Yang Kai could tell that he was worried, but if he didn't say anything, it would be inconvenient for him to continue asking.

After Yang Kai finished reading the imperial list, he said, "Brother Yang, Longhu Mountain belongs to Jiangnan West Road, and your Qingyun Mountain is on Jiannan Road. Let's go separately to get the license plate, and we will meet here later."

Yang Kai nodded in agreement, and the two of them went to different sheds to get the number plates.

Since today was the first day that the imperial list was posted, there were long queues outside the fifteen pavilions. The crowds in the rivers and lakes were no better than the soldiers marching. The queues were crooked and uneven. From time to time, people would jump in the queue, causing others to be dissatisfied and scolded.

Not long after queuing up, I suddenly noticed someone speaking to the side, "Little Taoist Master."

There were no other Taoists around. When he heard someone talking, he turned around and looked around, but found that the people around him were not talking to him. He lowered his head again and saw the person who was speaking. This person was only three feet tall, with short limbs and a head.

He is so big that he is actually a dwarf.

This dwarf is just small, he must be quite a bit old, he must be around 20 years old, he has a smile on his face and looks quite festive.

Seeing that the dwarf was also dressed as a warrior, he asked, "My dear friend, is something wrong?"

The dwarf carried a baggage with him, but other people's baggage was carried on their backs, but his baggage was hung on his chest. The dwarf took out a palm-sized fold from the baggage and handed it over, "Little Taoist Priest, this is

The rubbings of the imperial list and the original text of the imperial list are all in it, as are the thousands of Jianghu sects."

He took it casually and stretched it to read. As the dwarf said, this small book was a reduced version of the imperial list. The contents on the imperial list were recorded intact. However, this small book was not handwritten, but a rubbing.

Yes, the smell of ink is very strong.

"One or two, one or two for a portion." the dwarf said with a smile.

"This is too expensive for you. These few pages of paper are not worth a tael of silver." He handed the small folder back.

The dwarf waved his hand eagerly, "It's not expensive, little Taoist priest. I was waiting here at midnight last night. After the imperial list was posted, I had to copy it verbatim, and I had to find someone to make rubbings. I earned hard-earned money.

Buy it and keep it with you, all the sects in the world are among them, maybe you will need it one day."

Others in the team heard what the dwarf said, and several of them paid to buy it. They also felt that this small discount was useful, so they also took out their silver and bought one.

The dwarf was happy to receive the money, "Masters, my name is Datou, and I live in the inn in the south of the city. If you have anything that is inconvenient to come forward in person, you can go find me, run errands and deliver letters, and I will do all the trivial things like welcome and delivery.

Yes, just a few hard-earned money."

After saying this, the dwarf went to the front of the team. There were soldiers near the pergola to maintain order. Seeing that he was peddling for profit and breaking the order, he shouted and chased him away. The dwarf nodded and apologized, took the opportunity to sell a few more copies, and then rushed after the soldiers.

Before coming here, I ran to other teams.

After waiting in line for a quarter of an hour, it was finally my turn.

In the past, registration was very simple. After reporting the sect to which you belonged, the officer responsible for recording would check the box on the roster. The number plates on the children's list and the main list were not issued at the same time. This time, only the number plates on the children's list were issued, and they were not issued from front to back.

The number is the entry sign. All the signs are the same, wooden, rectangular, with the word "Martial Arts" on them.

This thing doesn't have much use, and no one will come to claim it falsely, so the officers just check the box and distribute it without questioning.

After taking the sign, he went to Jiannan Road where Yang Kai was, and happened to encounter the dwarf who was kicked out of the Jiannan Road team by soldiers. The dwarf apologized to the soldiers with a playful smile, and took the opportunity to take out a small booklet.

Throw it to the buyer who has already paid.

"My dear friend, if you run around like this, they will catch you sooner or later." He said with a smile.

The dwarf recognized the thing he had bought from him and was particularly friendly to him, "No, who would make things difficult for a three-and-a-half-foot man? My name is Datou, the little Taoist priest. I live in the inn in the south of the city. If you have any errands, just ask me."

."

Three and a half feet is the common name for dwarfs in the world. The dwarf calling himself three and a half feet is really mocking himself.

Seeing that he didn't have a Chang'an accent, he asked casually, "Are you also here to compete on orders?"

"Yes, yes, I am the current sect leader of the Tiancan Sect, and I belong to Hedong Road." said the dwarf.

"Tiancanmen?" I am quite unfamiliar with this name.

"It's hard for a small sect to think that the imperial court remembers us," the dwarf said with a smile.

"Did my dear brother participate in the children's list or the main list?" he asked again.

"Actually, I am already twenty-five years old, so I should participate in the main list, but the main list is full of masters, and I can't beat them. I'd better join the children's list, and maybe I can get some silver." The dwarf said with a smile.

"This one only gets an official position and no reward," he said.

The dwarf said casually while sorting out the remaining small things in the bag, "I know, but I was born with a disability. With my appearance, wouldn't it be humiliating for the imperial court to appoint me as an official? But if I win, they will

If you drive me away, you must give me an explanation."

He had a good impression of this dwarf, so he said with a smile, "Haha, my dear friend, I wish you a place on the list."

"Hey, I also wish the little Taoist priest will be ranked among the top three." After the dwarf finished speaking, he carried his baggage and went elsewhere.

While the two were talking, Yang Kai also received the wooden sign, and the two left together.

Since there was nothing urgent, I wandered around the city with Yang Kai. Chang'an was already prosperous, and it was time for the imperial court to convene warriors from all over the world to gather for a competition. The city was even more lively. Almost all the inns were full, and the streets were everywhere.

