After making up my mind, I went out for a trip, and my destination was Ni Mansion in Dongcheng.

He went to Ni Mansion not to try his luck, because Ni Chenyi was definitely not there. He had two purposes for going to Ni Mansion. One was to determine the specific location of Ni Mansion. Last time, Ni Chenyi only gave an approximate location.

We need to know where Ni Mansion is.

The second is to observe the route. If this matter is really behind the scenes by the court, the court will definitely try to prevent him from participating on the day of the contest. The most likely possibility is to send officials from Dali Temple to question him, and maybe even take him away.

Go to Dali Temple to temporarily detain you. If this is the case, you must take precautions in advance. As soon as the official messenger comes, jump out of the window and escape immediately without meeting them.

There are two reasons why we don’t move to another place in advance. One is that the Black Master’s target is too big to leave behind. The other is that there are probably spies from the imperial court spying around Baoqing Inn, so we should move to another place now.

The only way to do this is to alert the enemy and force the court to take action in advance.

An hour later, he returned to Baoqing Inn. He took two routes when he went there and when he came back. He had memorized the streets and houses along the way. After returning to the inn, he lay down on the bed and took these two routes.

I thought over and over again in my mind to choose the best route, which eaves to borrow strength from, which corner to move to, which big tree to borrow for ventilation, and which pavilion to take shelter from.

Eye rest.

When he woke up, he was already acquainted with Chen Si. Yesterday, he and Yang Kai agreed to meet at noon. It was still early, so he went to the backyard to stay with Young Master Hei for a while. He was originally worried that Young Master Hei was getting used to being wild and wouldn't be able to stay any longer, so he never thought about this.

The guy enjoys the comfort in front of him. He eats fine grains every day and sleeps on a bed of soft grass and cattails. Even if you take him out for a walk, he is not very interested. It seems that he is enjoying himself here and does not miss Shu.

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After confirming that Young Master Hei's stay was comfortable, he felt relieved and went back to his room to take a shower and change clothes, then took his luggage and weapons and rushed to Yang Kai's residence.

When he went to the door of the mansion, he found Yang Kai sitting in the yard with a bag on his back. When he saw him coming, Yang Kai hurriedly came forward and said, "Taoist Master."

"What are you doing carrying this baggage?" He was very puzzled, "Where is your master?"

"My master has left." Yang Kai said.

Hearing Yang Kai's words, he was startled, "It's impossible, my..."

Seeing the misunderstanding, Yang Kai hurriedly explained, "My master regained consciousness yesterday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon, I told him one by one what happened in the past years. Master left last night. He has some old things that need to be dealt with.

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After Yang Kai finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good, your master must come back, what are you doing carrying this baggage?"

"This is someone else's mansion, how can it last long?"

I can’t leave,” Yang Kai said, “The Taoist Master restored his vitality with his wonderful hands and saved the master. From now on, I will follow the Taoist Master to fulfill my promise and repay the great kindness.”

"Brother Yang, I'm serious, I'm really serious," he frowned and waved his hands, "I've said it before, we have the same interests and are friends, you're so outspoken."

Seeing that he was really angry, Yang Kai hurriedly said, "Just follow what the Taoist Master said."

"You don't live here anymore. What should I do if I can't find you when I come back?" he asked.

Yang Kai was speechless.

"You can't go to the Baoqing Inn, that place is not clean," he shook his head and said, "Don't mess around. You will live here before the competition, and we will make arguments after the competition."

Yang Kai had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Didn't you say that the imperial court will post the emperor's imperial list today?" He turned around and went ahead, "Let's go and take a look."

Go first, Yang Kai follows behind, always one step behind him.

He didn't like Yang Kai's approach very much, and after pulling him a few times, Yang Kai walked side by side with him.

He has never seen the world, and Yang Kai is not as good as him. This is the first time he has come to Chang'an, and he is not familiar with Chang'an, but he is already familiar with it now. Although he has not been to the imperial palace, he has been to Prince Hong's Mansion, and Hong

To the east of the palace is the Royal Palace.

On the road, there were many people from the Jianghu who were heading east. They had also gone to see the imperial list and get their number plates. They were all kinds of people, men and women, young and old, monks, nuns, Taoists and laypeople.

At first, I was worried that there were too many people rushing to the palace to see the imperial list, and the two of them could not squeeze in. When they got to the end of the palace, they realized that they had worried too much. The imperial list was not a small piece of paper, but one side was a hundred feet long and two feet wide.

The huge banner, which is 10 feet long, is hung on the wall on the east side of the city gate and can be seen clearly across the moat.

"What is the Children's List?" Yang Kai raised his eyes and looked into the distance.

"It is written very clearly below that the children under the age of twenty are the children's list. The competition seems to be divided into two times. The first seven days are the children's list. Let's fight first. After the fifteenth year, the main list is held. All the participants are masters of various factions." said.

The imperial list is divided into three parts: the upper, middle and lower parts. The upper part is the preface in Mandarin. The general meaning is that the Tang Dynasty was in its prosperous period for nearly three hundred years, with a territory of tens of millions of miles. The four seas were surrendered and all nations came to the dynasty. It was the first year of Dashun.

, the emperor issued a decree to expand the scope of military examinations and select young people with ambitions to serve the country.

The first half is purely about the situation. Everyone knows what the situation of the Tang Dynasty is now, the Anshi Rebellion and Huang Chao

The rebellion has seriously damaged the vitality of the Tang Dynasty, and its glory has ceased.

