Zhu Xiuyuan, Li Jiye, Li Qingnu, and the four princes of the Yan Kingdom, also gathered here.

In addition, Dong Shuzhen, who had long been interested in "visiting the palace", did not come with her this time.

In fact, Dong Shuzhen really wanted to come in and have a look. For this reason, she stayed very late last night...

However, when we set out this morning, Dong Cheng, his father-in-law, refused to let Dong Shuzhen enter the palace. He was so angry... In desperation, Dong Shuzhen did not follow.

Instead, she followed her sister Dong Shuyu to prepare for the Shangyuan Festival in the mansion.

Zhu Xiuyuan now, when he thinks of Dong Shuzhen looking pitifully at him when he goes out, he wants to laugh, and thinks about how to tease her after going back today, otherwise she will be embarrassed for several days...

"Your Majesty, all martial arts candidates have entered the school grounds and are ready."

While Zhu Xiuyuan was thinking wildly, suddenly, General Jinwu Youwei came in to report.

"I wish Aiqing, since everyone is here, let's start quickly. I can't wait to start the palace examination, hehehe..."

Emperor Chen twirled his beard and smiled.

The palace examination is an examination with questions personally set by the emperor.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Huang was a little resistant. Who is he?

However, after meeting Han Qingshan, Lin Bochang and others, Chen Huang suddenly felt that the palace examination was not bad. He would personally test them by setting the questions, and he could take the opportunity to win people's hearts...

"The minister takes orders!"

Zhu Xiuyuan threw away all the distracting thoughts in his head and stepped forward, handing over his hand, "Your Majesty, the inner court of the martial arts examination can also be called the 'literary examination'. The literary examination of the martial arts examination is naturally very important for civil officials. Simple, because the focus is different.”

"The inner court of the martial arts competition will be divided into three items. The first is what I call 'dictation'. The second is what I call 'cloze'. The third is battle formation analysis, which will be conducted by King Zhongshan, King Jiangdu, King Poyang and other princes personally tested it and gave a score."

"The first 'dictation' session is about to begin. A total of one hundred words will be written. Those who can accurately write thirty words will be considered qualified and can participate in the next session."

Zhu Xiuyuan cupped his hands and explained.

"What is dictation?" Chen Huang asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the so-called dictation means that one person pronounces a word in unison. To avoid the same pronunciation, a word can be formed. All martial arts candidates use paper and pen to write that word..." Zhu Xiuyuan explained.

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the Chinese army's tent looked at each other and exchanged glances with each other.

Their first reaction was, this dictation is too simple!
Write [-] characters and get [-] correct.

But then they thought about it, the candidates were just a group of warriors, they could barely read Chinese characters, and there were only a few of them...

Therefore, none of the civil and military ministers spoke, and no one jumped out to laugh and ridicule.

"Well, this method is wonderful, haha. Through dictation, you can screen out people who are proficient in writing. Okay, very good, I wish you dear, let's start quickly." Chen Huang ordered.

Zhu Xiuyuan also said "yes" and turned around to make arrangements.

About a quarter of an hour later.

More than a hundred sets of tables and chairs have been arranged in Kingo Youwei's school grounds, arranged neatly.

The Four Treasures of the Study are prepared on the table for all candidates to use.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Majesty!"

In this temporary examination room, a eunuch with a very loud voice was walking around the examination room, holding a booklet in both hands, and at the same time read out a word from the dictates.

In addition to the eunuch who was in charge of reading characters, there were many Jinwu guards in the examination room, with golden helmets and armor, holding long spears, walking around among them, to guard against the candidates' cheating.

In addition, Zhu Xiuyuan was also walking around and watching at will.After the eunuch read out the word "Your Majesty", he saw more than a hundred martial arts candidates picking up their pens one after another, lowering their heads slightly, and concentrating on writing the word "Your Majesty".

But there are always a few exceptions.

Because they didn't pick up their pens at all, let alone lower their heads to write. Instead, they sat there upright, motionless, like wood carvings and clay sculptures.

Zhu Xiuyuan focused on these people.

He walked towards the few people in this huge examination room, looking like a future invigilator.

As expected, these people are all illiterate people.

The brush is still hanging on the pen holder and has not been taken off. The inkstone is clean and the ink stick is put aside... They have not even polished the ink.

Zhu Xiuyuan clasped his hands behind his back, looked at one thing, and shook his head, looking like he hated iron for not being able to become steel.

Those candidates who were illiterate lowered their eyelids and did not dare to look at Zhu Xiuyuan.

They are all big-bodied warriors, but now they are as embarrassed as primary school students who can't solve problems...

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head repeatedly, seeming extremely disappointed.

Raising his eyes by chance, Zhu Xiuyuan happened to see Niu Gang not far in front of him.

Niu Gang is Han Qingshan's brother. He is as strong as an ox, with a full beard and two beards on top of his head...

It stands to reason that a reckless man like Niu Gang should have nothing to do with pen and ink.

However, what made Zhu Xiuyuan curious was that Niu Gang actually held a writing brush in his hand, and was scratching there with a very serious expression.

