The imperial examination (literature) is going well, and the martial arts examination (examination) is also being carried out in an orderly manner. For the era of cold weapons, the development of agricultural economy and culture may be more important in times of peace, and the increase in force will be biased in times of war. Shun Tianye also issued an edict to the state capitals, reiterating the development of martial arts, (1: children's examinations, conducted in counties and prefectures, and those who pass the examination are Wu Xiucai; 2: Township test, conducted in the provincial capital, the test is a Wuju person; Three: The examination will be held in Beijing, and the person who passes the examination is a martial artist; Four: the palace examination, appointed by the emperor, divided into grades, called 'Sanjia') due to the country's vigorous advocacy for many years, folk martial arts practitioners flock to the martial arts examination, and the style of martial arts practice has also flourished for a long time.

Of course, "since ancient times, you have cultivated literature and martial arts, and sold them to the emperor's family", for those who have the ability, if you can get good results in the exam, and you can be hired by the country, you can show your ability, so that you can not only respect the monarch and protect the lord, protect the family and defend the country, but also realize the value of personal life, and have no regrets in life, which is a good thing.

The martial arts examination was presided over by the Ministry of War, and before the examination, the same unified arrangements were made for the board and lodging of the martial arts practitioners, and the subjects and rules of the examination were announced, as follows:

1. This martial arts is divided into five games (outfield and infield), the first game is both foot shooting, horse shooting, 20 arrows per person, and the middle 12 can enter the next round;

2. The second scene is a dancing knife, and the knife is divided into 120 catties, 260 catties and 300 catties.

3. The third field is to lift stones, divided into 100 catties, 150 catties, and 200 catties;

Fourth, the fourth game according to height and weight of the horse competition marksmanship, qualified to enter the fifth game;

5. (infield), the examination of military books and military strategies, those who pass the examination enter the palace examination, appointed by the emperor, awarded military positions, and those with outstanding ability can be generals;

6. Do not use hidden weapons in the examination, do not interfere with others, once found, the rod is forty, and will never be hired;

7. Three tests on the first day, four tests on the second day, and infield on the third day;

8. Invigilators are not allowed to accept bribes, and are not allowed to engage in favoritism or malpractice for candidates.

I hope that all the contestants will know, abide by the rules of the competition, use their true skills, achieve good results, serve the country, fight on the battlefield, and make contributions.

The school yard is in a square courtyard with an open area, and people also need to pass through two gates to check for those who carry hidden weapons.

As soon as Li Fan came to the school grounds, he saw that there were neatly arranged shooting ranges, stone locks, sandbags, horses, weapons and other training materials in the courtyard. The soldiers in the formation held spears in their hands and swords on their shoulders, and their postures were erect, looking ahead. Not far away is a general's platform, on which are several military generals, these military generals are invigilators selected by the Ministry of War, including Zhang Wenbo's uncle Zhang Qian.

I saw a military general in the middle of the sky look up at the sky, and then said to the generals beside me: "Many years ago, I also participated in the martial arts in this Quartet, vaguely remembering, it was still raining lightly that day, after layers of brave competition, I was finally fortunate to get the emperor's grace, and gave me a "brave" word, all said that the future is terrifying, I don't know if anyone can reproduce the courage of the year today,"

Then he continued: "May all the contestants follow the rules and don't make any mistakes." Something is going to go wrong, the emperor will blame it, and we will all be punished,"

The people to be lifted entered the venue one after another, and Lord Zhang Qian stood on the podium and preached: "Today is the first day of the martial arts examination, and the subjects tested have been informed to everyone in advance. The emperor has the heart to recruit talents, naturally attaches great importance to this selection, and hopes that you will take it seriously, everyone is a person who practices martial arts, and shows his true skills. Now beat the drums and cheer on the contestants. ”

After a dense drum beat, the martial arts officially began, and the first was archery, and ten people were divided into groups. It is said that there is no first, there is no second, each player is working the cheeks, using all his strength to pull the bow full, aiming at the bull's-eye, but the way is "the bull's-eye in the arrow, the arrow off the string" 20 in 12 is qualified (10 foot shooting, 10 horse shooting), naturally there is poor psychological quality leading to abnormal play, and there are also abnormal play.

There are even more people who hit hundreds of shots, which made the other contestants stunned, and their faces all said, "You are also a person who practices martial arts, why are you so good?"

Li Fanyi was not too good, nor too bad, he barely qualified and entered the next round.

At this time, the game has entered the second game, dancing knife, some players give up directly, some overestimate their ability, can't pick it up, shake their heads and sigh, among which there are many powerful and big players, standing in front of the three-hundred-pound big knife, slightly closed their eyes, angry dantian, and then cheered themselves with a dull shout, the three-hundred-pound big knife shines in the sunlight, only to see the action chic and mighty, with ease. From time to time, there were cheers in the school grounds.

Li Fan is not a strength player, dancing a 160-pound big knife, only to see him jump up in the air, slash left and right, the momentum is like a tiger descending the mountain, moving and flashing, quite "try to ask who is fighting with the chivalrous spirit", look at the knife body like drinking hatred, the blade is cold light, only make people feel a "ruthless" word, the whole person knife is one, without losing the chic and free, chivalrous demeanor.

