Please, marry a white snake wife. It’s super cool.

Lu Yuan was led to an open place by the eunuch.

Lu Yuan looked at the school field at the end of the bluestone road from a distance. Countless flags were erected around the empty field, and the flags were fluttering in the breeze.

On the school grounds, there were actually people wearing armor, riding horses and shooting arrows.

"Good fellow, there are no gardens in the imperial capital, but there are schools. He is worthy of being the decisive and decisive Emperor Hongwu. He is quite violent."

Lu Yuan was thinking this in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. There were experts in the imperial capital who could listen through walls.

Lu Yuan followed the chief eunuch outside the school grounds. Seven or eight tents were set up on the south side of the school grounds, the most conspicuous being the huge golden tent in the middle.

No need to guess, the golden tent can only be used by the emperor.

At the same time, Lu Yuan could detect that there were people in these tents.

The great eunuch turned around and bent over and said, "Master Lu, please wait here for a moment and I'll give you a warning."

Lu Yuan replied: "Thank you, father-in-law."

The curtain of the golden tent was rolled up, and the eunuch walked directly in.

Lu Yuan leaned slightly to the right and could see what was inside the tent.

A few seconds later, the chief eunuch walked out of the tent, stood outside, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Master Lu, the prefect of Xuandongchang, come forward and be holy!"

People on the school ground stopped what they were doing and stopped to look at Lu Yuan.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Yuan felt as if he was walking on a red carpet.

Lu Yuan flicked his sleeves and took two steps in a square step. He felt awkward and heard someone snickering.

Lu Yuan didn't learn any etiquette. He heard others snickering and thought, "Have you watched too many costume dramas and you don't know how to leave? Stop pretending and make others laugh."

Lu Yuan coughed lightly, then walked boldly into the tent with long strides, less like a civil servant than a military general.

In an instant, Lu Yuan glanced at the emperor sitting in the middle of the tent, the Hongwu Emperor Gu Yuanzhang whom he had seen last time.

The person sitting on the left side of the emperor is wearing a black robe, embroidered with golden cloud patterns, and a four-clawed python robe is soaring vividly on the robe.

Presumably it was Gu Biao, the emperor's most beloved son.

What a big battle today.

Lu Yuan knelt on the ground and shouted: "I, Lu Yuan, the magistrate of Dongchang, pay homage to the emperor and pay homage to the prince."

Lu Yuan had never met Prince Gu Biao before, and he could deduce who he was just from his clothes.

The emperor's sons, except the prince, are the princes of the feudal vassal, and the princes are not qualified to wear python robes.

The emperor smiled, stretched out his hand and said, "Please get up! Biao'er, give Mr. Lu a seat."

After Lu Yuan stood up, Prince Gu Biao stood up, walked forward, pulled Lu Yuan to a seat on one side, and said, "I'd like to help you treat your mother, but someone always misses you."

Lu Yuan was so flattered that he couldn't hear what the prince Gu Biao was saying.

Lu Yuan's legs moved uncontrollably following the footsteps of Prince Gu Biao. What virtue and ability could he have, asking the current prince to show him his seat?

Lu Yuan acted very humbly, his brain was working rapidly, avoiding any potentially disrespectful movements, and then he sat on one side.

Prince Gu Biao waved his hand towards the outside of the tent and sat back in his seat.

People who were riding horses and archery on the school grounds dismounted one after another and returned to their tents.

The school grounds became quiet, except for the flapping of flags and the occasional neighing of horses.

Seeing Lu Yuan's performance, the emperor was very satisfied. He smiled and said, "You don't have to be so formal. I want you to be a fourth-grade prefect. Are you still used to it?"

Lu Yuan paused for a moment and replied: "My lord, I'm still getting used to it."

Lu Yuan didn't know how to respond well for a while. In the past few months after taking office, he had rectified the local officials in Dongchang City and never went there again.

However, since that time, Dongchang City has indeed become more prosperous than before, and the Zhao Mansion in Taining City has invested a lot of shops there.

The emperor did not find fault with this and continued: "Logically speaking, you saved our queen's life, so we should give you a bigger reward."

At first, it was not that the emperor did not want to reward Lu Yuan, but that Lu Yuan politely refused in person. After diagnosing and treating Empress Ma's illness, he took his wife back to Taining City.

Later, the official position of Dongchang Prefect was awarded by the emperor's decree, and Lu Yuan had to accept it.

Lu Yuan stood up, raised his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am a humble minister with little experience. I hold the post of magistrate with sincerity and fear, for fear of living up to the Emperor's grace."

The emperor continued to ask: "Just sit down and answer. There is something I don't understand. My oral instructions were only delivered to Qilu Province five days ago. I heard that you arrived yesterday? The Jin Yiwei who went to deliver my oral instructions has not come back yet. "

Lu Yuan explained: "Back to the Emperor, we came by car, which will be a few days faster than riding a horse."