They are all kinds of people from the rivers and lakes. Many people from the rivers and lakes in remote frontiers not only have different clothes and appearance from those in China, but also ride horses of all kinds. Some use deers as horses, some use tigers as horses, and some use cows as horses.

Yes, but this kind of cow is different from the cows in the Middle Earth. The horns are not on the top of the head, but on the nose. Only after asking knowledgeable passers-by did they know it was a rhinoceros.

Since it was dinner time, not only the inn and restaurant were full of people, but there were also many diners at the street stalls, who chose a stall to treat Yang Kai to a meal.

Yang Kai's temperament is very withdrawn. He is not curious about anything, nor does he look around. He just lowers his head to eat.

He is still young and does not understand the affairs between men and women, but he is still quite curious about the foreign women in the past. Most of the foreign women are taller than the Chinese women. Some of them have yellow hair and blue eyes. There are also some with red hair, and they are not good-looking.

, but at least it is not ugly, but there are exceptions. A foreign woman passing by carrying a jar was more than seven feet tall, with a dark complexion, the kind that would not be found in a heap of ashes, and her teeth were white all over her body. Fortunately, she was

If you encounter him during the day or at night, you may have to recite spells and draw talismans.

Just as I was looking around curiously, I suddenly spotted a familiar figure, which was the dwarf I met earlier. The dwarf had just come out of a bank shop. His baggage was already flat, and the small discount must have been sold out.

There was a seller selling sesame cakes on the roadside, which cost a penny each. The dwarf took out a copper coin and discussed buying two.

Baggage, one held in hand and chewed.

I had seen the dwarf sell a lot of silver coins before. Seeing how thrifty he was this time, I was curious, so I called him and asked him to have a meal.

The dwarf was polite, but he still came over, got him a bench, and asked the stall owner to give him a bowl of broth.

Now that we sit down, we always tell each other our names. Good or bad, there is a name. This dwarf is even worse than him. He doesn't even have a name, so he knows that his name is Big Head. This is definitely not a name, but a nickname given to him by others.

Son.

The Tiancan Sect was a small sect, and its members were all disabled. Because they often begged on the streets, they robbed the Beggar Gang of their business. A few years ago, the Tiancan Sect was destroyed by the Beggar Gang's left guardian Gong Sun Chengwei and his men, and the old sect leader was also killed.

He was beaten to death, but Datou never thought about avenging the sect leader, because the sect leader was not kind to him when he was alive, and his martial arts was not taught by the old sect leader, but by his father-in-law.

When I learned that he still had a father-in-law, I became even more curious. After asking, I found out that Datou was married. Not only did he have a beautiful wife, but he also had a smart son.

Datou seemed to be in a hurry to do something, so he ate a sesame seed cake with broth and stood up to say goodbye, "Thank you, Taoist Priest. If there is anything I can do, just go to the Chengnan Inn and find me. I won't charge you any money."

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Thank you." He smiled.

Datou turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Duke Ni of the State of Ji is going to recruit a bride for his daughter through a martial arts competition. They are two talented people, so you might as well go and try your luck. The Ni family is rich enough to rival the country. If they can succeed in getting married, not only will they get a beauty, but they will also be able to get married.

I have gained more money than I can spend in my lifetime."

"You are quite well informed," he said casually.

"It's not very well-informed," Big Head pointed to the southeast, "The notice of Ni Mansion has been posted at Chenshi, and the date of the competition is set on the day before the court competition, starting at the beginning of Mao Shi and ending before You Shi."

"Has the notice been posted?" He frowned slightly.

Datou didn't know why, so he nodded and said, "Yes, young talents from Nian Zhixue and even Lili can participate."

Hearing Da Tou's words, he nodded. Zhixue was fifteen, and Li was thirty. It was already autumn and he could be counted as fifteen years old. This rule was not set up to eliminate him.

Datou added, "However, the Ni family's martial arts competition to recruit a bride is different from the imperial martial arts competition. It is a round-robin competition. Not only does it require strong martial arts, but also pure and deep spiritual energy cultivation. You must know that the spiritual energy cultivation is not enough for a round-robin competition.

I can’t make it to the end.”

Datou didn't know that Ni Chenyi had been a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, nor did he know the relationship between the two. He continued, "But you don't need to wait until the end. The Ni family is the richest in the world. The first victory will get a hundred taels of silver, and the second victory will get two

One hundred taels, three wins equals four hundred taels. If it is four wins, it will be eight hundred taels, and there is no cap. This is amazing. I have carefully calculated that if I can win eight games in a row, I will finally lose.

, you can also get ten thousand taels of silver."

Seeing that Datou was salivating and envious, he said casually, "With such a huge reward, my dear friend, you might as well go on stage and give it a try."

"I would like to make some money, but the notice clearly states that you must have an upright figure and a dignified appearance," Datou said with a smile, "I'm three feet tall and weigh sixty, so I'm not qualified."

After Da Tou finished speaking, he left with a smile.

When talking to Datou, Yang Kai never spoke. When Datou left, Yang Kai asked, "Is it Taoist Ni who is competing in martial arts to recruit brides?"

nodded.

"You want to go?" Yang Kai asked again.

He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yang Kai, who finally no longer needed you to address him.

"I'll play a few games with you first," Yang Kai said.

"We'll talk about it then." He said, he originally wanted to go to Ni Mansion to see the situation, but after Datou said this, he no longer had to go to Ni Mansion.

And Yang Kai's suggestion just now also indirectly reminded him that any method that Yang Kai can think of, his potential opponent must also be able to think of. If nothing else happens, the other party will summon a large number of experts to stand ready and take turns to come on stage to protect and sweep away those who want to marry Ni Chenyi.
Chapter completed!