"Brother is good at swordsmanship, I admire him," Li Fan just put down the knife, and there was a cheer from the crowd.

Let's not talk about what happened in the school field, and say that Li Fan is a lover of his heart. Lan Yu is now thinking more about Li Fanyi than she is about to miss her parents. On the day of the exam, Lan Yu couldn't sit still at home, and she paced back and forth in the room for a while, and kept praying for Li Fanyi in her heart, during which she couldn't help but ridicule her from the maid Kexin.

Ke Xin said: "I said Miss, can't you take a break?" You've been walking around all morning, and you're almost stunting me. Whatever Miss wants to eat, I'll bring it to Miss, or sit down and play a tune, "Actually, I can't help but feel envious of Lan Yu, which girl doesn't want to be surrounded by romance and love."

Lan Yu said: "Oh, don't eat, don't eat, you go and do your job, I'm almost annoyed, don't chatter, just let me stay alone for a while."

Kexin comforted: "Don't worry, miss, Childe's kung fu miss hasn't been seen before, Childe is excellent in martial arts, steady and self-contained, this will, people must be cheering for him, you, just relax and wait for his good news."

Lan Yu said: "Kexin, you don't understand, I've never been like this before, I don't know why I'm so restless today, I'm still a little scared, I can't calm down what I do, I just want the time to pass early."

Kexin said: "Listening to what Miss said, Kexin didn't know how to answer, Kexin just quietly accompanied Miss at the door, you can call me if you have something."

Kexin was about to go out after speaking, but Lan Yu stopped her footsteps, and Lan Yu said, "Kexin...... Don't go out, as soon as you leave, I don't have a place in my heart, so I sit with me in the house and pray for my son together,"

Yes, this is a turning point in Li Fan's life, Lan Yu is so worried about it, how can it make people feel calm! While Lan Yu blessed in her heart, she kept looking forward to the end of the martial arts soon, because in a few days it would be the agreed period for the two of her in Fomi Cave, thinking of this, Lan Yu's inner sweetness was born on her face, maybe this would give her some comfort.

Lanyu was born with a golden key, for fame and fortune, she doesn't care, as long as she can be with Li Fanyi, coarse tea and light rice, cloth life, she doesn't care.

Let's talk about martial arts, wait for the second game to end, and then move on to the third stone lifting. After two rounds of competition, the number of eliminated people has been almost half, Li Fanyi has passed smoothly, but lifting stones is not a strong point for him, he is indeed not a strength player, two hundred pounds of stones are difficult, but one hundred and fifty pounds can still pass, Li Fanyi once again barely passed, and was fortunate to enter the next exam.

After the three exams, no matter how early or late the time is, the day's subjects should be over. Due to the serious physical consumption of the exam, the food arranged by the military department was much better than what they ate on weekdays, so when the dinner was in the evening, the martial artists could be described as gobbling up, talking and laughing during the banquet, and touting each other.

After dinner, Li Fan was about to go back to rest, but was suddenly stopped by a young man.

"Brother, please stay," Li Fan stopped and turned his head to see that a young man with thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes and a fan-faced waist came behind him.

This person arched his hands and said: "When my brother dances the knife today, I stopped not far away to watch, my brother's knife technique can be described as magnificent, very exciting, dare to ask my brother if it is Shaolin Kung Fu?" This person is the young man who cheered for Li Fanyi when he danced the knife.

Li Fan replied: "Oh, the son has won the award, and he is just casually offering ugliness, I can't talk about which sect or faction, and I don't know which sect or faction,"

Hearing Li Fanyi's tone and reluctance to communicate with him more, the young man hurriedly said: "Oh, why is my brother so modest, in Xia Liu Zhou, he is just a rough man, and he has no malice, brother, don't misunderstand."

Li Fanyi: "It's not a misunderstanding, it's just that you over-interpreted, dare to ask Gongzi what advice he has?"

Liu Zhou followed behind Li Fanyi and smiled: "Where is it, my brother's martial arts are outstanding, who is qualified to advise."

Then he continued: "It's just that there is a knife book handed down by my ancestors at home, and I only know one or two of them. The knife formula in it seems to be very similar to the sword method that my brother practiced today, so I am curious. ”

After hearing this, Li Fan smiled and said: "Although the martial arts in the world are completely different, there are different ways to the same end, nothing more than one purpose, to strengthen the body, to kill the enemy and break the country, the knife spectrum you are talking about is just similar to my knife technique, there is nothing to be curious about."

Liu Zhou said: "Haha, what my brother said is extremely true, I am ignorant, I dare to ask my brother's name."

Li Fanyi replied: "Under Li Fanyi."

Liu Zhou arched his hands and said, "Brother Li, fortunately, if you can meet your brother tomorrow, I hope that my brother's subordinates will show mercy and don't embarrass me."

Li Fan said: "Brother Liu is serious, please also ask Brother Liu's subordinates to be merciful and say goodbye," as soon as Li Fan finished speaking, the two went back to the house to rest, preparing for the new day of competition.