Sektai quietly looked at the boy in front of him. The boy's face was still childish, and there was a faint hint of fluff on his lips. He was nearly seven feet tall. He was considered good among his peers, but he was different from the other people who stayed in the school grounds.
Compared with the candidates, he is the shortest one. Sektai suddenly smiled. I am afraid that I can handle such a kid who is younger than Ma Chao with one hand. I don’t know how he survived so many rounds.
, however, when he met himself, it was considered that his good luck had come to an end.
The young man was holding a big knife in his hand, and under his crotch was a maroon war horse. He also looked at Sektai up and down, suddenly made fists with both hands, and said in the rough voice of a drake that he had just spoken: "You make the move first.
Bar!"
Sektai didn't expect that this young boy would dare to look down on him. He couldn't help but became furious. He spurred his horse on his crotch, swung his mace and hit it on the head. But the young man didn't panic and clamped the horse's belly with his legs.
The bay-red horse jumped into the diagonal thrust, and Sektai's mace missed the target. Sektai was a little surprised, and when he exerted force with his arms, the mace brought up a strong wind, and swept it sideways, but
Hearing a loud "ding" sound, the mace was firmly blocked by the big knife in the young man's hand.
Seeing that his mace was actually blocked by this young man, Sektai was also slightly surprised. After so many rounds in the morning, Sektai had always hit the target with one blow. No one had ever gone through two rounds under him. This
It was quite remarkable that the young man was able to connect his two moves. No wonder he was able to break out of the tight encirclement and enter the afternoon exam.
Just when Sektai was stunned, the young man moved. I saw the young man swinging away his mace, riding his horse and rushing past Sektai, and stabbed Sektai directly in the back of the heart with his backhand.
Hearing the wind in the back of his head, he knew something was wrong. He lifted the reins hard with his left hand, and the snow-green horse stood upright. He made a beautiful turn in mid-air, and the young man slashed the air with a knife that he was sure to win.[
But in just a moment, the young man had already turned the horse's head, slashing as hard as a sword, like a storm, causing Sektai to parry again and again, and only after six or seven moves could he return to the previous one. In the blink of an eye, the two people were fighting.
There were more than twenty rounds, and Sektai became more and more frightened as he fought.
To be honest, Sektai's martial arts is not very good. What he relies on is his brute strength. The previous candidates were all defeated by his vigorous blows. But this young man's strength is not much less than him, and his martial arts
But he was much more proficient. After more than twenty rounds, Sektai could only parry and fight back.
Just when Sektai was in a hurry, the young man shouted loudly, a strong wind blew by, and the knife struck his head like lightning. Sektai didn't have time to think too much, he raised the mace with both hands and pushed it upwards, but he felt that it was light and light.
, without any effort. Suddenly, Sektai felt his arms go numb, and the mace in his hand flew out. It turned out that the young man's downward slash was a feint, and Sektai raised his sword to meet it.
In an instant, the knife in his hand had been raised up with his backhand, and he easily picked off Sektai's mace. The sword pressed down and was placed on Sektai's neck.
The young man's face darkened, and he said coldly: "According to the young master's temper, this knife should be the one to kill you! But you are lucky, my father said, stop it! Get out of here!"
Although the candidates who took the exam all signed a life-and-death certificate, there was no deep hatred towards each other. No one would kill each other, except Sektai. During the exam in the morning, three candidates had been injured by Sektai's hands.
, two were seriously injured and one was slightly injured, and a horse was also killed. Sektai was a Huns, and he dared to bully the Han people in Xiangyang. The young man was obviously a little angry.
Sektai no longer thought so much. He originally imagined that his biggest opponent would be Ma Chao, but he was defeated by such a famous boy. He was so embarrassed that he was thrown into his grandma's house. Although the young man spared his life,
But he himself had no shame in staying here any longer. He dismounted, picked up the mace, and returned to the grassland in dejection. From then on, he could no longer think of resisting the big man.
In the stands, Zhang Liao's eyes lit up and he whispered: "This guy is pretty good."
Guan Yu smoothed the three strands of his long beard under his chin and said with a smile, "It's the dog Guan Ping."
The martial arts exam is different from the liberal arts exam. The competition here is about real swords and guns, and the eight examiners are all experienced in the battlefield. You can tell who wins and who loses at a glance, so even if Guan Yu says now that this boy is his
Son, no one else will have any objections. If Guan Ping can't win on the court, the examiners still can't help.
When they heard that the boy who defeated Sektai was actually Guan Yu's son, everyone was stunned at first, and then they all praised him. Only Zhang shook his head and said: "What a pity."
Guan Yu frowned and said displeasedly: "What did you say?"
Zhang waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "If you let your son take part in the next imperial examination, you might be able to come back with the top prize in martial arts. Unfortunately, there is no hope for this year. Yunchang, I'm not telling you, your son is only ten years old."
He's only five or six years old, why are you in such a hurry for him to take the exam now?"