"Car? What car?" the emperor asked curiously.

Gu Biao on the side also didn't understand and listened intently to the conversation between the two.

Lu Yuan briefly described the working principle and appearance of the car.

Lu Yuan's words aroused the curiosity of the emperor and the prince.

The emperor said: "Very good. Come and have a look tomorrow!"

Lu Yuan replied: "Okay, Your Majesty."

Ever since Lu Yuan came to the school grounds and entered this tent, the emperor in front of him was asking some innocuous topics, which made Lu Yuan confused.

You have come all the way to summon us, right? You just want to talk about home affairs.

If you really just wanted to chat about family matters, you wouldn't choose to do it on the school grounds.

"I heard that in addition to being good at handling government affairs and rectifying officials, you are also very good at kung fu?" The emperor took a sip of tea and looked at Lu Yuan with a weighing eye.

Lu Yuan replied: "Back to the emperor, I know a little bit about boxing and kicking."

"Hey, don't be so modest. During the Northern Campaign, you had a hard time fighting with the Taoist Priests from the Tianchao Palace. I happened to be in the school grounds today, so why not let me have a look?"

The emperor only knew that Lu Yuan had friction with the Taoist priests of Tianchao Palace, but he did not know that Lu Yuan had taken action to save Gu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan, from the beast tribe.

When Lu Yuan heard this, he felt helpless. This made me really unable to refuse. Isn't this a bit overbearing?

Before Lu Yuan could answer, the emperor waved his hand to the old eunuch.

The old eunuch shouted knowingly: "Elder Kong Kong from Xuantian Chao Palace and Elder Qiao from Leshen Guan are here to meet you."

Two Taoist priests came from the tent on the side. Lu Yuan took a look and saw that one of them looked familiar. He looked very familiar. He had seen them on the northern battlefield.

Apart from that, the other person didn't look familiar, but was too familiar, the Great Elder of Optimism Guan.

The two Taoist priests are both very young, about the same age, and both have long white beards.

Based on this, Lu Yuan judged that the status of Elder Kong in front of him in the Tianchao Palace should be below a few people but above a thousand people.

The emperor said: "Two elders, please sit down."

The emperor was also polite to the elders of Tianchao Palace and Leshen Guan.

"Two elders, why don't you let Magistrate Lu try out for today's competition and selection?"

The two elders held the fly whisk in their hands, cupped their hands, and said in unison: "I will listen to the emperor's will."

The great elder of Leshenguan looked at Lu Yuan and smiled slightly, then nodded.

Lu Yuan saw this and thought not to make eyebrows in front of the emperor! It makes it seem like we have some kind of personal relationship!
After Lu Yuan stood up and saluted, he walked to the school grounds, feeling extremely puzzled: "What selection?" Lu Yuan rolled up his sleeves and looked at the people outside the school grounds. They were all guards in the imperial capital, and they should not be these people.

It should be the people in the tents. In addition to the tent where the elders of Tianchao Palace and Leshenguan stayed before, there are five other tents.

Lu Yuan didn't know who were in those five tents, nor did he understand what the situation was today.

Lu Yuan turned around and looked at the emperor's position, glancing at the other tents from the corner of his eye.

In the tent where the elders of Tianchao Palace and Leshenguan stayed before, there was a familiar face, which impressed Lu Yuan deeply.

He was the youngest Grand Master in the Tianchao Palace, the one he had sparred with in the northern battlefield last time.

On that day, Lu Yuan was slightly better, and it cannot be ruled out that the opponent did not use his full strength.

"Hey, he is here today!" Lu Yuan was even more curious about what day it was today.

The great eunuch was outside the school grounds, shouting: "Your Majesty has decreed that the competition in the ring will begin now. The top five with the most wins will be rewarded. Start now!"

After Lu Yuan heard this, he felt in his heart that there were horses running freely on the grass and mud. In the current scene, he was the first person to keep the ring.

Lu Yuan was thinking quickly in his mind: "What should I do? How many games should I win? Should I get a ranking? What if I get something good as a reward? Will this have something to do with the emperor's multiplier?"

Just when Lu Yuan was stunned, a military general holding a heavy hammer jumped onto the school field, touched his hammers, and said loudly: "We, General Guangwei of the Left Sentinel Army, Ma Liu."

General Guangwei is a third-level official, two levels higher than Lu Yuan.

After regaining consciousness, Lu Yuan said: "We are Lu Yuan, the prefect of Dongchang."

Lu Yuan didn't know his name, and everyone knew who Lu Yuan was. Not long ago, the chief eunuch shouted loudly.

The reason why Ma Liu, the general of Guangwei of the Left Sentinel Army, was the first to challenge Lu Yuan in the ring was simply because he took a fancy to Lu Yuan's identity.

What is Lu Yuan's status? He is a civil servant, but he is vulnerable to military commanders.

