Chapter 135: Children’s Martial Arts Examination

The square in front of the palace is where officials stop their horses and unload their sedan chairs when going to court. It is also occasionally used as a military performance ground for the imperial army. It covers a large area and is five times the size of the square in front of Ni's mansion. At this time, the huge square has been boarded up.

Thousands of forbidden troops wearing light armor were divided into two circles: the inner and outer circles. Those watching the battle stopped in the outer circle, and the arena used for the competition was located in the inner circle.

There were nine arenas in the imperial court for this children's competition, located in all directions and in the middle of the inner circle. The arena was not as tall as the arena set up by the Ni Mansion. It was only three feet above the ground and no more than three feet square. However, it was different from the Ni Mansion Arena.

What's special is that all nine arenas are covered with yellow carpets, highlighting the royal majesty.

There is only one entrance to the competition, which is located due south. Since Yang Kai came from the west, he had to go around to the south to enter.

By the time we walked from the outside to the south entrance, the entry for the children's examination was almost over. Most of the young talents participating in the martial arts examination had already entered and were waiting for the battle. The figure of Da Tou was once again spotted at the entrance.

When he saw Da Tou, Da Tou was stuffing money into the baggage on his chest, and a sweaty young man had just walked away from him, holding a wooden sign and heading toward the entrance with anxiety.

"Brother Datou, what are you doing here?" waved to Datou.

Hearing the call, he bent his head and squeezed through the crowd, "Little Taoist Master, why are you here? Have you got your number plate? If you forgot to bring it, I have a spare one here."

"You are too brave. How dare you forge your martial arts license plate?" he said in a low voice.

"Hush, these number plates are all real. They were replaced at the entrance." Datou rushed to the guard guarding the entrance and nuzzled his mouth. "They took the initiative to find me, and the silver they earned was divided into 2.91 cents."

While the two were talking, another latecomer appeared near the entrance. Seeing this man checking his surroundings eagerly, Datou knew that business was coming again, so he waved to Yang Kai, turned around and got into the crowd again.

At this time, there were still people queuing up behind him, so he could not delay, so he and Yang Kai walked towards the entrance one after another. There was a school captain and a dozen forbidden troops guarding the entrance. There were seven tables on the right side of the passage, and there were people sitting behind the tables.

There are several guards, and the one in front collects the candidates.

The wooden sign indicating the number will be issued, and the officer behind will issue a new number plate with numbers.

The two walked into the square holding number plates with numbers, and were led by the school captain responsible for maintaining order.

After entering the queue, he looked down at the number plate in his hand, it read 2137, which meant that more than 2000 people had entered the venue before him.

After joining the ranks, you are not allowed to talk to each other. If you whisper to each other, you will be reprimanded by the captain.

Not allowing martial arts candidates to talk privately may just be for the sake of seriousness and orderliness in the examination room. There may also be other considerations. When the number plates were changed at the entrance, it was not recorded which number plate belonged to which sect. This will prevent it to the greatest extent.

For the sake of favoritism and fraud, opportunism.

Yesterday, the upper age limit for marriage competition was thirty years old, and the upper age limit for children's examination was twenty years old. He was confident and not nervous, but other candidates were not as calm as him. The imperial edict clearly stated that if the sect was in

If you fail to qualify for martial arts in both the child examination and the main examination, the sect will be forcibly dismissed by the court. This battle is not only related to your own face, but also the survival of the sect.

Although the child martial arts test is not as brutal as the martial arts competition, the pressure from everyone is not small. There are now more than 2,100 people, and people are still being let in at the entrance. It should not be a big problem if we put 2,023 people in.

The number of people who won the martial arts examination in the first round was 240, almost one in ten. This means that after this battle, two thousand small sects will be forcibly dismissed by the court.

For this competition, the imperial court has put some thought into it. All sects, large and small, have been notified, including Qingyun Mountain, which has been in decline for more than ten years, and Tiancan Sect, which has no people.

There may be quite a few sects with similar circumstances.

The direct result after this battle was that there were only more than 200 Jianghu sects left from more than 2,000. The court's move was undoubtedly a bit unkind, but the Jianghu sects were indeed too complicated at the moment. The entire Tang Dynasty included Gyeonggi Province, Duji Province

, Guannai Road, Henan Road including

There are fifteen sects. On average, there are more than a hundred large and small sects in one sect, which is indeed too many.