"You are talking about that boy from the Ma Teng family." Guan Yu sighed slightly and said, "Oh, I can't help it. You all know that the next imperial examination will be in four years at the earliest. I
I can afford to wait, but Ping'er can't afford to wait."
Although Guan Yu never said it, in his heart, he still felt sorry for Hu Jinding and Guan Ping, mother and son. It was okay when he killed someone and fled to the world, but later he became more stable with his elder brother Liu Bei.
They came down, but they didn't send anyone to pick up the mother and son, which was not very honest. Hu Jinding was okay, she was the head wife at home anyway, and what Guan Yu wanted to make up for most now was Guan Ping.
Because Guan Yu is not around, Guan Ping doesn't study much. If he wants to make a career, he has the only way to join the army. But Guan Ping is only sixteen years old this year. He has to wait until he is eighteen to sign up to join the army, and Guan Yu is now Liu Xin
The senior generals under his command were somewhat aware of Liu Xin's plan. If he had really waited for Guan Ping to join the army at the age of eighteen, I'm afraid the world would have been peaceful long ago. Without wars, there would be far fewer opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Even if Guan Yu was protected in the army,
The speed of promotion will not be any faster.
The only feasible way for Guan Ping to stand out as soon as possible is to pass the imperial examination, and there is no age limit for the imperial examination. Unfortunately, Ma Chao also participated in this year's martial arts examination. Even if Guan Yu didn't know about Ma Chao's illustrious military exploits,
With his eyes, he has already seen that this year's martial arts champion is none other than Ma Chao. But Guan Yu doesn't want to miss this opportunity. As long as he can enter the top four, he will have one foot in the army. In the past two years,
There must be some tough battles to be fought inside, and with him leading the way, Guan Ping will one day be successful.
The result was as everyone expected. Ma Chao successfully won the first place. Except for the final match against Guan Ping, which took five rounds, the other opponents were all decided in one face-to-face meeting. Although he did not win the top prize, it was good for Guan Ping.
Guan Yu was very satisfied with Ping's second place result, because in this way, when Guan Ping got into the army, he could at least be a subordinate general, and he could even jump over to the rank of captain. With a higher starting point, he would be promoted in the future.
It's much easier.
However, Ma Yun was a little disappointed. She and Liu Xin discussed the purpose of holding this imperial examination, which was to dig out those unknown talents. As for Ma Chao and Guan Ping, they were already registered and would be reused sooner or later.
Therefore, this year's martial arts examination was not considered a success. After three days, Ma Junmian was the top candidate in engineering.
It's a half-discovery. The reason why I say half is because Ma Yun still knows that there is a person like Ma Jun, but before he took the engineering exam, Ma Yun didn't know where he was. Now, Ma Yun will
All hopes are pinned on tomorrow's liberal arts exam, which is also the highlight of the imperial examination, so it is placed at the end.
To put it bluntly, the imperial examination is to expand a new channel for selecting talents. Different exams select different talents. Although talents in engineering, martial arts, and liberal arts are all important, with the current level of science and technology, the most powerful engineering talents are not as good as
Wherever he goes, he is far behind even Ma Yun himself. In fact, there is no shortage of talents who can fight in the army, so the most important thing is to select talents who can govern the world.[
Ma Yun returned to the Prefecture Mufu with full of thoughts, and saw Cai Yan coming up to greet her and said: "Sister Yun, my father is here and he is playing with his little grandson in the back."
Speaking of this, Cai Yan suddenly winked at Ma Yun. Cai Yong is the dean of the Shangyuan of the Ministry of Rites, and he will be the examiner for tomorrow's liberal arts examination. Now he suddenly came to the Prefectural Mufu, and Cai Yan winked at him again
, Ma Yun knew that Cai Yong must be here for tomorrow's exam, so she couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, I'll go to the study to wait for the old gentleman."
Sure enough, Cai Yong came just for tomorrow's exam. Because Ma Yun has taught in the academy for several years, his profound knowledge makes him, a scholar, admire him. Tomorrow's liberal arts exam is extremely important. Cai Yong is here
Some people at home couldn't sit still, so they decided to come and see Ma Yun.
As soon as Cai Yong entered the study, he bowed to Ma Yun and said: "Madam Qi, before leaving, my lord told his subordinates two examination questions. I have been thinking about them for more than a month, but I still can't make up my mind which one to choose.
Please give me some advice, madam."
Ma Yun was once very curious about what test questions Liu Xin, an unacademic guy, gave Cai Yong, but these days she has figured it out, waved her hand and said: "The test questions are top secret, even though I am the manager
Madam, it’s better not to know. Mr. Cai, you are the examiner tomorrow, so it is up to you to make the decision. You must come and ask me. No matter which examination question you choose, I will absolutely support you!"
Although Cai Yong didn't get the answer he wanted, he did get a promise of "absolute support" from Ma Yun. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly resigned and went home to prepare for tomorrow's exam.
Ma Yun left the study and just came to the backyard when she saw Cai Jue coming over in a hurry. She bowed and said, "Sister Yun, my sister wants to see you for something."