Peerless Pirates

Seeing Song Zheng being so polite, Lu Hengshan couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You brat, you are still doing this to me, don't play this hypocritical trick, sit down and listen to me!"

Song Zheng didn't notice Ming'er either. In the past six or seven days, he had been cultivating himself and calming down his mind. Therefore, there was no smile on his face, and he always had a light look. Ming'er was not good at words, and he couldn't make Song Zheng happy. Therefore, when Song Zheng was studying, she would just come over and sit quietly for a while, silently accompanying Song Zheng. Although Song Zheng was a little moved, he still remained calm. After being scolded by Lu Hengshan this time, he felt a little more relaxed. .

Lu Hengshan saw Song Zheng sitting down and said, "The first thing is about the martial arts competition on Shandong Road. Yang Tong is familiar with this matter, let him talk about it!"

"Martial arts competition?" Song Zheng asked with some confusion. When he was in class at the martial arts academy, he heard some students discussing it once. However, his mind was not on it, so he naturally did not listen carefully.

Tongdao Yang: "The Martial Arts Competition is a competition set by Qiao Zhenchuan, the governor of Shandong Road, after he took office three years ago. It is said to promote the martial arts of the Qi Dynasty. Shandong Road belongs to the twelve states, including Qizhou, Qingzhou, and Weizhou , Laizhou, Dengzhou, Mizhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Jezhou, Xuzhou and Shanzhou. The martial arts academies of these twelve states all sent teams and gathered at the capital of Shandong Road, which is Qizhou Licheng (today's Qizhou Licheng) Jinan), the competition will be held. The twelve states are divided into three groups, and the four teams in each group will compete against each other twice, and the winner of each group will be selected. The first place in these three groups will compete twice more. Make final reservations."

"Oh? Then how many people are produced by each martial arts academy? How to compare?"

"Each martial arts academy produces 31 people, one of whom is a 'Linjiang', which means a temporary general. They fight with wooden weapons. Bows and arrows can also be used, but the bows and arrows have flat heads. The competition venue is in the history. The large training ground of the City Martial Academy. When the time comes, a range of one hundred feet long and sixty feet wide will be drawn on the training ground. Each side of the competition will occupy one end, and the winner will be the one who grabs the other team's flag. At that time, The weapons of both sides will be smeared with white ash. Anyone with traces of white ash on vital parts, such as the head and torso, will be required to voluntarily withdraw from the competition. Of course, anyone who leaves the venue will also be considered withdrawn from the competition."

Song Zheng remained silent after listening to Yang Tong's introduction.

Lu Hengshan laughed and scolded again: "You brat, I don't believe you can't guess our intention?"

Song Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I know what Lord Guards is up to. However, I have to take the scholar examination in the academy in the summer. If I pass, I also want to take part in the imperial examination held in Licheng in the fall. I'm afraid I won't have time to take this year's exam. It’s a martial arts competition. Besides, I’m not a student of the martial arts academy!”

Lu Hengshan and Yang were both stunned when they heard this. Lu Hengshan said: "It shouldn't be a big problem for you to take the scholar examination, but why did you take the judicial examination this year? Since the founding of the Qi Dynasty, there have only been two fifteen-year-old candidates. , you are only fourteen years old this year, isn’t it too early?”

Song Zheng knew his own family affairs, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I took advantage of my young age to participate a few more times to accumulate some experience. I didn't expect to succeed in one fell swoop. I also made it clear to the adults and Brother Yang that I will obey my father. Teaching, if you take the imperial examination as your career, how can you not do your best!"

Speaking of this, Lu Hengshan couldn't help but ponder.

Song Zheng saw that Lu Hengshan was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but asked: "It's just a competition, the defense master won't take it so seriously, right?"

Yang Tong explained: "It would be nice if it was just a simple competition between martial arts academies. Governor Qiao once promised that the first three martial arts academies in each competition will get five, three, and two candidates' quotas respectively. You also know, The martial arts examination is more difficult than the civil examination examination. In the past three years, our martial arts academy in Mizhou has only produced one martial arts examination candidate. In neighboring Yizhou, Weizhou, Qingzhou and Laizhou, students from the martial arts academy have passed the examination every year. Qingzhou In the past three years, there have been seven martial arts competitions. This makes Mr. Lu's face very shameful. Three days ago, Mr. Yan Hongtuyan, the Qingzhou garrison, wrote a letter and laughed at this matter. Of course, there are other things in the martial arts competition. involve……"

When Yang Tong said this, he couldn't help but stop talking.

Lu Hengshan snorted coldly, "There's nothing bad to say about this. If our Michigan Martial Arts Academy takes the top spot, I may be promoted. I have been working in the defense position in Michigan for five years, and I have both qualifications and abilities. I just need an opportunity."

Song Zheng understood now. It turned out that Lu Hengshan, an old boy, wanted to be promoted. It’s no wonder, who doesn’t want to be an official? It is estimated that after Lu Hengshan is promoted, Brother Yang in front of him is very likely to take over the guard position. No wonder the two Everyone looked forward to him. However, when Lu Hengshan said this, he really couldn't refuse easily. Besides, this time Lu Hengshan came forward to perjury himself, and Lu Qiang was robbed because of it. He owed a Favor. But his own affairs are also important matters. What should he do? Song Zheng became embarrassed.

When Lu Hengshan saw that Song Zheng was silent, he felt a little embarrassed, "You brat, don't be embarrassed. It's my fault that I wanted you to be a 'pro-general' because I was obsessed with officialdom. I was also pissed off by that old guy Yan Hongtu." It’s broken, so I’m looking for you. Haha, just pretend I didn’t say these things, pretend I didn’t say them!”

Even so, Lu Hengshan still had a look of disappointment on his brows.

Song Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't agree with Mr. Lu, it's just that the national examination is also in the autumn. I'm afraid there will be a conflict between the two times."

When Lu Hengshan heard that Song Zheng was loosening his words, he couldn't help but said happily, "So, if these two times are staggered, you will be willing to contribute?"

Song Zheng felt vaguely that something was not right, but he had already said this and had no choice but to nod.

Lu Hengshan and Yang Tong looked at each other and laughed, leaving Song Zheng puzzled.

Lu Hengshan stopped laughing and said, "Do you know when the National People's Government Examination is this year?" Without waiting for Song Zheng to speak, Lu Hengshan continued: "The annual National People's Government Examination is held on the 10th and 11th day of September, that is, after the Double Ninth Festival. Two days.”

Yang Tong said: "Every year, the time for the All Shandong Road Martial Arts Competition is not fixed. It is usually not determined until June. However, this year it is determined earlier. The Martial Arts Group Competition is in early September before the Double Ninth Festival. On the sixth day, the first game on the sixth day of the lunar month and the second game on the eighth day of the lunar month decided the group leader. Then it was the Double Ninth Festival, so we had to rest for three days. The competition between the group leaders officially started on September 12th. On the twelfth, fourteenth and sixteenth days, the top teams of the three groups will play against each other in pairs. If a team wins two games in a row, it will naturally be the top player. If each team wins one game, the ranking will be based on the length of victory. .”

When Song Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. The time for the Juren Examination on Shandong Road fell into the time of the martial arts competition. Now, he couldn't refuse it. (Please give me flowers, please collect)