When Zhang Chunhua heard this, his heart moved secretly for a moment, and he couldn't help himself.
"So, Your Majesty, you also like this gift?"
"Of course I do." Yan Wulu replied. "...Didn't I say that before?"
"Your Majesty, the gift Chunhua mentioned before was the 'gift' from that night, and what she is talking about now is this sachet."
Zhang Chunhua explained with a smile. It was only at this moment that Yan Wulu discovered that this girl was playing a word game, and he smiled helplessly.
"...Of these two gifts, which one do you prefer, Prince?" Zhang Chunhua whispered in his ear.
"Well..."
Yan Wulu seemed to be hesitant, and he turned to say: "...the 'gift' that night was so long ago that I can't remember it clearly."
"...If tonight, Chunhua, you can send me one more time, let me feel it, so that I can tell you which one I like?"
When Zhang Chunhua heard this, he smiled shyly and agreed in a whisper.
Yan Wulu also smiled. He turned sideways and asked Zhang Chunhua for a kiss before looking forward again.
…
On the way to the martial arts examination room, the Zhenbei Cavalry Guard sent by Yan Wulu reported -
It's about the City Defense Department.
They've found the evidence, but haven't taken action yet.
Yan Wulu understood.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he asked Zhang Chunhua, a sixth-level Dzogchen warrior, to lead more than 20 mounted guards to go there, and join the remaining mounted guards to take action.
At the same time, let the knight in front of you pass a message to Amaro——
"Master... don't wander around Jinling City all day, it's time to start killing people!"
The cavalry guard was a little surprised and wondered if he should forward the original words. He felt that this was somewhat inconsistent with Yan Wulu's status as the Prince of Zhenbei.
But Yan Wulu waved his hand slightly, indicating that the monk liked killing people, and only after hearing this, he would be motivated.
…
…
Daqian's martial arts exercises are divided into four rounds of tests.
The first round is naturally an audition.
It's called the "rural examination."
It is held in various prefectures, counties and counties, and local young warriors participate in the selection.
It started several months ago.
From a large number of participants, candidates who are qualified to come to Jinling and enter the other three rounds of testing will be selected.
Each region controls a corresponding proportion of people, with a final total of 840 people. Among them, the Jinling region accounts for the absolute number.
This first round alone took almost a long time, and it was also the round with the largest number of players.
Even though there are many young masters who come from aristocratic families in other places, there is no guarantee that they will be able to pass this first round of martial arts audition.
Of course, if it is the Jinling family, it will not be the case...
The large Jinling family has the "right to recommend", which means that each Jinling family can recommend one or more candidates to avoid the first round of auditions and directly participate in the second round of testing at Jinling.
The specific number of people that can be recommended depends on how strong the family's power is.
For example, the Qin family, the leader of the Jinling family, has a total of forty recommended places. It suddenly occupied about one-twentieth of the places.
Not to mention that there are other large and small Jinling families, this martial arts competition did not leave many opportunities for the others from the beginning.
After the recommended quotas for all Jinling families are exhausted, out of the 840 quotas, there will be less than two hundred quotas left, which will be left to tens of thousands of people from other regions to compete for through the first round of martial arts auditions.
But I heard that the Qin family has never used this recommendation privilege since Qin Shuzheng became the head of the family.
Prime Minister Qin is an upright man.
He has always disdained the use of privileges to cheat on this kind of thing. Even if the fraud was officially recognized, Prime Minister Qin didn't bother to use it.
It is said that this year, Qin Chechu, the direct son of Prime Minister Qin, will participate in the martial arts examination and will be selected step by step from the first round of "provincial examination".
When these 840 people were selected, that is, after "passing the provincial examination", they had become "Martial Examination People".
After passing the military examination, people can accept appointments from the court and become lower-level generals or other military attachés.
Even if they are idle in the countryside, their status as a "Martial Arts Scholar" will bring them unexpected conveniences.
Martial arts candidates can also come to Jinling City to participate in the remaining three rounds of martial arts tests within the specified dates to gain higher honors.
When I first arrived in Jinling, I participated in the second round of tests, which focused on military literacy and command strategies. Then there were exams on fixed subjects such as horse shooting, infantry shooting, flat shooting, carbine, weight-bearing, and wrestling.
Finally, the scores are ranked, from high to low, and the top 300 are taken.
It is worth mentioning that in many cases, the number of martial arts candidates who take part in this test is actually less than 840.