Zhu Xiuyuan was immediately curious when he saw it.

So, he walked over, ready to find out and see how Niu Gang wrote.

If a reckless man like Niu Gang can pass the first round of dictation, that would be really strange.

It was only a few steps away, and Zhu Xiuyuan quickly approached.

Niu Gang's eldest brother, Han Qingshan, was sitting next to Niu Gang. When Zhu Xiuyuan came, not only Niu Gang noticed him, but Han Qingshan also noticed him.

Han Qingshan always dressed up as a scholar, and he was naturally extremely skilled in writing and ink. Naturally, he was not afraid of Zhu Xiuyuan coming to check.

But Niu Gang... He seemed to be a little panicked. He first stared at Han Qingshan vaguely, then he held a pen in one hand and covered the paper with the other to cover up his "work".

Niu Gang's action aroused Zhu Xiuyuan's curiosity even more.

He walked quickly and stood beside Niu Gang's table. He first looked at Niu Gang's table, then looked at him, and then looked at Niu Gang's table.

Under Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes, Niu Gang did not dare to resist. Like a primary school student, he slowly retracted his hand and revealed his "work" on the paper.

Zhu Xiuyuan quickly looked at it, and when he saw it clearly, he was dumbfounded.

Then, an impulse called "laughing" raged in his body. After just a breath, Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.

I saw that Niu Gang didn't write a word on the scroll paper at all, but drew a bunch of little turtles...

Niu Gang drew turtles of various sizes and postures.

Not to mention, the turtles painted by Niu Gang have weird shapes, the turtle feet, all kinds of pulling, the turtle head, twisting at various angles...

No matter how you look at it, it has a sense of joy and makes people laugh.

"Hahahahaha..."

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled endlessly.

He was holding Niu Gang's desk, laughing so hard that his waist was bent, and he almost lost his breath.

His loud laughter naturally shocked everyone.

The eunuch who was reading was shaking his head and trying hard to complete the task assigned by Uncle Jiang Cheng.

However, a laugh suddenly appeared...

The eunuch suddenly became angry and was about to curse. He dared to hinder him from reading Chinese characters and hindering Jiang Chengbo's martial arts... He was simply looking for death.

However, when the eunuch turned around and took a look, he found that the person who hindered Uncle Jiang Cheng's martial arts test was none other than Uncle Jiang Cheng...

The eunuch was dumbfounded and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan blankly. He wondered why Uncle Jiang Cheng was laughing.
The other candidates were even more confused and turned to look at Zhu Xiuyuan.

In their impression, Uncle Jiang Cheng was a serious person. Why now...

As the client, Niu Gang, with his big face as big as a basin, was as embarrassed as a monkey's butt. He lowered his head and really wanted to get under the table.

If in the past, who would have dared to make fun of Niu Gang like this, Niu Gang would have to let him taste the taste of a big fist.

But, this one can’t do it.

Not to mention anything else, his eldest brother, Han Qingshan, had told him and Zhu Li many times not to be disrespectful to Uncle Jiang Cheng, otherwise he would sever the brotherly relationship with them.

Severing the relationship between brothers is too serious, and completely suppressed Niu Gang.

So now, even when Zhu Xiuyuan laughed at him, he didn't dare to have the slightest intention of revenge.

On the side, Han Qingshan raised his head slightly and looked at Niu Gang's table. He couldn't help but grin and took a deep breath.

He had taught Niu Gang how to write before. Under his careful instruction, Niu Gang was able to write hundreds of common characters.

This is also the reason why Niu Gang can hold the brush correctly.

But now...

His third brother's scroll was filled with all kinds of turtles...

This made his big brother and teacher look very dull.

Under such circumstances, Han Qingshan couldn't do anything, he just secretly made up his mind to teach Niu Gang how to write in the future.

"Hahahahaha..."

Zhu Xiuyuan supported Niu Gang's table and kept laughing. He almost squatted down.

His loud laughter not only alarmed everyone in the examination room, but also alarmed the nearby Chinese military camp.

"Huh? Who's laughing?"

That Chen Huang was sitting firmly in the high position, he faintly heard loud laughter, he was greatly surprised, frowned slightly, and hurriedly asked around.

The Jinwu guards on the left and right hurriedly went out of the tent to check, and returned after a while, reporting: "Your Majesty, this is Uncle Jiang Cheng. For some reason, he kept laughing in the examination room."

"Oh, wish Aiqing?"

Emperor Chen was surprised and looked at Concubine You, "I wish Aiqing has always been prudent and should not be rude on such occasions. Here comes Uncle Xuanjiang City."

Under Chen Huang's order, some Jinwu guards left their tents.

All the civil and military ministers in the tent had strange expressions on their faces, thinking to themselves: Why is Uncle Jiang Cheng so crazy?This is a martial arts event that he organized himself, why would he cause trouble for himself?
It's really strange.

Some of the ministers suddenly became active.

No matter who organized the martial arts event, Uncle Jiang Cheng's disrespect was obvious to all.

A bright light flashed in their eyes, their hearts were excited, and they were ready to join Jiang Chengbo's performance at any time.

【Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)