Military examinations and imperial examinations are both ways for the imperial court to select talents. They have always existed, and Emperor Wu paid special attention to them. However, there has never been such a large-scale selection like this year. It is an unprecedented event.

The middle part of the imperial list contains the rules of the competition and the treatment after victory. Different from the spear, horse, riding and archery selection for the martial arts examination, this competition is an actual combat duel. Two people are promoted to the first, then one is promoted, and one is promoted again. Up to 240 people are the martial arts candidates.

, was granted the title of seventh-grade military attache.

The Wu Juren competed for two more rounds, and the sixty winners were awarded the title of Wu Jinshi and were awarded the title of Sixth Grade Military Attache.

These sixty people continue to fight again. The thirty who lost the first battle and the fifteen who lost the second battle are the top three. Their official rank remains unchanged and they are still the sixth rank.

The fifteen who won the Second World War were awarded the title of Second Class A, and were awarded the title of Military Attache of the Fifth Rank.

These fifteen people will draw lots and compete in rounds until the top three are selected. Just like the imperial examination, the first place is the number one, the second is the second place, and the third is the third place.

There are only two restrictions in the competition. One is that poisoning is not allowed, and the other is that concealed weapons are not allowed. Other than that, there are no restrictions, not even restrictions on not injuring human life.

If there is a reward, there will be a punishment, and the punishment is very simple. If the sect does not occupy a seat in the children's list and the main list, the sect will be directly dissolved and the gang members will be dismissed. This punishment will be very severe. The reason why the court did this is to prevent

Some sects stay out of the matter and deliberately show weakness to avoid it. No sect can bear such a severe punishment, and all the people in the world will go all out.

If they really try their best and still fail to win a seat, then this sect has nothing to fear and can be dismissed directly, which will save them from making up their numbers and gathering crowds to disturb the people.

Never underestimate the imperial court. Just by looking at this child list, you can see how meticulous the imperial court is. All the defeated sects were disbanded, so as to rectify the atmosphere and ensure peace and order for the people. All the selected sects were given official positions and served the imperial court. This is the so-called universal rule.

Is it the land of the king? Is it the land of the king? Is it the ministers of the king? The Tang Dynasty is in trouble. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, no one can stand aside and stay out of the matter.

The second half of the imperial list contains a large number of sect names, which are divided according to the region where the sect is located. There are fifteen sects in the Tang Dynasty, namely Gyeonggi Road, Duji Road, Guannai Road, Henan Road, Hebei Road, Hedong Road, Long

Right Road, Shannan East Road, Shannan West Road, Huainan Road, Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road, Qianzhong Road.

There are more than 300 states in the country, each falling under the jurisdiction of these fifteen roads. Ganzhou, where Longhu Mountain is located, falls under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan West Road. There are fifteen places to sign up for pavilions outside the imperial city, and each place has a plaque. He will go there later.

Reporting at Jiangnan West Road.

Yang Kai's reading speed was relatively slow, and he had only read half of it until now, "Taoist Priest, what is the official position of the third rank?"

"It's not the third rank, it's the third rank from the rank," he shook his head and said, "The winners of the children's list are all from the third rank. The governor of Shangzhou and the secretary supervisor are all from the third rank."

Seeing that Yang Kai was confused, he had to explain again, "Shangzhou is a big state with a large territory and many people. The Secretary Supervisor is the chief official who writes the history of the imperial court."

"Taoist Priest is so knowledgeable." Yang Kai said.

Hearing Yang Kai's approval, he felt very ashamed. The reason why he knew this was because Ni Chenyi took him around the city not long ago. Ni Chenyi would give instructions and explanations to the official residences he met along the way.

"But the people you just mentioned are all civil servants." Yang Kai said.

"That's right, let me think about it, military attaches above the fifth rank can be named generals," he said. "The older ones should be sent out to lead troops in battles. People like me can't seem to do much, right.

Yes, it seems that the Minister of Dali Temple is also from the third rank, but they will definitely not let me manage Dali Temple."

He has a young mind and talks casually. Only when he said this did he realize that his words were inappropriate and said hurriedly, "What's more, I can't choose a headgear."

"Taoist Priest is too humble, you will definitely be able to surpass the others with your skills." Yang Kai said seriously.

"You've never seen me use martial arts, how do you know if I can do it?" he said with a smile.

"If you have a general knowledge, you can know everything; if you have no knowledge, you can know nothing," Yang Kai said, "People with high talent can do everything well, while people with low talent can do nothing well."

"You really think highly of me." After smiling, he turned his attention back to the imperial list. Although there were names of sects on the imperial list, there were no names of people participating in the competition. However, there were the number of people participating in the competition on the children's list.

They are all two people, while the small gang is one person.

When I found Longhushan among the many sects from Jiangnan West Road, I frowned. There was only one person participating in the children's list competition in Longhushan. If the person on the list was a woman, there would be a note after the number. Longhu

There is no gender marked after the number of people in Shan, indicating that he was the one participating in the competition, while Ni Chenyi was erased from the imperial list.

Seeing the sudden frown, Yang Kai asked in a low voice, "Taoist Master, which sect has a problem with you?"

He shook his head. The Beggars Gang, Jinding Villa and other sects that he had issues with were indeed on the list, but that was not why he frowned. Ni Chenyi was wiped off the imperial list, indicating that his previous guess was correct. There was someone in the imperial court.
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