Some of the disciples who are attached to the Jinling Family just want to take advantage of the "right of sponsorship" of the Jinling Family and pretend to be a "martial arts practitioner". They know nothing about martial arts and military affairs, let alone write military strategies.
And many martial arts candidates selected by audition from other areas have long known the darkness of the martial arts examination in Jinling City. They will not come at all, and they will have to quit bravely if they have the status of "passing the provincial examination".
In the third round of testing, the 300 people selected earlier will be divided into batches and groups of 30 to complete a comprehensive competition decided by one chief examiner and eight deputy examiners...
Using the point system, during this period, they faced not only the challenges set by the examiners, but also threats from people in the same group.
In this round, the 268 people with the lowest points will be eliminated.
Only thirty-two people remained.
And each of these thirty-two people can be regarded as a qualified martial arts scholar, that is, they have been shortlisted for the final round of competition.
As for this last round of competition, it can truly be regarded as a "competition".
Its significance is mainly to rank these thirty-two people and select the top three - Wu champion, Wu champion, and Wu Tanhua.
…
Yan Wulu is very lucky.
As an ally and personal friend of Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui, he is also one of the hottest "Jinling Poet Saints" this year. Many Jinling families are willing to offer him a recommended spot.
Naturally, Yan Wulu was not as upright and upright as Prime Minister Qin Shuzheng.
He accepted this privilege with great pleasure.
King Yu's supporter Gu Beiju, behind the scenes, the Gu family provided Yan Wulu with the right to recommend, so that Yan Wulu could avoid the extremely complicated audition process and start directly from the second round of testing.
Yan Wulu was born in the Zhenbei Army, and the subjects in the second round of tests, regardless of academic and military skills, were nothing more than pediatrics for him.
Pass easily.
It was precisely because of this that Yan Wulu was able to appear so leisurely in this third round of martial arts testing.
…
A spacious and magnificent pavilion.
The flat and boundless military platform.
As well as a strategic viewing platform surrounded by Daqian sergeants.
In Daqian’s martial arts examination this year, it seems that the examiner is General Dongzhu, Yuchi Zuo.
Speaking of General Wei Chizuo of the Dongzhu Kingdom, there is another story with a lot of origins.
Among the armies directly under Daqian, the armies of the generals of the four pillar states of East, West, South and North are the most famous.
The four generals of the Zhuguo are considered to be the "pillars of the country". Each of them is a first-class military prince and an absolute superior. Each of them guards the important towns of Daqian.
However, General Wei Chizuo of Dongzhu Kingdom was a little different.
Yuchi Zuonai is the contemporary head of the Yuchi family of the Jinling family. His family has always claimed to be the descendants of Yuchiwei, the "last famous general" at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
In recent years, Yuchizuo was transferred out of his station, separated from the army, and recalled to Jinling.
Yuchi Zuo also seemed to understand something.
Your heart is unpredictable.
He decided to retire and return home.
However, the old emperor Zhao Purui has been "trying hard" to retain him.
Yuchi Zuo played "Begging for Bones" several times, but was finally appeased by the emperor.
This year, I have been entrusted with the special and important position of examiner of the Daqianwu Examination again, which can be said to be a prominent one...
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't do without Jinling and couldn't control his subordinate armies.
In this martial arts competition, in addition to the chief examiner Yu Chizuo, there were also eight other deputy examiners. Without exception, they were all talkative people from several major Jinling families.
Among them is Gu Beiju, who represents the Gu family.
…
Yan Wulu and a group of mounted guards arrived here.
Go straight into the martial arts venue.
They were greeted by Gu Beiju.
As the deputy examiner of this martial arts examination, Gu Beiju should not have been so close to Yan Wulu, who was a candidate for the martial arts examination.
However, those who can come here must have a certain understanding of Yan Wulu's identity, so they are not surprised.
Gu Beiju warmly welcomed Yan Wulu.
He was even a little too enthusiastic, which made Yan Wulu feel slightly creepy for a moment.
Yan Wulu later also investigated the information about the Gu family and Gu Beiju... He only felt that he should keep a certain distance from each other to avoid "men are not close to each other".
Gu Beiju led Yan Wulu to a loft and sat down.
From here, you can see the entire competition venue below, and the view is excellent.
"Master Gu is so kind, but it seems a little too comfortable here."
Yan Wulu suddenly spoke.
Indeed, compared to the martial arts candidates sitting casually around the martial arts arena, his place not only provides shade, but also has gorgeous and comfortable goose feather seat cushions, making him feel like he is in a different class.