The rules of the main examination are still unclear at the moment. If the juniors who take part in the martial arts examination fail, perhaps the master can still win. If the master can win, he can also keep his sect.

Just as I was thinking deeply, the hour had arrived and the entrance was closed.

The examiners took their respective positions. Since there were nine arenas set up for the preliminary examination, each arena had three examiners, who were officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War. There were also three chief examiners, and they were served by the deputies of the three ministries, that is, the ministers.

The imperial examinations were presided over by the Ministry of Rites and assisted by the Ministry of Personnel. Only the Ministry of War was added to the military examinations, but the Ministry of Rites was still responsible for presiding over them.

The seats of the three examiners were located in the north. First, the Minister of Rites read out the taboos in the examination room, strict order, and a dozen or so lengthy rules. In summary, they were not allowed to cheat in violation of regulations, not to make trouble, not to use weapons, and not to poison.

If you use a hidden weapon, there are two ways to determine victory, either the opponent voluntarily admits defeat, or the opponent is knocked off the ring.

After reading out the rules and taboos of the martial arts competition, the Minister of Rites took out a wax-sealed paper, which contained the emperor's handwriting, which stipulated the order of battles in the martial arts competition. .??.

It is not a sequential battle, nor an odd-even battle, but a head-to-tail battle, that is, the first to enter the battle and the last to enter, fight in sequence, and retreat to the middle.

Once the battle order was announced, everyone couldn't help but whisper and discuss. However, most people still recognized this rule, so no one could cheat.

The rules were announced, and the school captain responsible for maintaining order began to lead people first and last, and went to nine arenas. Before taking the stage, the examiner recorded the number plate and the sect they belonged to, and then went on stage for the competition.

There is a gong in front of the invigilators in the nine arenas, but they do not sound the gong at the beginning of the competition. They will only sound the gong after the winner is determined. Once the gong sounds, the captain in charge of leading people will send two more people.

, the winner of the previous contest will be taken to the north to line up, and the loser will also be led away from the west.

A martial arts competition is much faster than a martial arts competition to recruit a bride. One kick

It is not uncommon for a person to win or lose with one punch. The three-foot-square arena is ten paces long and wide, which is not too small. It is enough for both parties to move around. Being knocked off the arena can only be attributed to your own lack of skill.

It makes sense not to allow children to use weapons. Banning the use of weapons can reduce unnecessary casualties. Moreover, weapons are only extensions of limbs. A real tiger will not become a sick cat because of the ban on weapons, but will instead be a poor scholar.

People like to use weapons to fight fiercely.

He was not tall, and there were too many people standing in front of him. He could not see clearly what was going on in each arena. He could only hear the sound of gongs coming continuously, and people standing behind him were being taken away one after another.

Da Tou also lied about his age and got into the children's examination. Because he was a dwarf, the sub-examiner could not make up his mind. After consulting the examiner, he finally decided to let him participate. After all, Da Tou was the only one from the Tianzan Sect to participate in the war, so he would not be allowed to participate.

It is unreasonable to dismiss the Tiancan clan.

If Datou participated in the main examination, it would not be easy to win, but he participated in the children's examination, and they were all young people under the age of twenty, so there would be no suspense in winning.

Soon Yang Kai was also taken away, followed immediately.

When he followed the captain to the front of the queue, everyone standing in the front queue felt relieved, while the fat man who was about to fight him had his eyes wide open with a look of astonishment on his face.

Yang Kai and his opponent were taken to the arena in the northeast corner, while the fat man with the double chin was taken to the southeast arena.

"Tao, Tao, Tao, Tao, Taoist Master..." The fat man wanted to talk to him, but he didn't know whether he was a stutterer or was stuttering because he was too nervous. Before he could finish speaking, the captain turned around and scolded him,

"No talking."

The two were brought in front of the examiner, and the fat man stared nervously. When they reported their guru's name and Taoist name, the fat man instantly collapsed, trembling all over, and crying, "I, I, I, really, really, really, really,

If you fall down, you will be bloody for eight, eight, eight lifetimes."

"Show your number plate and state the name of your master." the examiner urged.
Chapter completed!