Ma Liu held up two heavy hammers and said, "You have no weapons, we won't bully you!"

After saying that, Ma Liu threw the heavy hammer on the ground, making two medium-deep pits.

Lu Yuan turned sideways, stretched out his hand and said, "Now that you are on stage, use your skills."

Lu Yuanquan is now a trainer, so let's just say he can win a few games.

Ma Liu rushed away. With such a tall figure, the collision force was not small. If an earth wall was standing in front of him, he could knock it over.

Lu Yuan looked at Ma Liu, who was a bit bulky, and had a chance to dodge.

Lu Yuan clenched his right hand, wanting to test the strength in his hand.

Ma Liu was overjoyed when he saw Lu Yuan didn't hide. He was sure to win this battle.

At close range, Lu Yuan punched out, the force of his punch several times stronger than before.

Ma Liu felt that his big muscled right arm was numb from being beaten by the scholar-looking Lu Yuan in front of him.

The bison charged and was stopped by Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was also surprised. His punch was already seventy percent powerful. Under normal circumstances, it would be enough to break the opponent's muscles and bones. It would take him at least a month to recover.

Ma Liu's big muscles became a good cushion, taking a lot of Lu Yuan's strength away.

With just one punch, a person with high martial arts skills can discover some secrets from it.

Lu Yuan's body was terrifyingly strong.

After Lu Yuan threw a punch, he was not in a hurry to counterattack the opponent, but stood still.

After a long time, Ma Liu waved his right arm and finally recovered from the pain and numbness.

The emperor sat in the tent and asked, "Two elders, what do you think?"

Elder Qiao, the great elder of Leshenguan, said: "Back to the emperor, Mr. Lu has extraordinary strength. I am afraid that few people can beat Mr. Lu physically."

Elder Kong, the chief elder of Tianchao Palace, was also full of praise: "Master Lu, at such a young age, it is really rare to acquire such physical strength."

Last time, Elder Kong saw with his own eyes that Lu Yuan broke the fly whisk in the hand of the Great Heavenly Master with his strength.

After hearing this, the emperor nodded and continued watching the play.

Ma Liu roared angrily and moved forward again, not believing that a scholar could be more powerful than his body.

Every punch Ma Liu threw was deflected and avoided by Lu Yuan with the help of his skill.

Since then, Lu Yuan has been able to test the opponent's level.

Ma Liu was furious and shouted: "Don't hide if you can!"

Lu Yuan laughed inwardly when he was yelled at by the other party. What is the reason that makes this rude man think he can beat me?
Lu Yuan no longer held back his hands, leaned down to avoid the opponent's punch, and punched the opponent's abdomen.

Ma Liu took several steps back, clutching his stomach and whining in pain.

"You, actually..." Ma Liu was so angry that he couldn't speak. It seemed that the other party didn't cheat, but just fought back.

Lu Yuan spread his hands and said, "General, why don't you admit defeat?"

"Admit defeat? Do you know how important this is to me?" Ma Liu endured the pain, picked up the heavy hammer next to him and hit Lu Yuan.

In the tent, many people were already speechless.

"Isn't General Ma a little bit sore loser?"

"What about the boxing and kicking competition we just mentioned?"

Everyone in the tent whispered to each other. If the emperor hadn't been present, someone would have whistled or called Ma Liu to get out.

Of course, this is the imperial capital after all. People who come here are either rich or noble, so they must pay attention to their personal status.

The anxious General Ma Liu of Guangwei could not care about this.

Seeing this, Prince Gu Biao wanted to stand up and stop the scene in front of him, fearing that Lu Yuan would be beaten into a meat pie.

Emperor Gu Yuanzhang raised his hand to suppress Prince Gu Biao and said: "Biao'er, on the stage, no one is allowed to interfere unless you admit defeat!"

After hearing this, Prince Gu Biao looked at the emperor and said, "Father!"

"No need to say more!" the emperor stopped shouting, his son was too soft-hearted.

Lu Yuan took a few steps back and said, "General Ma, it's not that serious. Just calm down."

Lu Yuan persuaded him kindly, not because he was afraid that the other party would hurt him, but because he didn't want the other party to be too aggressive in front of the emperor.

Ma Liu thought Lu Yuan was going to give in.

Lu Yuan, who was forced to have no way to retreat, did not choose to dodge, and just took off the opponent's double hammers, just to tell the opponent: "We are very strong, don't mess with us!"

Lu Yuan held it up with one hand, and two heavy hammers hit Lu Yuan's hands.

After Lu Yuan caught it, his feet were about two centimeters into the ground. His hands felt extremely numb, and his body suffered a lot of shocks.

This is the first time Lu Yuan has received such a powerful hammer with his bare hands.

If Su Liyan were around, she would be so distressed that she would run away!

As Lu Yuan raised his hands, he heard a message from his mother-in-law: "Uncle, we have met Gu Ziyue!" (End of Chapter)