"... Thinking about it, this should not be prepared for us exam takers, but for examiners like Mr. Gu."
Yan Wulu asked tentatively.
But Gu Beiju didn't care about this at all...
He smiled faintly and responded: "His Royal Highness, you are overthinking it. These positions are actually prepared for martial arts candidates like you."
Seemingly seeing that Yan Wulu was still a little unconvinced, Gu Beiju continued to explain——
"The positions in this attic are reserved for martial arts candidates recommended by the Jinling family."
"...And those around the martial arts field are for those martial arts examination candidates who were not recommended and advanced through the audition."
Gu Beiju finished speaking and expressed his intention clearly, that is to say, he didn't say anything more.
Yan Wulu sighed inwardly - no wonder his aunt Yan Weiyu said that this martial arts event was just a game played by the Jinling family.
It turns out that from here on, the distinction has been so obvious.
"I see."
Even though Yan Wulu was thinking a lot in his heart, he still maintained the polite smile on his face, "... In this way, Wu Lu would like to thank Mr. Gu for recommending me, otherwise, Wu Lu would have to go to the sun below. The sun is shining.”
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Gu Beiju chuckled, "...Your Highness, you are a friend of Prince Yu and a friend of me, Gu Beiju. I, the Gu family, can still do this with a little effort."
"...Besides, even if my Gu family doesn't do it, I think there should be a large number of Jinling aristocratic families rushing to please you, right? How can I let you, the prince, endure the sun and rain with those rough men in the countryside? Where's the shower?"
Gu Beiju said.
Yan Wulu was not prepared to refute and accepted it with a smile.
He turned to look around the martial arts field and discovered that the number of non-Jinling family members participating in the martial arts competition this year seemed to be much higher than the number in previous years shown in the survey data...
Gu Beiju sat next to Yan Wulu's desk.
Perhaps seeing what Yan Wulu was thinking, Gu Beiju suddenly said with emotion -
"Your Highness, you must not know this yet, right?"
"...This year's martial arts competitions are no better than before. If His Royal Highness is not careful, let alone the top martial arts champion, even the tails of the top three may not be able to seduce him."
"oh?"
Yan Wulu came to his senses after hearing this.
He felt a little curious about Gu Beiju's words. Didn't Yan Weiyu say that this martial arts exercise contains more water than the ocean?
"...For Mr. Gu to be able to say this, it seems that he has already done an investigation for Wu Lu in advance."
"Hahaha, I can't hide it from the crown prince. Prince, please take a look."
Gu Beiju chuckled a few times and made slight gestures to guide Yan Wulu to look around the martial arts field.
"...There, the two people in red-orange flying fish uniforms are the two apprentices of Xia Hai, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Division. The man's name is Ren Yi, who is also Xia Hai's adopted son. The woman's name is Xia Jingjing, Xia Hai's only son. female."
"...these two people are very powerful in martial arts. They have always come out on top from the first round and are strong contenders for this year's martial arts champion. But...the prince does not need to worry too much about them. They have violated the rules of the Jinling family." The rules of the game are so sharp. Maybe in this round, they will be suppressed by the cooperation of others."
Gu Beiju said, still with that slight smile on his face.
Yan Wulu also looked at the two people.
Ren Yi is a handsome man of medium height. When he smiles, he has a sense of friendliness, and when he doesn't smile, he has a sense of ruthlessness. However, between his eyebrows, he is still upright.
but……
He seemed to be a head shorter than Yan Wulu, about seven feet, which should be about the same height as Yan Weiyu. I didn't know for a while whether Yan Weiyu was too tall or Ren Yi was a little short.
Xia Jingjing looks quite cute, with a little baby fat on her face, but overall she still has an extremely beautiful face. She is wearing the red-orange flying fish uniform of a senior patrol officer of the Jinyi Division, which makes her look quite heroic.
The word "beauty" is well deserved.
It's just that he's not Yan Wulu's type.
It was early in the morning and the sun had just risen, so it was not too harsh.
And Ren Yi had already stood up to protect Xia Jingjing from the sun. He also took out some famous candies and snacks from "Yipinzhai" and handed them to Xia Jingjing secretly.
Seemingly worried that Xia Jingjing would be too bored waiting for the martial arts competition to begin, Ren Yi kept chatting with her, trying to make her happy.
But Xia Jingjing just put her head on her hands and sat in the shade supported by Ren Yi with a look of disgust on her face. She felt bored.
She didn't want to talk.
She felt that her senior brother Ren Yi... talked a lot.
