In the crowd that walked in from outside the door, there were two eunuchs in front, followed by four palace ladies, and there were three people in the middle, the one in the middle was wearing a bright yellow pan dragon embroidered gold court dress, this person was about thirty-six or seventeen years old, upright and serious, not smiling, although his appearance looked gentle and elegant, but there was a faint hint of violent momentum when he raised his eyebrows.

This person is the current prince Xia Yuanji, the person on the left side of the prince is Zhenguo Gong Yingtian, and on the right is the prime minister Zhuge Yiyan, after entering the palace, Xia Yuanwei sat on the unicorn chair in the middle, and after taking a seat, he waved his hand and ordered: "Give Zhenguo Gong and Prime Minister a seat." ”

Hearing the order, the four eunuchs hurriedly carried two chairs over, Yingtian and Zhuge thanked Xia Yuanji with a word, and then, the two glanced at each other, each showing a sneer, neither of them spoke, and sat on the chairs behind them.

Xia Yuanjian seemed to have guessed this ending, so he didn't care about the actions of the two, and after the two sat down, Xia Yuanjian looked at the eight candidates in front of him with a playful face, and after a while, he said in a flat tone:

"The eight of you are all today's young heroes, the virtuous brother of the Zhenguo Gong's family, the nephew of Nangong Xiuxian of the Guozhang Mansion, the grandson Zhuge Qing of the Prime Minister, and the nephew of Peng Xiaocang of the Generalissimo Mansion, several of you are also old acquaintances with the palace.

In addition to a few old people, General Ling Xia of the Praetorian Guard, Zhong Yuelin, the son of the leader of the Wulin League, Mu Wanqiong, the son of the Marquis of Anting, and the new champion Yuan Qiuluobei, are also the world's talents, and this palace has been friends with you for a long time.

Today, my father ordered me to preside over the finals, because there are only three places in the finals, so this palace needs to eliminate five people from the eight of you, to be honest, after seeing the eight of you, this palace is really a little difficult to choose.

You have been able to get to this point, and you have paid a lot, so let's do it, if any of you voluntarily withdraw from the competition, this palace can order a reward, and those who voluntarily withdraw will be rewarded with a thousand jade coins, and the official will be promoted to one level, and the product will be promoted to one level. ”

After hearing the reward plan proposed by Xia Yuanji, some people were really tempted, that goods were Ling Xia, a thousand jade coins, that was definitely a huge amount of money, he was now the captain of the sixth grade, if he was promoted to one level, it would be from the fifth rank of the official rank of the general Fu Yin.

General Fu Yin is in charge of all the generals in the army, this position is equivalent to the chief of staff of later generations, belongs to the senior generals, second only to the position of division commander, Ling Xia has coveted this position for a long time, and now as long as he chooses to quit, his dream can come true.

Although Ling Xia was itching in his heart, he didn't stand up and quit, the reason is very simple, since he can get such a big reward for quitting, if he clears the customs and gets the final victory, wouldn't the reward be richer? Thinking of this, Ling Xia suddenly strengthened his conviction.

After glancing around, seeing that no one had chosen to quit, Xia Yuanyu showed a smile that was incomprehensible: "This palace is in the old days, and I wanted to give you a chance to retreat with dignity, but you don't know how to cherish it, since this is the case, then this palace is not welcome."

Today's exam question in this palace is "two and two duels", and later I ordered people to put eight bamboo sticks in the bamboo tube, every two bamboo sticks as a group, each group of bamboo sticks are written on the sky, earth, Xuan, Huang, four words, at that time, the eight of you began to draw lots.

Whoever draws the same word of the bamboo stick, both for the opponent of the same group, after the draw group, you can face off at will, you can compare whatever you want, competition, fighting poetry, music, chess, you discuss it yourself, as long as you can finally divide the winner or loser.

At the end of the first round of the competition, there will be four winners and four losers left, at this time, the winning four candidates will be drawn again in groups, and then two by two, the winner will advance, and the loser will be eliminated.

When the four candidates in the winning group face off in groups, the four losers also play another match, unlike the two-on-two duel in the winning group, the losing group will have a four-man scuffle, only one of the four will advance, and the remaining three will be disqualified.

At the end of the competition, there will be three winning candidates, and the winners of these three groups will pass the finals, and as for those who lose, you can go home and deal with your family elders. ”

After listening to Xia Yuanji's exam questions, Ling Xia and the other seven candidates were a little confused for a while, looking at the bamboo tube sent by the eunuch, they were reluctant to start drawing lots, the reason why no one started to draw lots was not that they were afraid, but that they were worried, worried about what they would be compared to after they were divided into groups?

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, in the rules you have just formulated, first eight people are divided into four groups to face each other, and after the winners and losers are decided, let the four winning candidates regroup and face each other, and at the same time, let the four losing candidates have a big brawl duel, and the winners of the three groups will pass.

Isn't this kind of rule a little unfair to the previous winning candidates? Under this rule, the winner of the contestant may also be eliminated, and the eliminated candidate may have a chance to win, is it not appropriate? Zhuge Yiyan asked.

Hearing Zhuge Yiyan's questioning voice, Xia Yuanyu looked at him, and then showed a smile: "This is exactly the intention of this palace, you must know that everything is possible, sometimes winning is not necessarily victory, the same reason, failure is not necessarily losing." ”

Explaining with a smile, Xia Yuanji's face suddenly turned pale, looking at the eight candidates in front of him, he added with a pun: "The rules are formulated by this palace, since they are decided, then there is nothing wrong, if someone feels inappropriate, they can withdraw." ”

"It turns out that His Highness has already made arrangements, and he is old and abrupt." Zhuge Yiyan didn't seem to hear the meaning of Xia Yuanji's words, and responded with a smile, and then looked at several candidates with an appreciative face, without the slightest abnormality on his face.

After Zhenguo Gong Yingtian saw all this, there was no expression on his face, he neither helped the prince to speak, nor did he question the rules, looking at the subtle atmosphere shown by Zhuge Yiyan and Xia Yuanji, Yingtian's face actually showed a faint trace of worry.

"Hmph...... Old slippery head! ”

Seeing Zhuge Yiyan's pretending behavior, Xia Yuanjian felt a little unhappy in his heart, although he was uncomfortable, but he couldn't see the change on his face, and snorted coldly from his heart, Xia Yuanjian turned his gaze to Ling Xia and the others, and said in a deep voice: "Let's start." ”

Hearing the prince's order, Ling Xia and the others didn't dare to slack off, glanced at the bamboo sticks in the bamboo tube, and pulled out a bamboo stick in turn, and the bamboo stick that Ling Xia drew had the word "Xuan" written on it.

After looking around, when he saw another candidate who won the "Xuan" sign, he was stunned at first, and then, his face suddenly showed a trace of ugliness---------Win the world!" Ling Xia's opponent turned out to be Win!