Yang Ji entered a bookstore and quickly found the "Martial Arts Book" he wanted in an obvious location.
"Martial Arts" is an auxiliary book related to martial arts, including mountains and rivers geography, human relations and customs, weapons and weapons, military books and strategies, domestic and overseas...
Rumor has it that the "Martial Code" even includes the distribution of the army and arsenal of the Han Dynasty, as well as information on foreign races, alien spaces, and evil gods and cults. It was compiled by contacting several high-ranking "Martial Saints" of the Han Dynasty. become.
What Yang Ji bought was only a reduced version of the "Martial Arts Code", only a thin layer. The "Martial Arts Code" has developed to this day and has been continuously updated, and it has already spawned countless versions.
What Yang Ji bought was only the simplest, and for higher-level ones, you had to pass the examination for the title of "Wu Tongsheng" and then go to the county government to buy them.
There is an aristocratic version for nobles, and a civilian version for common people. The original "Martial Arts Code" is said to be still hidden in the arsenal of the Han Dynasty.
The "Martial Arts Code" at the "Tongsheng Examination" level is relatively simple. Yang Ji has a strong literary foundation. This streamlined version of the "Martial Arts Code" can be mastered quickly as long as you spend some time.
Yang Ji paid the money and quickly returned to the inn where he was staying.
‘Squeaky!’
The moment the door opened, Yang Ji's eyes were dazzled, and a row of figures appeared in front of him, all looking at him with bright eyes.
‘Yang Ji?’
A joyful voice said tentatively.
‘I am, who are you?’
Yang Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at the strange formation in front of him with some surprise. Fang BuTong, who was in the same room as him, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there were four or five people in blue cloth, with a bit of imperial aura, sitting upright in the room. I don't know how long I waited for him.
‘Ha! Great!’
After hearing Yang Ji's answer, several civil servants stood up happily and said with joy:
‘Finally I’ve waited for you. It’s not easy to find you. Yang Ji, would you like to come with us?’
‘Are you civil servants of the imperial court?’
Yang Ji looked in front of him and said in surprise.
These few people have no strength to tie a chicken, and they are dressed in green cloth robes, exuding a bit of official aura. In Pingchuan City, there are only those civil servants.
It's just that Yang Ji doesn't quite understand. The liberal arts examination has ended. What's going on with these people appearing in his room? And it seems that they have been waiting for him for many days?
According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, it is not appropriate for civil servants and candidates to have contact before the results of the literary examination are known. This situation seems to be against the rules.
Seeing Yang Ji standing there indifferently, several civil servants were slightly startled. They quickly thought of something, came back to their senses, and said with a smile:
'Don't overthink it. The results of the literary test have already come out, and they do not violate the rules. Moreover, it is not us who want to see you, but someone else. His status originally represents the imperial court.'
'oh?'
Yang Ji was surprised, and a look of surprise flashed across his eyes. Military generals were strictly prohibited from intervening in matters related to the liberal arts examination. Even the city lord had no right to interfere.
According to Yang Ji's knowledge, the people with the highest authority in this matter in Pingchuan City are just a few examiners. However, the list of literary examinations has not been fully announced, so even the examiners have no right to say that they represent the imperial court.
However, this was Pingchuan City, which was guarded by soldiers and was heavily guarded. Yang Ji was not afraid of any accidents and walked out directly with these civil servants without even stepping down.
Along the way, several civil servants asked questions and were very excited. They seemed to have a special liking for Yang Ji. This made Yang Ji confused and didn't know what was going on.
However, from their conversation, Yang Ji also vaguely guessed what happened. It turned out that more than 20 days after the literary test ended, the results of this children's test were almost released.
However, this news has not been announced to the public, and only a few examiners know the specific information, and even the subordinate clerks have no idea.
Calling Yang Ji over this time is what I meant above.
There were so many candidates in Pingchuan City, and it was not easy to find Yang Ji among them. Fortunately, these officials knew that Yang Ji must be sitting in a certain inn, so they searched the names one by one and finally found Yang Ji.
Ji, it's a pity that he wasn't there at that time.
Yang Ji was training in a deep pool outside the city. These people waited silently in the room. They came in batches every day and finally blocked Yang Ji.
‘My hard work has paid off. Eight years of hard work has finally paid off.’
Yang Ji thought to himself.
No matter how stupid he is, he knows that he is likely to be on the final list for this liberal arts examination. But he doesn't know what his ranking is.
‘This year’s children’s examination is so strange! Compared with previous years, there seems to be an additional final review stage!’
Yang Ji thought to himself.
Although several civil servants spoke vaguely, Yang Ji also secretly figured out something.
According to the rules of previous years, if the results of the Children's Student Examination are released, they can be announced directly. There is no need to go door to door to find candidates.
This move is clearly intended to determine the final ranking through face-to-face communication, which is equivalent to adding an additional 'review' link to the 'writing test'.
This is obviously a special case!
In addition, according to these people, their good impression of Yang Ji seems to be related to certain things that happened in the government hall not long ago, and the rest is unknown.
Under the leadership of several civil servants, Yang Ji quickly arrived at the end of the field. However, it was not the government office hall that Yang Ji thought at first, but an ordinary-looking mansion with green bricks and green tiles next to the city lord's palace.
There is some gray-brown moss growing on the base of the courtyard wall of the mansion, which shows that the house is old.
At the gate of the mansion, a polite middle-aged man in blue robe stood tall, followed by two young people.
"Is this the examiner of the literary test!"
Yang Ji was surprised when he saw this "middle-aged man in green robes". There had long been rumors among the candidates about the three chief officials in this literary test.
Although Yang Ji didn't pay special attention to it, he had heard it a lot on the street and had seen "Wen Dian", so his memory was still fresh.
The examiner of the dignified imperial literary examination actually stood outside the door, watching for others. Who was the person in the mansion who really wanted to see him?
At this moment, Yang Ji had countless thoughts running through his mind. However, his movements were not slow at all.
"Student Yang Ji, I met the teacher."
Yang Jigong said.
The three examiners in Pingchuan City are all quite famous. They all have extraordinary attainments in poetry, writing, painting and calligraphy, and they are extremely famous among the literary circles.
"Haha, no need to be polite. Who are you, Yang Du?"
Meng Jie said suddenly.
"ah!"
Yang Ji was shocked all over, as if he had been struck by electricity. He raised his head and said in surprise: "Yang Du is my late father, sir..."
"Hahaha, it's nothing. Go quickly."
Meng Jie stroked his beard, laughed and waved his hand, interrupting Yang Ji's words.
Although Yang Ji was full of doubts, he could only walk into the courtyard wall with two other young people at this time.
Seeing the backs of Yang Ji and others disappearing inside the courtyard wall, Meng Jie smiled happily and murmured: "Sure enough..."
