Happy Little Scholar

In the literary test seven days ago, a hundred people stood out from thousands of talented people and were able to participate in today's martial arts test.

The martial arts test will be held in Furong Garden. At that time, the order of the hundred people will be disrupted and divided into ten groups. There will be only one winner in each group. As long as they can defeat Princess Shouning, they can become the prince consort.

Of course, if two or more people defeat the princess, they will need to compete with each other again, and only one prince consort will be left in the end.

As for whether the grouping is unfair and whether the power distribution is even, there is only one prince consort anyway, and there is no difference between the second and the 100th, so there is no need to consider so much.

The court officials were very worried about this. Everyone knew that although Princess Shouning was a woman, she was both civil and military, and her martial arts were extremely outstanding. Last year, the court recruited the top martial arts champion, and she secretly dressed as a man and made it into the top ten...

At that time, all officials had realized that Princess Shouning had few rivals among her peers or even those who were one or two generations older than her.

Those who are better at martial arts than her have practiced martial arts for many years and cannot participate in this competition.

Of course, this is something that the prospective princes need to worry about, and they are happy to see it.

In Furong Garden, ten arenas have been built on a huge open space.

The officials and dignitaries in the capital are not outside, but in a hall, with wine and food, chatting with each other.

They don't pay attention to the competition outside, and the final ten will come here.

Several white-bearded old men sat together, looking very happy.

"During the examination for recruiting a consort this time, we found quite a few good talents, worthy of attention."

"That Muzi is definitely a good prime minister. His political commentary is so good that even I am ashamed of myself..."

"Come on, you sound like you can compare to him in everything except political commentary. There are only a few people in Kyoto who can compare to him in poetry and prose. It even reminds me of King Jing. The strange thing is, why have I never heard of such a person before..."

"It's a bit too exaggerated to be compared to King Jing... In fact, in addition to this mysterious Muzi, there are several others whose performances are also remarkable..."

...

Inside the palace, officials and dignitaries in the court watched the excitement without thinking of trouble. Next to the arena in Furong Garden, those who had already received their respective groups were full of worries.

A young man with a refined appearance waved his hand fiercely, with a face full of resentment: "The literary test is a literary test, why do we have to compete in martial arts? It is insulting to the society, it is really insulting to the society..."

A person beside him nodded in agreement and said: "We are here to pacify the world with our pens, how can we act like reckless men..."

An eunuch came over and said: "You two, please go to the ring!"

The two of them walked onto the ring silently after hearing this.

It is not easy to stand out from thousands of people. Even if it is insulting to the society, they must not miss this opportunity.

The rules of the second martial arts test are very simple, that is, there are no rules.

Ten rings, one stick of incense time, and the one who finally stands on each ring is the winner and can enter the inner hall to proceed to the last level.

There are also many people standing around the ring watching. As an eunuch lit the incense and announced the start of the martial arts test, the atmosphere on the ring changed immediately.

Even the referee on the sidelines could not believe what he saw.

They have seen young talents writing beautiful articles in the examination hall, but they have never seen weak scholars fighting, scratching faces and groping, and doing everything they can.

If you think about it carefully, it is not surprising to see such a scene.

It is rare to find a complete literary and martial artist. The first literary test is so difficult. Most of those who remain in this stage are scholars with great literary talent. There are countless people who are weak. Let them write articles, but let them fight to decide the winner------that is the scene in front of them.

Of course, the ten arenas are not all so unsightly.

Two of the arenas are the home courts of two young talents from aristocratic families in Beijing. They have martial arts skills, and the rest of the people on the arena were quickly cleared out by them.

There is another arena where nine people rarely unite together and chase a fat man and beat him up. I don’t know what the situation is...

The most bizarre one is probably the first arena.

There are only two people in the first arena, and they stand on one side of the arena, motionless.

Li Yi also found that there was only one person left on the opposite side after he cleared out the people who rushed towards him in the first place.

The man wore a hood on his head, covering his face, so he couldn't see clearly from outside.

The other party's body was also covered in a loose robe, making it difficult to see anything.

This was another weirdo who didn't want to show his true face to others, except Li Yi himself.

The other party didn't move, and Li Yi didn't move either.

He didn't move because the man on the opposite side was very powerful, very powerful.

Li Yi had just taught Li Han yesterday that there are people beyond people and there are heavens beyond heavens. Unexpectedly, after just one day, some things came true on him.

He thought that he had opened a lot of cheats in his life. Now that he was under the Grandmaster, it was difficult to see an opponent. Obviously, he was also a frog in the well.

The man on the opposite side was obviously not a Grandmaster yet, but he was not sure he could beat him.

Li Yi didn't move, so the man on the opposite side moved.

His speed was very fast, and there was even a residual image in front of Li Yi. His figure flashed and disappeared on the spot. At the same time, the man's figure appeared in his previous position.

Li Yi suddenly smelled a familiar scent.

It was not the scent of perfume.

It was the scent of Mingzhu.

“Mingzhu!”

His eyes widened and he was so shocked that he even used his original voice.

The figure had already made a move, but after hearing his voice, it suddenly stopped.

Li Yi could feel a pair of shocked eyes looking at him under the cloak.

He walked over quickly, but the figure hidden under the cloak suddenly took a few steps back, jumped off the ring, and quickly disappeared from his sight.

Li Yi stood alone on the ring, a little confused.

What's happening here?

Mingzhu disguises herself as a man and competes with him for Shouning?

Li Yi himself was shocked, not to mention the audience below.

The man in the cloak just now had an afterimage. He must be a master. They were getting excited, but the other party suddenly gave up and stepped down. They were not only surprised but also disappointed.

In desperation, he had no choice but to focus on the last arena where the winner had not yet been decided.

On the ring, a young scholar with a bruised nose and face struggled to push a companion off the ring. Looking around, he found that apart from him, the only one left was the fat man lying on the edge of the ring.

As long as the fat man is dragged down, he will be the winner.

He walked over to the fat man, grabbed his legs, and dragged them outwards.

The fat man didn't move at all.

He blushed and used a little more strength.

Stab!

The fat man's trouser legs were torn by him. He held a piece of cloth in his hand and fell off the ring.

At this point, all ten people who won the martial arts test have competed.

…

Furong Garden, in a certain palace.

Li Xuan looked around and asked doubtfully: "Strange, where did the pearl go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked in from outside.

Li Xuan stepped forward and said, "Where have you been? The last ten people have already competed. It's time for us to go to the palace."

"Some things have been delayed." Li Mingzhu straightened her clothes and said, "Let's go."

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"The Queen Mother is here, the Queen Mother is here!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

"The eldest princess has arrived! Princess Shouning has arrived!"

In the main hall, upon hearing the eunuch's high-pitched and thin voice, many courtiers and dignitaries bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me." The Queen Mother looked down and said, "Invite those ten young men to enter the palace..."

A trace of doubt appeared on Li Xuan's face, and he murmured: "It's already this time, and that guy hasn't shown up yet..."

Li Mingzhu glanced outside the hall, then looked away again without speaking.

Shouning sat in his seat, with his body upright, looking in the direction outside the hall without blinking, and holding the corners of his skirt tightly with both hands...

Under the leadership of a eunuch, nine people walked into the hall.

The reason there were nine people was because there was another fat man who was carried in.

Li Xuan glanced at the faces of those people, showing disappointment.

Shouning's eyes immediately turned to the figure on the far left, and he couldn't move away anymore...